On the necessity of a strong work ethic

“People think that being an artist is an easy thing, but it’s not. It’s a lot of work. People go to an exhibition and think, ‘well, I could do that,’ but you didn’t, I did. I try to keep my mind open to the potential of what’s out there, and what I can discover as an artist.” Barbara Astman, photographer.

I interviewed Astman as part of the artist profile series I’m working on for OCAD University. Keep posted for more details about that!

Here’s one of her works, from “The Newspaper Series”