What is the best thing about being an artist?
Karen Ann Hitt: Becoming known for painting the effects of the sky, I’m blessed that I may keep my head in the clouds! Seriously though, continually seeking studying opportunities for my profession is an awesome thing about being an artist and sharing with others how to always look up too. I have had many say I have taught them to see the ‘light bulbs’ in life.
How did you develop your unique style?
Karen Ann Hitt: From my first year of college to today, by learning from the ‘Master’s.’ In my very first college painting class at Parsons School of Design in NY, my instructor assigned me to paint a Sargent of choice. Went to the library to research, and found what I thought the best portrait subject. Taking it to class with me, I shared with my instructor;” it’s a lot easier to find reference of Generals than Sergeants’” Yes, my instructor fell out of her chair! Coming from a military family straight from High School, at eighteen, I had never learned of Sargent. That utter embarrassment added to my style. I have NEVER stopped studying the Master Artist to this day. Two beloved quotes: “Ancora Imparo – I am still learning.” Michelangelo said it when he was 87 years old and working on St. Peter’s Basilica. And “Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”—Leonardo da Vinci
These too define my unique style.
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