This is Ron with your motivational message,
I love to paint and recently spent 4 days at the Benton County Fair, with 10 hours a day. My back is generally towards the crowd so they can see me paint. As people walk by it never seizes to amaze me how individuals reacts to a man painting with his teeth. Believe it or not, children are the most curious. Some of my best compliments came from 3 to 6 year olds. I get a special feeling in my soul knowing that most of everyone who sees me painting is inspired to some degree. A few people told me there story, and a number of them stopped to take a closer look at some of my other pieces of art. Others would stand for more than an hour and watch me paint the smallest details. One gentleman asked me if he could make a donation. This gave me a great idea… The lady next me was selling Tupperware so I had my assistant get one and labeled it “Tips or donations welcomed.”
Within a few hours I had a container full of dollar bills, this made me feel good in a weird way. I guess I felt like I was being paid for my work and effort which also gave me a sense of value. Don’t get me wrong I do sell a few prints, but for the most part my art sales would not keep food on the table. I was super impressed by the amount of teenagers who came by and dropped dollar bills in my cup. It motivated me to want to work harder. Art is so special, it allows your creativity to run wild and we need that in our culture.I want to say thank you to those that inspire artists like me. I would also like to say thank you to all of my friends for supporting my art. I needed the lift, particularly when there are times I don’t feel like my art is appreciated as much as I would like it to be.
I also would like to thank the older gentlemen that recommended the donation cup and all of the people that have stopped by I felt inspired to once again to Never Give Up.
I would love to hear from you!
Please email me and let me know what you think of my painting I worked on at the fair. heagyoffice@gmail.com
I think I am going to call it, “ Go Birthday Cake.”
Check out my art if you haven’t seen it!
To your inspirations,
Ron
