{"id":2913,"date":"2020-08-03T15:53:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T15:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2025-02-14T19:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:07:05","slug":"creative-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/creative-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We have all had such different experiences during lockdown. It would be interesting to compare how this has affected our creativity. I don’t know about you, but initially it seemed to suppress my freedom of expression and motivation and I had a real ‘block’. All that extra time and freedom to concentrate on painting and I couldn’t produce anything! Almost in desperation I joined a free online course suggested in Update – Louise Fletcher, ‘Find your Joy’ – and the very simple exercises she suggested bounced me right back to the way I love to work. (More about this course in the next issue of Update.)<\/p>\n

I would say my way of working is based on feelings, memories and emotions conjured up by my experiences and surroundings. If you’ve seen my paintings you will know that more often than not they are heavily influenced by my garden or by our wonderful Norfolk coastline. I focus on the process. This can lead me towards unexpected results, which I don’t always expect to like!<\/p>\n

So, even more than usual I have found myself considering and doing all of the following:<\/p>\n

Using all those materials I’ve been storing away since I did this or that course a few years ago. Don’t hoard it, but be generous and expansive and splash it about!<\/p>\n\n\t\t