"When are you going to decide to be an artist and not just someone who occasionally paints?" Is what my wife said to me one evening while annoyed at my attitude toward my vocation at the time. And even though it wasn’t a fun conversation - I understood what she meant, at some point the phrase "decide to become!" jarred me into a place where I could no longer run from myself in that area in my life. I can remember the first time I began to paint as a child sitting in front of the TV on Sunday mornings trying to render the same image Bob Ross was painting on the screen. With burnt umber and greens on a paper pallet as I attempted to create the same pine tree design, he seemed to layout so effortlessly. Even at such a young age, I took an interest in art. I didn’t realize that I had a gift till later years when my doodles in class didn’t seem to compare to everyone else's, and my art teachers recognized my talent. Findi...
Artist Blog: Prophetic Artist Michael Watson