As a Professional artist I have enjoyed the excitement of not just being an artist, but a member of Outworks Gallery. Creating my art in an open studio space in the heart of Winnipeg Exchange District and the hubbub of the Art Community was a very exciting time. With the Outworks Gallery / Studio space and members, I had the delightful experience for 7 years. My growth as an artist surpassed any of my expectations in creating new art of various mediums. Which brought me to discover my ability to experiment, focus, adapt and use my inner emotions and personality to create the art I wanted too.
As I move forward as an artist without being a member of Outworks Gallery, I have come to realize that I don't need to be apart of Outworks Gallery or in fact any gallery to challenge my self as an artist. These challenges can happen any where I choose, as they have in the past, as they will in the present and into my future.
With my summer days now ahead of me and the excitement of re organizing, preparing my studio at home, as I had done before being apart of Outworks Gallery. I will settle into my creative zone, continue to journal my emotions, creative ideas, as I prepare for my next future art show. I have created a pattern in my past as an artist while attending the University of Manitoba in Fine arts by writing and sketching in my journals to assist me in my process of new and exciting art.
As I write this blog I am excited to move forward now and leave you with the joy of knowing that I have already started creating my new series of representational landscapes. I will sometime in 2012 have enough art work for a solo show, the destination will follow in the near future. So, stay tuned.
Going forward.
Clyde D. Finlay
