{"id":204,"date":"2014-03-06T20:33:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T04:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joanmetcalf.com\/joanmetcalfstudio\/?p=204"},"modified":"2014-03-06T20:33:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T04:33:09","slug":"inspiration-comes-in-many-forms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanmetcalf.com\/joanmetcalfstudio\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration Comes in Many Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/joanmetcalf.com\/joanmetcalfstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Metcalf-Joan-Riverscape_edited-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-205\" alt=\"Metcalf, Joan - Riverscape_edited-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/joanmetcalf.com\/joanmetcalfstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Metcalf-Joan-Riverscape_edited-1.jpg?resize=300%2C202&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/joanmetcalf.com\/joanmetcalfstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Metcalf-Joan-Riverscape_edited-1.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/joanmetcalf.com\/joanmetcalfstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Metcalf-Joan-Riverscape_edited-1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been reading several articles lately about artists and the way they get inspired.\u00a0 Early in my painting career I learned several methods that worked for me and I still use them.<\/p>\n<p>I always look at my surroundings, whether my own back yard or the scenery whenever I travel, as a potential painting.\u00a0 When something really excites me, I take a photo for future reference. Sometimes the photo doesn&#8217;t give me the same creative spurt I had when I first saw the scene, but other times I will use it for several paintings in different ways.<\/p>\n<p>PAINTING IN SERIES<\/p>\n<p>I often do several paintings in a series and each painting just leads into the next and the one after that in a natural progression of ideas.\u00a0 As I&#8217;m actively painting one, the next painting is forming in my mind and I&#8217;m excited to start on it.<\/p>\n<p>If I have a slow creative period, I use music to lift my spirits or I clean up my studio and size some canvases until I feel ready for the next painting.<\/p>\n<p>OTHERS&#8217; INSPIRATIONS<\/p>\n<p>I have a cousin who is a talented photographer and she and her family frequently provide me with photographs from their travels. The views that inspire them provide me with a lot of reference material for paintings that wouldn&#8217;t ordinarily have.\u00a0 Whenever I need something different from my usual scenes, I go through the photos they have sent and usually find something to excite me.<\/p>\n<p>I recently completed the painting above which was inspired by their photograph of a river in New Hampshire and my own vine maple trees.\u00a0 It is &#8220;Riverscape&#8221;, a 40&#8243; x 60&#8243; oil and wax on canvas, $4,500.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been reading several articles lately about artists and the way they get inspired.\u00a0 Early in my painting career I learned several methods that worked for me and I still use them. 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