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Back when I was in the corporate world, a fortune cookie influenced the course of my life. After a lunch with colleagues, I opened my cookie to find the following:
Every artist was first an amateur.
I put the paper in my pocket and, when I retuned to the office, taped it inside the front of the Moleskine notebook that I carried to jot notes in meetings.
I had always painted in my free time, but after the fortune, I found more time to make art. A few years later, when my company closed, I decided to make my passion my profession. I still have the notebook in my studio.
In January I was asked to give a talk for my kids' school about being an artist. In researching quotes for the presentation, I discovered that my beloved fortune-cookie quote was actually from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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As in previous years, the holidays inspired me to paint members of my family. The more portraits I do, the more I want to do. Plus it's a good alternative to listening to the news...
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News & Notes
- Check out my work on the Pottery Barn site! A nice offshoot of the licensing deal I made last year.
- I have three piece in this year's Austin People's Gallery at City Hall. The opening reception will be Friday, February 24 from 6-9 pm.
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Book Corner
One of my guilty pleasures is listening to audiobooks while I paint. This is what I've been listening to lately:
- Break in Case of Emergency by Jessica Winter **
- If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch ***
- The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler **
- Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple **
- Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw ***
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett ***
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson *
- The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester ***
- Blood Song by Anthony Ryan ***
- When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi ****
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Denise M. Fulton lives & works in Austin, TX.
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