Jess' Art - New Beginnings
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Hello friends. My name is Jessica Rich, Jess to those that know me (other aliases include "J", "J-Dogg", and "Cha Cha"). If you've met me, you know that I'm straight forward, stubborn and passionate about a great many things. One of those things is art.
I have been painting miniatures (32mm-54mm scale models) for over a decade, professionally for close to 8 years. I want that to change. I need that to change. I am now in the worst place any artist can be. I don't enjoy what I'm doing. I feel like every miniature I paint takes a little piece of me, that I'm drowning under the weight of doing something I don't want to. It's not that I don't want to work - far from it. I just can't paint miniatures for a living anymore.
I have panic attacks when I sit at my table to paint. I lose sleep thinking about commissions I've gone over budget on (spending too much time on a figure, which leads to bleeding money). I have a difficult time saying "no" to clients, which further complicates my timelines. I'm prideful, and am afraid to admit defeat, but that's where I'm at.
I have suffered from depression my entire life, and while medications help some, I have come to realize that my work is the biggest catalyst I have to contend with at this point in my life. The black dog is sitting on my chest. I'm doing something that hurts me every time, and I cannot stop, because, well, money.
I have so many ideas and images I want to commit to paper, but I do not have the time to sit at my drawing desk. I'm free there. I am able to bring forth the strange dreams in my mind, to draw upon mythology and lore that I've studied and been passionate about my entire life, to share my emotions in a way that I have difficulty conjuring otherwise.
I'm asking you, my friends, followers, and perhaps strangers, to help me get that breathing room I need. I do not have a financial buffer. I want to spend 2 months painting & drawing in 2D. I want to build up a portfolio, so that I can have a body of work to show, share, and reproduce. I'll be keeping up with my artist page on Facebook, as well as my Patreon page, to share progress, but will be limiting my social media in other places (my personal page on Facebook, for example).
I know it's a lot to ask. I know that to many of you this may seem frivolous, or akin to begging. I need you all to know that your contributions are helping fan the flames of my passion to be an artist, and saving my sanity. I cannot live every day as I currently do - it is taking it's toll. My spark is dying, and I need the time to reignite it.
I cannot adequately express how much this would mean to me. Thank you for your consideration
I have been painting miniatures (32mm-54mm scale models) for over a decade, professionally for close to 8 years. I want that to change. I need that to change. I am now in the worst place any artist can be. I don't enjoy what I'm doing. I feel like every miniature I paint takes a little piece of me, that I'm drowning under the weight of doing something I don't want to. It's not that I don't want to work - far from it. I just can't paint miniatures for a living anymore.
I have panic attacks when I sit at my table to paint. I lose sleep thinking about commissions I've gone over budget on (spending too much time on a figure, which leads to bleeding money). I have a difficult time saying "no" to clients, which further complicates my timelines. I'm prideful, and am afraid to admit defeat, but that's where I'm at.
I have suffered from depression my entire life, and while medications help some, I have come to realize that my work is the biggest catalyst I have to contend with at this point in my life. The black dog is sitting on my chest. I'm doing something that hurts me every time, and I cannot stop, because, well, money.
I have so many ideas and images I want to commit to paper, but I do not have the time to sit at my drawing desk. I'm free there. I am able to bring forth the strange dreams in my mind, to draw upon mythology and lore that I've studied and been passionate about my entire life, to share my emotions in a way that I have difficulty conjuring otherwise.
I'm asking you, my friends, followers, and perhaps strangers, to help me get that breathing room I need. I do not have a financial buffer. I want to spend 2 months painting & drawing in 2D. I want to build up a portfolio, so that I can have a body of work to show, share, and reproduce. I'll be keeping up with my artist page on Facebook, as well as my Patreon page, to share progress, but will be limiting my social media in other places (my personal page on Facebook, for example).
I know it's a lot to ask. I know that to many of you this may seem frivolous, or akin to begging. I need you all to know that your contributions are helping fan the flames of my passion to be an artist, and saving my sanity. I cannot live every day as I currently do - it is taking it's toll. My spark is dying, and I need the time to reignite it.
I cannot adequately express how much this would mean to me. Thank you for your consideration
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Jessica Rich
Organizer
Norfolk, VA
