Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. – Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol is dead.  He died on February 22nd, 1987. And, because he is dead, he can’t make art anymore.

Can a dead artist create new work? No, of course not. They are dead.

They can’t.

Once you are dead you are dead.

So while you are alive. Make art. When you finish one painting, sign it, frame it, hang it. Then make another one.

Don’t think about making art, just get it done.

I don’t know why I don’t paint every day. When I paint is when I feel most alive. Maybe I don’t paint because I am scared to make a mistake. Maybe I don’t paint because I think I will live forever.

And one day follows the next, cleaning the dog and cat hair from the staircase, cleaning seven litter boxes, washing dishes, washing clothes, folding clothes, rearranging the boxes in the garage, while the paint dries in the tubes.

The quote by Andy Warhol makes sense. We don’t have to worry about what anyone thinks, we just have to keep creating. Love it or hate it. I don’t care.

We won’t live forever.

Make today count.

Don’t think about making art, just get it done.

 

p.s. I paint in layers with a palette knife. I started with a green acrylic paint, and after it dried I drew a rough outline with black charcoal. Well, actually I started with a layer of white gesso on the store-bought canvas.

Let me know in the comments if you want me to show you how I paint. I will make a short video showing my method.