Too Much in the Details?

Lynn and I were talking tonight about a recent print she picked up to be framed and hung in our dining room. A comment was made that it would be my job to cut the picture down to size and frame it because I am so detailed when I do things. I really never thought of myself as being detail oriented, or at least I have not accepted that in my nature for the most part. I think this stems from the creative drive and thinking that to be creative, I also need to have a free spirit all the time. The more I think about that, the more I realize that being detailed has its place in the artistic world and in my creative world in particular. When I create, I like to be detailed. That may be why I like to do bead work and embellish items.

In the broader scope of the creative world, being detailed really is the nature of a lot of great artists. For instance, Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte". It is one of my favorite impressionist pieces. The whole very large painting is made up of dots of paint. It took him two years to do. It truly is a masterpiece of patience and persistence.