How do you describe success?
Barbara Jaenicke: I suppose there’s the side of success that’s concerned with living my passion, and then there’s the practical side.
In regard to living my passion, I feel I achieve success when I can maintain the perseverance to push through the many aggravating days of painting “misses” and experience the rare occurrences of what I deem painting “hits.” I’m pretty sure that at the end of my life, I’ll feel that I conquered this pursuit if I know I pushed my painting skills as far as they could go.
Regarding the practical side, many artists feel it’s taboo to boil it down to money. I get it. But I think for those of us who are providers for our family, it truly is a tremendous sense of accomplishment when it’s done with a career we love. Since I come from a marketing background, I actually find it fulfilling to manage the business side of my painting career, too. When my passion and profession can comfortably intertwine, life is good!
How do you find inspiration?
Barbara Jaenicke: I search for it. Constantly. It typically finds me working away at the easel after about a half dozen failed paintings.
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www.barbarajaenicke.com
