All Artists are Self Taught - Interview with Artist Nancy Morgan Barnes

[@susanslapinartisawayoflife]

Refreshingly honest and authentic, Thank You!

[@Billieelish1234]

That’s my mom!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@claremurphy777]

Aaaaaw you must be so proud of her! ☘️💕

[@charlotteburns7143]

Pretty cool growing up with a couple of artists.

[@rondamichel6071]

What an adorable final sentiment! My rationale is "but I can't die because who will paint my paintings then?"

[@ebbelaurssoerensen3908]

very honest and good listening to - thank you very much

[@rachelturgeon114]

Absolutely fantastic artist and so articulate about how she has worked as an artist throughout her life. Love her work and perspective.

[@rahulonkon]

Marvelous interview. So honest words

[@kcirful]

Wonderful conversation and spot on in every way . Thank you!

[@janhannah9444]

Deliciously genuine ❤

[@cooperdogable]

Dear Nancy, How wonderful to see you in this video. I would love to see you and Bob when I visit Maine. The days we spent together at IU were some of the best in my life. Andrea Way

[@christinajarmolinski727]

Thanks for your video. I was searching via Europe, traveling 3x to Maine. Searsport was the place we wished to find a place for studios and living. No luck. Now I'm back in Germany and wondering what the world will give us next. It's unsettling. Enjoy your life there.

[@elizabethbrown8833]

Very encouraging Nancy, thank you fir sharing your wisdomz found along your path. 🌌🌎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎨💙🙏

[@geolloyd1351]

a scintillating monologue by a painter of integrity , BRAVA !

[@TheresaREAberilla]

I love your artworks; I wish to paint the same! TFS

[@debterry1007]

Exactly! I have known so many creative people who just one day as they age they just STOP..... I just don't understand that. I'm 57 and as an artist there are so many things i want to do... so many paintings in my head waiting to be put down.. I don't understand what makes one just stop... And that scares me a little bit.. .worries me a little around the edges... you know.. Will something come along as i age that will just make me want to stop?? Great interview great video!

[@claireseyeviewonredbubble]

I think it's fear. It's loss of confidence in one's own ability. It's apprehension at the outcome, it's too scary to start painting if you think the result will be dissapointing. That can come after having to work dull mind numbing jobs to pay the bills for years. Then suddenly you're free, you don't have to work again. But you can't paint, it's such a huge step from the soul destroying routine of working a job you hated for years and now being expected to get back in touch with your creative imagination again. But you buried it for so long and now it's crumpled and starved, so when you finally re discover it you need to nourish it back to life and that can take months or years.😢

[@leeciap]

Enjoyed this interview very much, great to meet the person behind the imaginative paintings I have admired for years.

[@everymoment1007]

Love Nancy's work! Its a privilege to hear her talk about process and her thoughts on painting. I would love to sit and talk with her, so real and talking my language. Thanks for these inspiring peeps into these artists lives.

[@WorldWideWebObserver]

Your art is gorgeous!

[@katherineelizabethco]

I also want to say I love your style. Little Red Riding Hood is my absolute favorite ❤️

[@rowdyrue]

Thank you for making this video. You have inspired me. Thank you

[@chrisrobinson34]

I like the art and imagination. Nancy is good.

[@StephenGrew]

Me also, just doing for the sheer Passion of making and sharing, I keep going and I'm 62....next week.🙂🎹

[@kevinbwillson4161]

Wonderful work and interview Normal Art talk sounds like a linebacker babbling about the game. Beside Gods intervention they need to win the next one. You did 8 out of 10 keep on keeping on

[@kathleenclarke828]

loved this

[@lightsoutgallery]

Thanks

[@jhb61249]

In art school we heard language regarding recipe of making art as a terrible unholy thing. We were taught certain limited technical things like how to stretch and prime a canvas or watercolor paper, but never ever were we told what or how regarding the painting process. We all taught ourselves through research, observation and hit and miss and miss again until we were okay with our results and many times we were told to start over, or do it again, or try some other way. Most everyone got grades of A or B so that was never the insentive for working.

[@jackiedrowley3351]

I like her ❤

[@andresglucas]

te saludo x tu arte 🙏🏿🙋🏿‍♂️👍

[@bilaljanart]

❤

[@katherineelizabethco]

After a long time painting portraits I gradually lost interest. I’m forever grateful that the desire to paint figurative illustrations replaced my desire to paint portraits. I also moved from oil paint on canvas to pencil, ink and watercolors all tucked away in large format Strathmore watercolor paper books.

[@GarnetLynne]

This makes me want to move back to Maine. I need an art community that isn't city based.

[@MacWiedijk]

"Art is never finished, only abandoned" ("L'arte non è mai finita, solo abbondata") is usually attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, . Some sources also indicate that this statement, or a similar idea, was later adopted by other artists, such as Pablo Picasso or Paul Valéry.

[@thordisarnadottir5917]

✨❤️

[@StephenGrew]

Yes it then takes on it's own Life.

[@lyndameeder6293]

I have never liked the term "self taught " I think a better term is "self talent " . Because you need the talent to do what you do. With that talent , then you learn things and you teach yourself . Art schools are or should be teaching you methods and how to use materials . If you don't have the talent then all the teachings will mean nothing to you. People think you didn't go to school if you say self taught . Maybe you did go to art school and maybe you didn't and that should not matter . You don't need to if you are talented . There are a lot of great artists that became great all on their own just because of their talent . I have known people that say they are artists , but have not talent , but are doing art from what the school taught them to do.

[@bigjohndavid1]

Francis Bacon said that.

[@SungCheJung]

Very warming insights! Respect from an artist in south korea!🩵

[@SungCheJung]

Resect from an artist in south korea🩵

[@balluna1453]

'all artists are self taught', I disagree strongly!, most 'self taught' artists did not have the luxury of having a tutor on hand to answer any questions. that in itself is a luxury!, as is what medium, where to buy it, how to start a painting, a long list of on hand luxuries for those who went to college/uni to learn 'how to make art' V those that did not!. I always wanted to go to art college /uni but couldn't, it was NOT an option for me and many, many others.

[@dildoit]

Whos teaching who, in a class, who is taking the teaching in, who is always there inside you, who is you, and who is the one that is tought

[@nfrantnik]

Beautiful paintings

[@JGalegria]

I'm always telling people this. We're all self taught and we all learn from each other and all artists before us. There's no one who is going to stand beside us and show us what to draw or paint, where to put the marks, how to make marks etc. Most art education is nothing to do with teaching you how to be the artist. Instead it teaches you how to critique work and how to research art and art movements and how to meet a brief, or at least try to and be able to articulate your ideas and intentions and hopefully realise your intentions. 🙏🤎🦋❤️🐞