2. Refresh
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I have been working on a new look website for a couple of months after pivoting from Pia Designs to Annie Hay Art. The new name better represents me and what I am up to. Art is my main game, it's what I love, it's my time to rest my brain and just go with the flow. I was feeling like the earring making was becoming a chore and I wasn't interested in it any more. When that happens, you know it's time to move on. It was a wonderful and successful 5 years, and something that I am extremely proud of and grateful for, but it's now time to refresh and update.
I must admit setting up a website from scratch is a feat in itself, but changing everything to a new business name, email, changing payment methods – it’s up there with changing your name on everything after marriage! But I think it is finally done.
I have been working on a number of new artworks - abstract and neurographic art. I have found a way, quite accidentally really, of creating beautiful landscape abstract art that still leaves a bit to the imagination. I am keen to have the viewer of my art look at the world through a new perspective - sweeping curves that suggest horizons, fragmented colours that evoke the changing skies, or layered textures that represent the earth. I'd love you to reflect on how the seemingly mundane aspects of our surroundings, like a single leaf, a cloud formation, or the play of light, can combine to create a sense of place and belonging.
I feel like this is where I am supposed to be. I feel like this is what I am meant to be creating and doing. I feel like I have FINALLY found the style I am meant to be painting. I have SO many images in my head of things I can paint, and not just landscapes.
Art opens our eyes to a wonderful new way of looking at things, and this is exactly what I want from the art I create. I want you to be able to look at my work and know what it is, even if it doesn't have all the usual details our eyes see. I love this quote and it encompasses my art exactly:
"Life is made up of many moments, memories and occurrences that all add up to create a big picture. But the bigger picture could not be made without the small moments that bring it all together".
The biggest thing I want to achieve with my art, is making the new owners of a piece really feel something when they look at it. Does it invoke an emotion, does it bring back memories of a particular someone, a time or occasion? I love it when my customers cry when receiving a commissioned artwork. This is the best reaction I could ask for! Tears of joy!
Until next time.
Much love
Annie