Welcome to my ArtLove blog. I'm Ginny Gaura. First let's start with pronunciation of my name because it gets mispronounced all the time. Ginny is derived from Virginia, so the "G" is soft as in giraffe. Gaura is the hard "G" and rhymes with Laura. I have many nicknames, the most common is Goo and Ginny Goo. I also respond to being called Mario (from Mario Brothers fame) as long as it is bellowed in a lousy Italian accent.
I'll be blogging about my creative endeavors, especially in art. I'm one of those artists who love creating any way I can. When I was a kid my favorite toys were crayons, which grew into colored pencils, paints and pastels. I still love opening a new box of crayons with their points all intact and getting a good whiff of the rich scent of colored wax. By the way, I never quite grew up and my imagination is still operating at full force.
As an adult, I enjoy oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, hand-lettering, photography, and graphic design. I use Photoshop on a regular basis and would like to do more creative projects with video, but there are only so many hours in a day.
The written word is important to me and I enjoy reading. I admit to being a geek because I always wished that libraries were open on weekend evenings. I have more books than I have room for and my dream has always been to have a library in my house with wall-to-wall bookshelves and rolling ladders.
I love poetry in all its forms, from every age and country. I write a lot of poems on pieces of paper that get buried in piles of junk mail and discovered later. When I listen to music, I focus on the lyrics most of the time. I'm currently working on greeting card collections that feature poetry and philosophical quotations in combination with my artwork.
My intent is to share my love of all things artistic with you. I may venture off the topic into other areas of interest due to my tendency to go off in tangents. I didn't want to write a personal blog because part of me saw it as egotistical and I've spent years working to dissolve my ego. It didn't work. Ego follows me like an imprinted duckling everywhere I go.
The reality is that in order to make a living, the individual artist needs to promote. Social media and blogging are to the tools that are available today. I love creating art for art's sake and for years have put the whole marketing thing on the back burner, as a lot of artists do because we would rather be in the studio. Through this blog I will try to post at regular intervals, though I can't be certain how often. Because Tuesday has that pleasing "oo" sound like Goo, I'll definitely post then, if not more. I invite you to join me on this digital journey.
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