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7/30/2012

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Art Is Not A Talent

by Mark Edward Adams

A couple of weeks ago, I was sculpting during an art walk at the Paul Scott Gallery for their Summer Spectacular Art Walk.  I was sculpting a horse in the gallery and people could watch me work and ask me questions.  I really enjoyed the experience and I found a phrase that I heard a lot was "You are so talented, I could never do it". 

I appreciate the compliment, however my usual reply is that I have no talent.  I don't mean this in a self-efficacious way, but rather I don't believe art is a talent.  If I believed otherwise, I would have never become an artist.  While I was growing up I never had the slightest inclination to paint or draw.  On the rare occasion that I tried, it was not pretty.

The years went by and I gravitated toward science and ended up with a degree in Chemistry.  It wasn't until after college that I discovered art.  I realized that this was my calling and it was something that I had to do.  I knew I was not very good at sculpting or drawing but I made a decision to spend the rest of my life learning. 

I dedicated my life to art and it became my life.  I told myself that talent does not matter and it was all effort.  Every day I worked hard and sought out the best teachers I could find.  It brought me to Italy and into the studios of some of the finest artists of the day.  It was not easy, but I found myself slowly improving.  I spent years of daily practice - working steadily at night after working all day as a chemist and through the weekends.  After 3 years, I realized I could sculpt the figure and after 5 years, I could sculpt movement.  It wasn't until about year 7 when I finally starting developing a style of my own.  The galleries starting opening their doors and my work was being sold.

If I believed art was a talent I would have given up long ago.  The ability to create art is something that is earned through years of constant study and dedication.  It is not a gift given at birth.

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