Justina Blakeney

And I think that when we talk about art, we're talking about perceived value. And we're talking about such different tastes across the whole world. And for me, if my art... makes one person feel good about themselves or one person finds it beautiful, that's a bonus because I'm doing it for myself anyway and it feels beautiful to me.

And it's a joy to watch myself love my paintings more the more I paint. And it's not about, it's no longer mine once I put the art in the gallery, right? It's for everyone and for myself. And I hope people can experience my work and make, you know, it can make people feel something. But it's also okay if people don't like my work. You know, it doesn't have to be good for everyone.

And it's a joy to watch myself love my paintings more the more I paint. And it's not about, it's no longer mine once I put the art in the gallery, right? It's for everyone and for myself. And I hope people can experience my work and make, you know, it can make people feel something. But it's also okay if people don't like my work. You know, it doesn't have to be good for everyone.

And it's a joy to watch myself love my paintings more the more I paint. And it's not about, it's no longer mine once I put the art in the gallery, right? It's for everyone and for myself. And I hope people can experience my work and make, you know, it can make people feel something. But it's also okay if people don't like my work. You know, it doesn't have to be good for everyone.

I don't like everyone else's work.

I don't like everyone else's work.

I don't like everyone else's work.

There's an I don't know element to this for sure. But I want to say something about self-expression and expressions on the faces and about how what that means when you read someone's expression and you feel it and it touches you. And so for me, drawing, painting, illustrating faces creates an immediate connection to

There's an I don't know element to this for sure. But I want to say something about self-expression and expressions on the faces and about how what that means when you read someone's expression and you feel it and it touches you. And so for me, drawing, painting, illustrating faces creates an immediate connection to

There's an I don't know element to this for sure. But I want to say something about self-expression and expressions on the faces and about how what that means when you read someone's expression and you feel it and it touches you. And so for me, drawing, painting, illustrating faces creates an immediate connection to

Like on magazine covers, they always try to have the models on the covers looking at the camera because when you look at the magazine cover, she's looking back at you. And there is something very powerful about that gaze and about that connection point. And so for me, trying to capture that in my art is just something very compelling.

Like on magazine covers, they always try to have the models on the covers looking at the camera because when you look at the magazine cover, she's looking back at you. And there is something very powerful about that gaze and about that connection point. And so for me, trying to capture that in my art is just something very compelling.

Like on magazine covers, they always try to have the models on the covers looking at the camera because when you look at the magazine cover, she's looking back at you. And there is something very powerful about that gaze and about that connection point. And so for me, trying to capture that in my art is just something very compelling.

And I really like hearing people talk about, oh, it looks like she's feeling this or thinking this. And, you know, it's yours. It's so personal to you. That is what it is for you. And so I think that's part of it. But there's still the I don't know element to it too. How do you...

And I really like hearing people talk about, oh, it looks like she's feeling this or thinking this. And, you know, it's yours. It's so personal to you. That is what it is for you. And so I think that's part of it. But there's still the I don't know element to it too. How do you...

And I really like hearing people talk about, oh, it looks like she's feeling this or thinking this. And, you know, it's yours. It's so personal to you. That is what it is for you. And so I think that's part of it. But there's still the I don't know element to it too. How do you...

I'm not at risk of becoming too rigid. I definitely lean in the other direction of the too wild. I think that with my creative work, I don't feel I have to be disciplined. If anything, I might have to be disciplined to get other things done when I'm in the flow of being creative. So, you know, mom stuff or work stuff or all that.

I'm not at risk of becoming too rigid. I definitely lean in the other direction of the too wild. I think that with my creative work, I don't feel I have to be disciplined. If anything, I might have to be disciplined to get other things done when I'm in the flow of being creative. So, you know, mom stuff or work stuff or all that.

I'm not at risk of becoming too rigid. I definitely lean in the other direction of the too wild. I think that with my creative work, I don't feel I have to be disciplined. If anything, I might have to be disciplined to get other things done when I'm in the flow of being creative. So, you know, mom stuff or work stuff or all that.

Sometimes I'm like, okay, and I'm toggling back and forth because I'm trying to stay in my creative flow. So I don't feel like I need a lot of discipline around that. I need discipline more around the other things. to do things that I maybe have avoidance around. And routines help me a lot with that and getting into just more regular flow, which is something I'm really working hard at.