Drawings of Rich Vigil
Rich Vigil is an artist in the St. Louis area - we worked together when I lived there long ago. These are drawings from his sketchbook...
What's great and inspiring to me is that someone who is super-busy with family and work (when I knew him he had 2 jobs plus freelance work) still keeps drawing in his life. He's not going for gallery shows, he's not trying to make is big in the art world, he's just making great little drawings.
I think it's important to look at artists who are trying to participate in a wider art world, but it's just as important to recognize the people, some quite good, who make work just to make it.
posted by w at 13:46
1 Comments:
These drawings are great. When I saw Rich's work (and Warren's comments about them) I was inspired. Mainly, I appreciated getting the reminder that the creation of art is as much a personal venture as a public one; sometimes we lose sight of that fact, as I have in recent months.
It is especially heartening to see very good work like this being conducted for the sole purpose of self-enrichment. Thanks.
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