Maybe you strongly wish to paint people or still life or dappled sunlight with all its luster shining through a forest of trees in an astounding landscape, or perhaps you are strongly attracted to colorful abstracts. Maybe, your only desire is to make paintings that stir emotions and fascinate people and yourself. It will all work if you remain determined; your work will have life.

Unless an artist is determined to fall into a certain style or technique or finds their “niche” and sticks with it, my recommendation is that they not be afraid to experiment around and try different things. It may not define them, but it is a lot of fun…and there is nothing wrong with having fun. When the “fun”is gone, so is the creativity.

Lynn Burton experiments with a lot of different styles and techniques. He likes to say there are few people that have studied more different artists and their art “genres” than he has. As many do, he has imitated the masters in an effort to “find” himself, but when it comes to having “fun”, he dares any one to enjoy themselves more with brush, paint, and canvass.

A little better than a year ago, he stopped into a local tattoo parlor to see some of the art they were doing. “H-m-m-m,” he thought, and sure enough he was scribbling his muse. As a matter of fact, it was the “art scribbling,” thinking of possible tattoos that led to his now well known painting of “Adam and Eve.”

In conclusion, follow your muse. It may lead you to some exciting and fun moments.

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