The Artist
I am 22 years old, and I live with my
family on an acreage in Canada.
I didn't really know what I wanted to
be as a child,
different career paths flitted through my mind from one year to the next.
One day, whilst surfing the internet,
I saw beautiful pictures of art, angels to be precise.
Not classics or other prestigious
paintings of angels one would see at an art gallery,
but digital paintings done by someone very talented. Then it hit
me.
I wish I could do that.
I never thought that I could be
an artist. I often clenched my fist when I would draw,
almost ripping the paper, and my stick
people weren't all that good-looking.
What I'm saying is that I went into
art not because I had a knack for it,
but because I was dedicated to trying my hand at something that I wanted to do.
A couple years later at the age of 13, I decided that a life in art was the path for me.
I wasn't really all that good, but I
kept with it. My work has gotten better little bit by little
bit.
To a level that I didn't even think I
could do, and while
I still have a long way to go in
learning the different art mediums
that there are, I am closer to that goal than I ever thought
I could make. Where it would have been easy to just give up on drawing every time
I felt like I wasn't good enough, I was blessed and met with the amazing support of my family
and friends.
While I still have many challenges to face in forwarding my career in art,
I want to meet these challenges head on while showing appreciation for the
opportunities that I'm
given.