Image Consistency

Once again it's getting a little late for this old timer but I just wanted to start a new topic that I want to share with you for the next few blogs. The word image is often thought of as an ego thing in actual fact the image we portray ourselves to be as artists must be made very clear to our viewing public. A person may be seeking a certain type of art lets say non objective abstraction. If you begin to show work that is narrative in nature along with non objective work the viewer is not given a clear picture of where you are coming from and sometimes can be so turned off by your lack of focus that he or she may not want to peruse your work anymore.

The image that an artist portrays of his or herself must be consistent for other reasons as well. If you are trying to get a gallery to represent your work it must have some common thread running through the entire group of artworks that you submit to them for consideration. Some of us from time to time like to try different genres or styles but there must always be consistent bodies of these works if you hope to gain representation from a notable gallery.

An artists image should always have a sustainable message even if that message is non objective.

Till next time ...