From the TCI archive 🔹 Visual artist @erikaranee on letting a painting be free, revisiting and reviving older work, how friends can help you know a piece is done—and the stress that can surface after finishing a project. Read the full interview via the link in the bio. 🧤 *** ID: A roundup of quotes from an interview with visual artist Erika Ranee that read... Slide 1: “I’m 55 years old, and I’ve been at this since I graduated from college, and I’m still growing. I love that, and I love seeing it in other people’s work, too, when they just keep at it and something happens. I love that trajectory.” Slide 2: "I love the beginning, because I don’t know what’s happening, I don’t know how things are going to work out...You’re hoping that something will sell, that someone will want to live with what you’ve created. That’s not a guarantee.” Slide 3: “You want to keep it pure, while in the back of your mind you’re like, 'I just hope this sells so I can pay the rent, or I don’t have to have another full-time job.'” Slide 4: “If I’m stuck on something or I’m feeling too precious about something, I will force myself to pour some paint on it or spray it, or shellac over it and then leave and come back the next day and see what happens. It has to be impulsive. I have to do it fast before I have time to talk myself out of it.” Slide 5: “I'm still learning. That’s exciting for me.”