Amy Carden Creative: July 2013

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

inspiration in a rap song

I spend about an hour a day in the car commuting to work, which means I listen to a lot of radio. I have a CD player, too, but mostly I ignore it for the radio. As I was driving home last night I was listening to a fairly new song by Macklemore called Same Love. It's about a gay person's right to marry, at its core. And for that, I call it beautiful.

There's a lyric there that I was just blown away by, and fully inspired: "Underneath, it's all the same love." It was unfortunate that I was in the car, because I had no way to start writing. So, I took a pen and wrote on my leg:

Finished painting: Put A Bird On It

Did this one in about 2 hours total. I love working that fast. It's another 6x6 and because it went so quickly, I don't have progress shots. It's listed on etsy, just follow the links. And, poster prints are available too.

Finished: Celebrate butterflies

6x6 is a new size for me, and I really like it! Here's the progression of this one:

Update on entry for Global Talent Search (no pics yet!)

I've mentioned before that I had joined a talent search for the prize of talent agency representation. The due date is coming up soon, and I need to keep what I'm turning in to myself for a little while longer, I wanted to share how it's going, sans pics.

Artist inspiration -— Duy Huynh (Yee Wun)

Nevermind The Clouds by Duy Huynh

Pinterest is great for exposing folks to new artists and new art. Recently, I found Duy Huynh, who is an incredible artist with an imagination and soul to his work that I envy and strive for in my own work. I like how he keeps his paintings simple, not adding too many elements, and yet still giving the viewer a lot to look at. His work is right up my quirky little alley!

In progress: blue/burgundy

Added some new paint, paper, and some texture. So I feel like I went a little far with this one. I think I will have to keep going with this one until I don't hate it. lol