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Minimizer, by Lee Puffer

March 16, 2015March 17, 2015 | Lee

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There are many myths about art and artists, two of the biggest myths are inspiration and motivation. Successful artists wait for neither of these elusive feelings. Successful artists rely on discipline. Discipline is showing up at the studio to practice your craft (art, I mean) when you feel like it, and also when you don’t feel like it. Especially when you don’t feel like it. Show up, do the work. If you think about it, there are many things we do that we don’t necessarily feel like doing, like cleaning the kitchen or taking out the trash. Nobody feels like taking out the trash. You do it because it needs to be done. You look at the bigger picture when deciding to take out the trash. You want a clean-smelling house, you don’t want maggots crawling across your kitchen floor, things like that. Most likely, maggots will not start crawling across the floor if you decide not to do your art, but if you look at the bigger picture, you want a strong and consistent art practice. You want a body of work that continues to grow in complexity and sophistication. So you discipline yourself to get to work on your art even when you don’t feel like it. #doitanyway #gettowork #inspiration #discipline #findthewhy #icanhelpyou #contemporaryart #collage #abstraction #artonpaper #watercolor #snakeart #writingaboutart #dancingaboutarchitecture #motivation #deepthoughts #takeoutthetrash

Spring is here in #sandiego time for some #delicious #sweettreats with #rainbowsprinkles of course #collage #abstraction #contemporaryart #watercolor #findthewhy #doyourthing #icecream #artonpaper

We must be self-directed and self-regulated, to set our own goals within parameters we select, and to make artwork that is truly our own. This requires self-discipline. Growth as an artist is achieved only through concerted effort and consistent production of work. We must be prolific, and to follow the promising leads discovered in this process in order to access the most authentic work. As artists, we are always challenged to find the time to work. Work ethic can make the difference between a practicing artist and a former artist. It is important to me as an educator to instill this work ethic in students as a method for growth as well as a means for survival #survive #thrive #workethic #discipline #findthewhy #contemporaryart #icanhelpyou #watercolor #mesh #net #collage #abstraction #teaching #philosophy #deepthoughts

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2018-2019

Southwestern College Ceramics 1. Monday/Wednesday 8:15am-11:30am http://www.swccd.edu

Grossmont College Ceramics 1. Tuesday/Thursday 9:30am -12:30 Ceramics 1. Tuesday/Thursday 1pm-4pm http://www.grossmont.edu

San Diego City College Figure Sculpture I, II, III Friday 9am-4pm

About Lee Puffer

Born in Long Beach, CA, Lee Puffer grew up in Coastal Massachusetts and Maine, Mexico, Venezuela, and the shores of Lake Erie in Western New York. Puffer began her career after graduating with Honors from the Massachusetts College of Art with a BFA from the Studio for Interrelated Media in 1992, working with Tony Oursler among others.
In 2004 Puffer enrolled in the Graduate program at San Diego State University, earning an MFA in 2007 with an emphasis of Ceramics. Her nomadic background manifests itself in sculpture made with a distinct sense of place. Her background as a multimedia artist lends her sculpture and sculptural installations immediacy and a contemporary sensibility.
Puffer creates life-sized figurative and kinetic sculpture and installation which offer cultural critique through personal and controversial imagery often appropriating and re-contextualizing images and ideas from popular culture.
She has exhibited at The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, and The Women’s Museum of California among others. She is currently on faculty at Palomar College in San Marcos, California.

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