Good Afternoon, Leslie Cober,
I hope this message finds you well. My name is Caitlin/Clay Feeley, and I am an illustrator based in Bayonne, New Jersey. Now, in my last year of College at New Jersey City University, getting my BFA in Illustration. There's been a lot of trials and errors, but I'm grateful for what I've learned so far and what I will continue to learn as an artist.
With that said, I have created a little series called “Little reminders”, this is where flyers would be put up around main artist areas, and what came to mind was near the Society of Illustrators, especially if it can be a series posted on the SOI social media. This is for people to see and maybe even take, as they will have tabs at the end for folks to rip off, or if in media, to just see.
I started this series as a way to get back into drawing, to remind myself that my art simply needed to exist and that was okay. That even in my own space, perfection shouldn't be demanded of me. The flyers would say, “My Art does not need to be perfect, just needs to exist.” With a cup of coffee I had that day, and the following illustrations are the same. As if you were having a cup of coffee with me (Drink for thought).
One of the things I learned as an artist is that it's really easy for this craft, “first love” for some, to turn into a burden, watching as this pure love turns into a corporation. Of course, that's how it works because it becomes a career. But that's why it's important for artists within any creative field, but especially draftsmen, to know that perfection does not exist and self-compassion is the true key to continuing a relationship with art.
This is because art is more than a career, but a sense of being, an intuitive nature; it was once something any artist like myself found identity and peace in.
So, as time comes and lessons are learned, one thing that artists need to accept is self-compassion. To be reminded that we are human and not a programmed machine. These can be applied to anyone, not just an artist, if it's something that someone can take as a reminder at the end of the day, that imperfection and starting over are okay-- Then the goal is achieved.
Thank you for your time, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Until then,
Caitlin/Clay Feeley
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