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Art is and always has been a major part of my life

Artwork by Myrna Carr

… ART has been in my life from the age of seven. I took a stick and drew in the soil. A special feeling inside me began then and ever since I’ve been involved with art on many levels. At school it was my favourite subject and a painting of mine hung in the assembly hall and this told me I had something. I would be asked to draw by the other kids in my class. On leaving school I went to Art College and on leaving I secured a job as junior to a designer making samplers for company Buyers to see for their new ranges.

I later married, had children and when the girls left school I returned to Art College to do Fine Arts & Textiles course as a full time student for five years. I was aged 37. …

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I am an artist, and that is my path

Artwork by Mak Morton

…I view the world through the eye of an artist at all times. I see in contour drawing, and primary colors; in shape, form, light, and dark. I am always analysing the world around me.

Art is always on my mind. When I am focusing on an art problem, my mind never rests. The world seems quite surreal sometimes, but I don’t mind.

…The Old Masters Academy course seems like exactly what I have been searching for. A specific, step by step, detailed course I can dedicate myself to.

I don’t have a formal education because no school, course, or class has met my expectations by a long shot. …

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I hope to become a concept Artist and Digital painter

Artwork by Asma Ahmed

I am currently doing Bachelors in Fine Arts in National College of Arts Pakistan learning the art of miniature painting and I hope to become a concept Artist and Digital painter.

Of course to learn Arts I need to learn the art of classical and traditional paintings and I was hoping the Old Masters Academy could provide me with that.

If people voted for me I guarantee I won’t disappoint as I’m all for learning new and creative things. I only want to educate myself from one of the best teachers and that’s what I hope to accomplish. …

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I want to make my living off my paintings

Artwork by David Miller

… I started an art degree in college, but later switched to Information Technology to cover the cost of living and raising a family. I’ve been working in IT Security for quite a while now, but my love has always been painting.

I fall asleep at night thinking about painting. After I finish painting for the evening, I’ll take a picture of my progress, and then I will lie in bed and critique my work for long periods of time. When my eyes won’t stay open any more, I close them and start thinking about how I might paint tomorrow, and I visualize the brush strokes and the colors. I reflect on what I did that really worked and what didn’t. I do this almost daily. I am happiest when I start painting and all the way through the process. …

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I was bombarded with the usual “no one can support themselves with art” …

Artwork by Karen Ferrand Carroll

… Of course when it came to a course of study in school I was bombarded with the usual “ study something practical” and “no one can support themselves with art”.

Fast forward through the years, marriage, kids, job, bills, parents and any my time got pushed to the back. Grab a little time here and there, painted when I could. Self learn from whatever I can sneak in. I feel I was blessed with the ability to see with the wonder and fascination so many of us out grow or put aside because ‘it is time to grow up’. …