Art Makes Magic Keys to Imagining a Creative Life from My Fairy Art Mother

by Fields, Beth; Holmes, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9798350980424
• ISBN10: 8350980427
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-03-08
• Publisher: BookBaby
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Summary

"Art Makes Magic: Keys to Imagining a Creative Life from My Fairy Art Mother" is a powerful guide to the many ways that creativity takes shape. The unique collaborative format, combined with the strength of Andrea Holmes and Beth Field's personal perspectives as working artists, makes "Art Makes Magic" an indispensable guide for those who long to launch as artists but lack the confidence to heed that call.
Andrea and Beth offer real life experience with much needed encouragement and affirmation to artists and creatives at every point in their path. This book amplifies the voice of two artists currently in the trenches, reporting with clarity a wealth of practical information that is currently missing from the marketplace.
"Art Makes Magic" tackles common topics of consideration like getting started as a working artist, studio spaces, materials, mentorship, learning, collaboration, and conquering fear. The format allows Andrea and Beth to combine their voices to offer concrete advice and inspiring reflections followed by their individual experiences that help creatives see the widely varying paths for those who choose to launch their creative efforts into the larger world. "Art Makes Magic" includes both practical advice and inspiring perspectives on why a commitment to artistic expression is worth the risks that come with taking the flying leap and landing in a place of creative freedom.

Author Biography

Beth Fields is a potter and mixed media painter who creates artfully remade journals and hand stitched pieces with vintage themes. After growing up in the North Dallas suburbs, Beth received a BA from Eugene Lang College in NYC, NY and a MEd from Boston College, which gave her the chance to walk around and admire the buildings of New York and New England for seven years. Two years of living in London gave her an even wider variety of buildings to marvel at across the UK and Europe. Beth is delighted to live in McKinney, Texas's beautiful historic district, though she misses having the chance to ride trains on a regular basis. She's honored to serve as the Artist Coordinator for McKinney Tiny Doors and is still a voracious traveler who takes pictures of doors wherever she goes.
Andrea Holmes is a Texas-based mural artist and painter located in downtown McKinney, Texas. Andrea's painting journey started in 2010 when she took a night class at the local community college, and she hasn't put her paint brush down since. Andrea has a BA in Arts and Technology from University of Texas at Dallas. She started selling her paintings in 2013 and continues creating, selling, and teaching classes to this day. She is known as the "bird lady" for her vast series of bird paintings and murals. Andrea is the host of Birdtober, a daily creative challenge in the month of October that attracts artists across the globe. She is currently working on a project to paint 100 bird murals all over the world.