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tim carroll
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Thank you.....my wife is super supportive (and she's also a college professor), so my risk isn't quite so devastating if it failed. Like you said.....I teach, therefore I could always go back to the profession if I saw the art wasn't a stand-alone career. Fingers crossed - I hope some more doors are opened at the National.I have been following your work since you started posting on the Bench and have always been impressed by your work. For a long time now, I've thought that your work would be displayed in galleries or that you would find a niche making commissioned pieces for athletes like Opie Otterstad does. I'm glad to hear that you are on the cusp of this. I understand the leap of faith that it will take to leave the security of a full time job, but I am confident that you will succeed with your art. The best thing about teaching will be that you can always return to it if things didn't work out as an artist.
I think I may end up having regrets in not taking you up on commissioning a piece when you first started showing these to us! I won't be at the National unfortunately, but I enjoy viewing the pieces when you share them.
No need for regret! I still take commissions.
Nice work, my favorite to date! Your pieces keep getting better and better. Hope it leads to many more referrals for you.
Thank you!
When are you going to open your museum?? I'll be the first in line!
Awesome job as always, Tim. Your work is truly 'one of a kind'. To have MLB actually contact you about doing this one for them is amazing in itself...you must be getting well known.
I appreciate the kind words....a gallery would be nice (I have turned down several due to the high commission rates).....and as a matter of fact - I do have my Stan Musial piece at Gallery 1200 in Hoboken for the Baseball Art All-Stars show (beginning August 2).
Crazy! I just saw the new pics, awesome! I don't know if you do it, but I'd love to see some pics of the process, like, how you start out, and some pics of during, and then the finished product. I might be the only one, but I think that'd be really interesting to see.... Unless you don't want to give away any trade secrets, haha
No worry about giving away secrets - it really is as simple as: Draw a picture. Cut some cards. Glue the cards in places that look the best. I'll add some photos later of the work in progress.
Tim