Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Creative Entrepreneur


I'm a bookstore browser. I love, love, love to go to bookstores, pick up design or photography books and/or magazines, and then get lost into my creative process. Inspiration for future artwork comes from many places. Images from books and magazines are probably at the top of the list. Just this week I found a wonderful DIY Visual Guidebook for making business concepts real in the art section of Barnes and Noble. "The Creative Entrepreneur" by Lisa Sonora Bean is the perfect book for us right brain types to harness our creative ideas and package them in a neat business plan, and then moving forward with those ideas for profits. Since we all have such passion for our artwork, It should be natural for us to believe our talents should translate into a profit center...we don't always think that way though. But why not? Weren't we always taught to do what we love? Isn't it a wonderful thing to be rewarded for our creatve journey? A book of this type is right up my alley especially since I'm both a business consultant during the daytime and the artist (my true self) at night. "The Creative Entrepreneur"...It's great. Click at the title above and check out the website. Enjoy
Living Creatively,
Sandra

Quilted Denim Jacket

Quilted Denim Jacket
Close up of Shaunna's quilted photo

Swept Away

Swept Away
Another quilted portrait

"Everybody's All American"

"Everybody\
Honored to be featured in Carolyn Mazloomi's new book on quilts inspired by the President and on the Alliance for American Quilts website

Guess who we're for?

Guess who we\
Together we're gonna change America!

Asian Beauty

Asian Beauty

"Fast Friends"

"Fast Friends"
My thread painted quilted rendition of a photo of travel writer Sonia Poussin and her new Tanzanian friend.

Pas de Deux

Pas de Deux
My quilted rendition of Mike Maples' photo of cecropia moths mating

Michelle as Medusa

Michelle as Medusa
"Bad Hair Day into Night

Papillon

Papillon
Quilted 3-D image of my niece Shaya

Frida up close

Frida up close
Here's a close up version of watercolor picture painted of Frida on lutrador. I embellished this small photo with beads and a flower for a 3D effect

Adinkra I

Adinkra I
Journal quilt using cotton and tea-dyed organza, scrim, West African Adinkra symbols and papyrus bark for an added touch!