Looking back at the past 32 years of doing my art, I have realized that throughout that time i have not givin myself any direction. Its hard to say that I’m a failure because i have had a ton of success and learned some valuable lessons along the way. This weekend I did sketches that I was pleased with for the most part, but on the other hand i see the imperfections in what i do and think to myself ” Am I an Artist or a fraud?” That sounds really bad also. I have always been the biggest critic of my work.
Looking at the customers faces as I rip the paper from the easel and ask “Are you ready?” makes me the happiest. Sometimes after they see the drawing and express their delight, I don’t know If i get more happiness then they do or not. Either way I know it just makes me happy to give people a bit of joy and laughter. Its like nothing else I have ever done in my lifetime.
About some time in August my son came to me and asked me if i knew what Tik Tok was. Of course i said no. He showed me this new social media app and told me that he thought it would be a good idea for me to start a page with all my artwork on it. I thought to myself that it sounded too time consuming. After a couple of months of posting random videos of my work, one day I received over 17 thousand views on one drawing of a couple. The funny thing about the drawing is that the old guy was missing a tooth. I think that was the ingredient.
Fast forward to now and I have over 33 thousand followers and a daily drawing schedule of commissions. Its almost unreal.
Caricatures By A Veteran 