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Finding My Calling at 30

February 8, 2023 Leave a Comment

Finding My Calling at 30

Artwork by Ashley Elizabeth Burke

Hi my name is Ashley I’m 37 years old. I’m a wife, a mother, an artist. Art has always spoke to me, even as a child. I stopped drawing in my teen years because I was distracted with teenage shenanigans. However after a terrible life experience at 30 I picked up some painting supplies at a craft store and off I went at it without stopping, growing and learning. My biggest challenge is mastering color harmony, and sometimes drawing. I want to learn how to approach traditional painting the way the master painters before me has. I want to be able to catch my mistakes faster and be able to understand the value relationships quickly. Most of all I want to master dynamic compositions by using the golden ratio.

I want to learn how to traditional painting

My goal is to create some of my own compositions based on fantasy and historical aspects much like the masters before me. I have created a few compositions I have created with the help of photo merging apps as a reference guide. Typically I start with a combined idea and then I add what I feel my composition needs as I go. The majority of my work are based of of photos with a little artistic license setting me free. I have researched old masters academy and I am intrigued, I want to win because college is just too expensive with four children two of whom are almost of college age. Oil painting is the air that I breathe, I am obsessed. When I’m painting I am transformed into another world. Nothing around me exists except my subject and myself. I want to win to further my artistic knowledge, you tube and books only take me so far. There is always room for improvement.

The artwork I am uploading is a painting of my youngest daughter based on a photo that her grandmother shot of her on her fifth birthday this past October. I loved the red umbrella behind her and the way the fall colors contrasted with her dress. I think it would be nice if people could vote for an old mom like me, I think it’s never too late to further your education no matter your age. I just wish I had found my passion much sooner. I feel like Grandma Moses sometimes.

I want to win this Competition and I need your help!

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