Inspiration from...

In the mid 70's I adapted a fascination with the musical group LaBelle. It was mainly Nona Hendrix and then Patti Labelle, but the theatrics and costumes of the group grabbed my attention. This image is from one of their television appearances.

I get inspiration from everything around me. From a book, magazine and the people around me. Art comes in many forms. One word can be considered art depending on how it is displayed. I'm sure many of you have seen the Love, Hope and Faith, posters, paintings, etc. The biggest thing that keeps me going as an artist is that there are things that I like, but don't totally appeal to me. I created my own series of Chefs, but the thing is after you've hung up the art, does one still create?
Of course, you just have to decide to share the art with someone else. Pricing art can be the hardest thing for an artist. You don't always want to part with the piece, but you've put a lot into the work and sometimes it takes a couple of hours, weeks, months and years.
I've mentioned this before, but artists do think alike. They can be miles away from each other and yet have the same idea of an image, but create a different variation.
The thing about being an artist is letting a part of yourself be seen. You reveal things about yourself in your art after doing it for a long time.

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