Anoldmansart

I made the mistake today of googling 'what the artist sees'. The most relevant response seems to be a quote attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, 'The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of'. The rest of it was that warm fuzzy creative stuff that an anal old fart like me doesn't understand and can't relate to. I was interested in seeing in the sense that I see at the end of a painting session. Dunno if you've experienced it but it's the echoes of intense observation over the previous hours, not unlike that pervading sense of motion after a plane or boat trip. I find I can see patches of intense hues  textures and patterns that normally pass me by. Reflections in tiles, even a white ceiling are suddenly invested with a complexity I didnt imagine existed. I find myself staring, in the most discomfiting way at people who must wonder what the hell I'm doing. I see bright purples in the shadows of a face, greens and yellows in places they've no right to be. It's one of the many rewards

If you see an image on my gallery, rest assured, I did it; it may be crap but I did it. Duped once again by an image which looked great, but wasn't produced by the owner of the profile. I even liked it and said something nice and now I feel like a pratt. I don't know how DA expects artists to interact when there is so much of this going on. I'll be more careful about interactions here from now on but if you are producing work and wanna talk about it, I'm all ears.

So a word to the wise. If someone watches you, praises your work, has an amazing gallery but has only been on DA for a few days, something is up. If they enquire about NFTs for your art, that's another warning sign. Google them and their work by name and by image and see what comes up. In the latest case, the name didn't come up but the art work did and it's not theirs. I could be wrong but my experience is only a very few genuine people on this site get in touch and it's great to hear from them when they do. The majority are and always will be blaggers. Be careful.