Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Simply.....


 Ignore Everybody





Just work



Learn your craft, do it with integrity, originality and from deep in your soul.
Do you know that I cried when I finished these pieces? My body was tingling all over, first I cried, then I laughed, then I felt an enormous sense of satisfaction that these pieces came from some place deep inside my heart, they are the fabric of my being and they will now belong to someone else. They are on their way to Mudfire Gallery and I will never see them again..........
This is how your art should make you feel or what is the point?

The phrases above came from blogs I read this week and they were words I needed to keep me from kicking another hornet's nest :)  thanks to Michele and Kelly

BTW, I just want to point out how simply Gerry is shooting this. Jim Hines, the photographer that shot my work last week, is a brilliant product photographer, no doubt about it, but my husband is an artist! These shots feel like walking in a beautiful cemetery.......

It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera. They are made with the eye, heart and head.  Henri Cartier Bresson

20 comments:

Dennis Allen said...

I really like the spooky darkness that Gerry used to light these. The houses are nice too.

Tracey Broome said...

I know, I love how dramatic they are. This would have been good to save for October :)
I had some prints made today, unreal. I am thinking that I might have some made in a large format for show booths!

cookingwithgas said...

Wow,wow,wow.....wow....

Tracey Broome said...

xoxoxoxox

Hollis Engley said...

Yep, nice work from both of you. And letting go of work is what being a professional is about. Send it out in the world, accept the money for it, use that to go make more good things.

Michèle Hastings said...

these photos capture the spirit of your work. beautiful.

Hannah said...

Tracey they are the biz, the pictures are great, do them the justice they deserve.

smartcat said...

Beautiful buildings and photos. Blowing them up for your booth is a terrific idea. I keep coming beck to them; they are so evocative.

Unknown said...

Blessings sent off into the world...and remember to breathe~

Tracey Broome said...

Thanks you guys! Yes, breathe, that was the other word I read this week:)

Lori Buff said...

So often I think about what a customer might want I forget to think about what I want. Thanks for the beautiful reminder.

Anonymous said...

I always love your work...but these are absolutely stunning. I gasped when I opened your blog today. Simply...beautiful.

M E Garde said...

Gorgeous. Amazing. And so clearly from the heart and spirit. Wonderful work, Tracey!

jffollies said...

Simply, wonderful.

Tracey Broome said...

Thank you so much everyone, I sort of cringed when I opened my blog this morning, I tend to blurt out emotionally from time to time, glad you all understand that!
Xo

Patricia Griffin Ceramics said...

simply... stunning

Tracey Broome said...

awwww...... you are so sweet! Gerry did it, I just helped him along with some nice pieces:)

Tracey Broome said...

Veronica, I gasped when I opened the package that the dolls were shipped in! Lori, it's got to be about what you want, if you want it, your customer will want it, if they don't they are not your customer!!!
Thanks to all of you for the encouragement, one of the many great things about the blog community xox

ang design said...

gorgeous and just freaky!!! love that tree trace :))

Tracey Broome said...

They are freaky aren't they? Glad you noticed haha!