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[buchanart]

It’s just work. . . #buchanart#chopstickdrippainter #diadelosmuertos #deadgirlmakeup #inktober#inkredible #adultcoloringbook #penandinkart #lcpeachez88 #drawingoftheday #drawingsofinstagram #illustration #illustrator #artwork #drawingvideo #artvideo #arttv#violetstv #quickdraw #quickdrawing #streetartlubbock (at Lubbock, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHawsXtlmuL/?igshid=lbd7fwgipx1h

[buchanart]

I recycle, and practice proper paint disposal. Of cans mostly. I don’t throw paint away... I sell it!💋 . . . #buchanart#chopstickdrip #chopstickdrippainting #chopstickdripart #chopstickdrippainter #chopstickdriptechnique #chopstickdripmethod #dripart#dripit#dipintodrip #recycle#recyclepaint #recycledart #paint (at California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5-pVFlbDg/?igshid=1x4gpi6i2roug

[chopstickdrip]

Enter the Great Wood. . . . #buchanart#chopstickdrip#chopstickdrippainting #chopstickdripart #chopstickdrippainter #chopstickdriptechnique #chopstickdripmethod #dripart#dripper#artdrip #dripit#dipintodrip#idrip#sequoianationalpark #sequoia #treeart#tree #trees #treesofinstagram #styx (at Sequoia National Forest) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5-B4_F4su/?igshid=1kghy8dpwbkv3

[artrepreneur-blogger]

Why Working Artists Find Talent So Over Rated

When art captivates and moves our very core, we often have a primal response. We ask: “Who is the master of this original creation?”

We assume that the artist is a unique individual with special God-given talents. We buy into the “artist mystique." We celebrate the creative genius. We can’t help ourselves – we live in an American Idol culture.

This perception by the public is most evident at art shows. Numerous times I have seen various artists demonstrating their work at these events, and a customer will walk up to the artist and pay tribute, saying: “Wow, you are so talented!”

This gushing flattery annoys me because I think talent is so over rated. Talent is innate and intrinsic -- something we are born with (or not, as in my case). It usually comes free with the price of admission to this world. It is not earned, it is given by the Gods.

Talent is actually a minor player in the creation of fine art. The truth of the matter is that brilliant art – the kind that enraptures you  -- is more about work than it is about talent.

Working artists understand that their art will be only as good as the work they have put into it, so most of them have spent a lifetime honing their skills through rigorous practice and study of the arts.

There are 3 qualities that separate working artists from “emerging artists,” “hobby artists,” and “poseur artists.” Practice, Practice, and Practice.

It is the synergy between raw talent and hard work that results in artistic skill and craftsmanship. Our eyeballs can usually spot skill in a piece of art work. It is what invites us in.

Skilled artists appear to easily create something from nothing. Their commodity is wonderment.

Consider the plein air artist who brilliantly captures the quintessence of a coastal, cold foggy morning. The painting creates a virtual experience of cold. Or consider the Chopstick Drip Painter who fluidly creates the motion of a dancer, seducing our senses with movement.

Skilled artists are not born. They are made. Self made through the sweat equity of work.

When you encounter an artist who effortlessly creates sublime art, keep in mind there is no magic, no mystery. The artist is just an ordinary person who has worked in an extraordinary way to actualize his or her talent.

The art you purchase from a working artist represents all that came before the piece and all that will come after it, since every piece is connected by the artist’s journey of work.

[artrepreneur-blogger]

Learn the Backstory: Genesis of a Tagline

About 4 years ago to this day, I bought my first Buchan art piece. 

I had just got a new place, so I visited a local gallery to get some original art work. The curator showed me a wide assortment of art -- from gothic-inspired oil paintings (with the mandatory use of crimson) to genre-bending mixed media. 

It was all very colorful. Yet I was not engaged by any of it.

Then I saw a couple of live painters off to the side and asked the curator, “What about them?” He replied, “Oh, those guys. They are local and came here to do live art.”

He gently touched my elbow and steered me away from the artists. He guided me toward a painting that had an iconic suffering man swathed in red splatter.

Predictable, I thought. 

The curator revered the art piece for several minutes, extolling its color and texture.

“Do you see how this artist knows how to use red?” 

Knows how to use red?

“Uh, huh,” I replied, trying to look interested. Trying to feel something. 

I was really more interested to see live art being created on the spot, so I came up with a socially-appropriate excuse to leave. I headed to the bathroom and then made a beeline to the artists who were painting live. 

Cool. Now we are cooking with Pam!

A piece caught my eye. It was a cityscape -- full of energy, exploding with motion.

That’s a keeper. 

It was like I was not looking at the city, but in it.

So I walked up to the artist and told him I wanted to buy the piece. He then proceeded to show me how he painted it, demonstrating his technique of dripping paint from chopsticks. 

Dude, I was already sold. But it’s even better to have a story about the art.

Years later, as a partner of BUCHANART, I recognized that there was a common reaction when people first see Buchan’s work. They often want to touch it. They lean in and cautiously glide their hand over the painting. They feel it -- tactically, emotionally, and -- dare I say -- spiritually. 

Good art does that. It sparks a visceral connection. An experience that momentarily allows us to transcend our ordinary lives.

Whether it’s dance, poetry, literature, paintings or even good movies -- art makes us feel.  

So this is how we came up with the tagline “Feel the Art.”

I invite you to share your comments on your own experience in feeling the arts. Tell us about a time you connected with the arts.