Artists over 50: This Matters More

Artists over 50, comment with your life stories you would like to make art about! xoxo Prof Lieu

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Clara Lieu was an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2007-2020. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.

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[riverbenson]

I’m 73 and only now have I realized that it doesn’t matter what I think I want to say. What matters is the joy of playing around and exploring any ideas that come into my mind. Don’t take it too seriously because nothing is as important as our happiness.

[seb_as_tia_n]

As the “skilled 18 year old” in question—there is always going to be someone younger and better than you, no matter how old you are. Under every rock is a 14 year old with enough skill to be taking professional commissions.

Creation should not be competitive, it should be collaborative. Learn from those with more experience and skill than you. Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

We’re all going to die, so just contribute and do what brings you joy for as long as you can.

[denisemortensen]

I picked up art again at 58, after a 40-year hiatus. I’m now 65 and working as a full-time artist. My most recent collection is called “The Things We Keep, ” and it draws on the metaphor of the shelf: a place where we store what we treasure, what we postpone, and what we hope to return to. I put my dreams on that shelf, until one day I realized I wasn’t getting any younger. That’s when I knew it was time to start creating again.

[katiebug-xt]

I am 62. Got my art degree in my early thirties. I have a lot of skills, more than most. However, I definately have more to say now, and feel that my work has more universal, timeless meaning than it ever did in my younger years. I never cared about making my living as an artist, I was just happy to be getting the education in the subject I was interested in. Sitting in the dark listening to those art history lectures and slide shows was heaven. So, my advice to those older people just starting is, take joy in the learning part. Fully appreciate the time you now have to do something with it. Who cares what anyone else thinks? Stop showing it to people. I always tried to equally ignore both the criticisism and the compliments. I found people equally too easy to please and too quick to be critical. Only you know what you want from this. Try to ditch your ego. Look for that medium that you are happiest and most stimulated to use.

[Zedine]

Approaching 70 and experimenting with lots of techniques and mediums. No one can stop me from playing…no one 😁

[thelondoners-lifeisart]

Truth - I remember being skilled but entirely blank when it came to purpose or meaning and walked away believing I wasn’t talented enough. Maybe that’s why I needed to walk through life the way I have - to finally understand and come back full circle now I know what not only can be said but should be said.
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[ArtScapeDiaries]

As a soon to be 50y/o in my junior year for my bachelors I can say that what keeps me going is having no fear. I try, I fail, I try again. No worries, no sadness, just a pause to figure out how to make something work, or improve it. Life experience equals knowing yourself and working within your scope without worrying about what will happen when you step out of your comfort zone!

[jdmosaics]

The stories I am making art about are from deep memories from my childhood and from times that are deep and meaningful for me.
Times walking in the bush, climbing a mountain, domestic violence, childhood trauma, marriage, childbirth, building a house, running an art business, the joy of having 7 Grandchildren, the deep sadness of losing a 13 yr old Grandchild. Depression, sickness and near death of my husband of over 40 yrs…The beauty of nature, so much to draw and paint about … mostly not from life but of life.. My references are from my feelings and come from my memories now., from within not from the outside world… The older I get the more I fall in love with expressionist abstract art.
As a younger painter I was into more representational images, but as I have gathered age and hopefully some wisdom along the way, my paintings are now mostly non objective. I paint feelings not things. Emotions and feelings of how I live my life, give me infinite stories to tell.
My goal is to create art even though very personal, can through the human condition, connect to others and bring joy and wonder.

[Bittagrit]

In my 60’s I’ve always sketched here and there. Tried a new medium here and there, taught as a volunteer for a couple yrs.
Now in my 60’s it’s time to play and explore for my personal enrichment. I’m drawn to nature and sort of telling playful stories with my scenes. That got seriously started by painting scenes with dragons and fairies for my granddaughters’ room then later adding a painting of leprechaun sort of guys flying on a piece of bark that was their flying machine. I get inspired by textures in bath towels, textures on walls, leaves, patterns in nature, butterflies, birds and bees in my gardens.

[judylearn]

I want to rekindle my limited skills for trips out in nature. Nature is a vital solace during these turbulent and uncertain times. I just want to make memories in a sketchbook. Drawing slows down observation, sharpens perception. I need that Zen. So appreciate the message of your video.

[ArtfullyBecoming]

I’m 60 and a Nurse. I picked up a sketchbook, watercolors and sat at my dinning room table and fell in love with Art again. It’s so fun to create and learn, even as an older woman. I’m excited about the journey. I just have to stop buying so much art supplies lol

[garybane]

Telling a story when I was in college was so easy. Everything was an adventure ...new yet familiar. Today I am a New Yorker transplanted to the Mata Atlântica in Brasil. It's a story that surprises me daily. I have been drawing all of my life. I have now turned my attention to painting. I tell stories about tropical floresta, the hue of skin, the strength and beauty of the human body...about moving into the future.

[JKirktoons]

It doesn't matter how old you are if you do what you love. I'm 17 inside, but 53 outside. And I have a lot of stories. And when I was physically 18, I had stories too, it's just that my time to tell them (illustrate/animate them in my case) has only come now. So be it.

[berdytv]

I'm 54 this May...and after a long time of being not doing any art...now starting all over again..hope someday I can do and finish all I started🤪

[yvonila]

I’m on my 3rd draft about to color my graphic novel about adopting cats in my 30s in nyc …I started writing this in my late 50s

[marysuze]

I am 74 and I am currently jazzed about my #whoismyneighbor series featuring faces of America. I think I have the ability to render emotions on my faces because I have been experiencing and observing for so many years.

[DandG]

I’m starting my artist journey for the first time in my life in my 40’s. I’m trying everything and trying to remember that everything I do now is valuable experience and to just enjoy the experience of creative play. My art isn’t necessarily good but I’m learning and getting better and more confident with my creative choices. The goal isn’t good, the goal is growth.

[davelake]

I’m still here.. and miles to go! That’s my art.

[Missa_and_Catula]

It takes decades to decide what to say with art; technique can be acquired at any time.

[cchemmes-seeseeart]

Because I've seen miracles with prayer, I pray about everything, including my art. When I prayed for direction with my art, the daily Bible Word that day, amazingly, was, "tell your story." Wow. I had to learn how to live healthy, after a life of abuse/ being raised in dysfunction, & want to share wisdom, including personal healing & how strength & purpose, etc, was gained by spiritual help. I also pray about specific projects & pray to read/ listen to the right Word to find a true answer. My current project was confirmed twice: self worth/ considering all the beatings I've taken... rising up despite a lot that has come against me. I've decided to make prayer about each project a part of my art practice as a result. Good video. Blessings everyone. Love all you art people. Peace.