Over the last number of months I have been asked to paint signs for a number of people. This is great as it helps fill in the gaps between other pieces and styles of art, and it is a chance to be creative.
What I have found is that some people believe that something can be created instantly. This I believe is because we live in such an instant world. A world that is filled with drive through everything from banks, restaurants, coffee shops, wedding chapels and there are even drive through funeral parlours. Every possible way of gaining instant gratification! I have eaten, banked, wedded and done my duty paying my respects.
This is a shame in my opinion, sitting down and enjoying a meal. Greeting the bank teller. Watching the. Bride walk down the aisle. Saying good bye to a friend and passing your condolences on to the family. What has happened to the world we live in?
This idea has been passed on to how people see anything being made for them. As an artist I have to say that it takes time and patience to create a piece, in particular if that piece has detail in it. Hand painting letters, in many places a lost art unto itself, takes time and care. Painting the details of wildlife takes time, it is not instantly done.
I don’t sit down and whip off a painting, a paddle or a sign in a matter of minutes, it takes days to do a proper job. A painting could take weeks, even a couple of months, I have a painting of an owl that is on my easel and it has been there for a couple of months, it can’t be rushed.
What I would love to have people understand is that any craftsman, artist, writer needs time and takes time to perform their craft. A true craftsman worth his weight will take time to perform his craft. Please world give us the time to do so, give us the time to create. We do not live in an instant world of gratification, we live in an old world where time is used to create that piece of art, write that book, that sculpture.
A fine meal takes time to cook, ask any chef. A car takes time to go through the factory. A book is not written overnight. A painting takes time to create. As the old adage goes “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
Please consider this when buying anything made by any craftsman.
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