We all know Vincent Van Gogh for his paintings, but he also wrote voraciously as much as he painted. Much of his writing was in the form of an exchange of letters with his brother Theo, which survived the deaths of both men. It is through these letters that we are informed a great deal about his thoughts. These letters have to a large part built up the mythos around the man and his art.

A recent animated film, "Loving Vincent", about the last months of his life draw largely upon these. The film itself is an amazing visual treat and achievement. A team of 100 painters created the film's 65,000 frames, each being an individual oil painting on canvas, using the same technique as Van Gogh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRDSTw6mNwY

And so when exploring the world of Vincent, I came across the follow quote.

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” - Vincent van Gogh

This inspired me to put together this quote image to more readily share Vincent's thoughts around.

Given the theme of yesterday's post about keeping the artistic momentum going, I thought this quote fitted quite well. It is only in recent years that I realised that keeping things in perspective, the view of the bigger picture (pun intended) with my overall body of work was more important than each individual artwork.

Certainly appreciating each step you make in your progress is worthwhile, but celebrating each as a major achievement will only lead to stagnation or slow progress. It is a common mistake most of us make when when begin our artistic journey. We then wonder why other artists are miles ahead of us in their artistic development and career. The only difference is, that these other artists have put in the hard yards, of being consistently persistent. They follow what I now call the formula or rules of artistic success, the three P's. Produce, Produce, Produce.

So, I'm off now to do my three P's. There are great things to be done, and many small steps to be made.

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