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Live Panel: Avoid Creative Burnout
Thursday, September 11th
5-6pm MDT
7-8pm EDT
12am-1am BST (Friday)
9am-10am AEST (Friday)
Mentors: Marlene Lowden and Kim Eshelman
$19.00
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Avoid Creative Burnout: How to Create a Series Without Losing Your Spark
Practical steps and creative strategies to build a cohesive body of work without burning out!
Creating a cohesive body of artwork can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to. In this 60-minute session, Mastrius mentors Marlene Lowden and Kim Eshelman will guide you through simple, focused ways to start building a body of work that reflects your unique voice and artistic intention.
You’ll learn how to begin with curiosity instead of pressure, and keep going with concrete steps & tools that will help you stay focused while avoiding burnout.
You’ll learn how to:
- Start with a sense of play and exploration rather than stress.
- Use idea boards, small studies, and boundaries to fuel creativity and avoid burnout.
- Clarify your concept and process for more confident art-making.
- Shift from painting “one-offs” to creating with cohesion and purpose.
Whether this is your 1st series or your 10th, this session will help you make the leap from scattered projects to a focused, meaningful body of work that fuels, rather than drains you!
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Meet Marlene Lowden
Acrylic | Oil
“I’m the third generation of my family to grow up in a rural seaside town on the west coast of Canada; to say that the forest and the ocean are influential in my work would be an understatement. However, I’m not content to replicate nature. I’m an unconventional oil painter using stencils and spray paint like a street artist and markers like an illustrator. I create a puzzle to solve by using crisp lines, colours, textures and shapes that do not exist in the natural environment. The challenge then is to create unity that is aesthetically pleasing but not entirely comfortable. For me, a successful painting shows evidence of a struggle. If a painting is working well too quickly, I’ll purposely make erratic brushstrokes, scribbles and drips to “mess” it up and create tension. I push past the boundaries of outdated conditioning that equate femininity with neatness and prettiness. I look to nature to create work that rebels against order and perfection; I seek a raw kind of beauty.
Two decades into slowly building this life for myself it is now clear that the struggle I create in my work is a metaphor for an old story, perhaps even a healing one. I make large, sensual and expressive oil paintings to use my voice and speak loudly for those who couldn’t. By sharing my work and teaching, I also give those alongside me now and into the future, permission to speak up. For this polite, small town, Canadian girl, painting is a political act; it is an act of liberation.”
Meet Kim Eshelman
Pastel | Mixed Media | Gouache
Kim is an American contemporary artist working in pastel.
She has been painting in a variety of mediums for over 30 years. Kim exhibits regularly around the globe and has won numerous awards. Her work is in public and private collections in eight countries, including the Pastel Museum in Saint-Aulaye, France.
Her landscapes are inspired by the beautiful woods of Washington State where she lives. She plays with light filtering through trees, reflective ponds, and stunning skies. She also enjoys the occasional still life and wildlife painting.
She is a Master Circle member of the International Association of Pastel Societies and a Signature member of the Northwest Pastel Society. She is also a member of the American Impressionist Society and Pastel Society of America.
Kim has been featured in the prestigious LandEscape Contemporary Art Review magazine, as well as various other publications including Bold Journey and American Art Collector.