Existential Crisis
03/11/2009 by Raine

Spent a couple of hours editing photos today – and realizing as much as I love them – no one else will probably ever want them.  Why am I doomed to being attracted to death and dark and decay? Those things don’t generally sell – flowers and kittens and sunsets – those sell. Strange images from places where people died horrific deaths – not so much. And yet, damnit – I LOVE LOVE LOVE these images – want to cover my walls with them – turn them into wallpaper so I can feel like I can walk straight into them – straight down the rabbit-hole.

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  1. 03/12/2009 by debi

    My father used to tell me I needed to paint realism, because that’s what sold, and he was right. I know someone who once dated a Chinese artist living here in Texas who would always put a small bluebonnet in the corner of his gigantic abstracts because he said that’s what sold. He was right also. I still paint what I paint & I’m still not making a living at it, and I wonder all the time should I? Should I? What to do, what to do? I love these images you’ve posted, and perhaps that’s the problem. Me not making a living at what I paint means I have no money to buy what I like from you, and the circle goes round & round. But I had an art professor in college who said you should never paint “down” to people – you should never paint (or in your case, photograph) using the lowest common denominator; you should elevate people’s tastes. Does that make any sense? :) Anyway, I think these are wonderful images.

  2. 03/12/2009 by bridgette

    You should only take images of what you love. That love will show through and speak to people. Your photos are beautiful and haunting and they stick with the viewer.
    One of the things I learned when i worked in a frame shop is that there is an audience for everything. And I mean, everything. It’s just a matter of finding them.
    Keep doing what makes your heart sing. That’s all that matters.

  3. 03/12/2009 by raesha

    I love your pictures…they are real, and gritty and yes dark sometimes….but also beautiful and moving:)

  4. 03/14/2009 by Regina

    Then you MUST-MUST-MUST photograph what you love. No one has the right to say otherwise, and I hope they don’t!

  5. 03/14/2009 by Chris Kittinger

    I am lucky enough that I get to see your art every day. DO NOT CHANGE! If you start showing me kitten and flowers I will take away the camera.

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