<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611447600246925748</id><updated>2011-07-07T21:02:48.509-07:00</updated><category term='art'/><category term='website'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='creation'/><category term='paintings'/><category term='family'/><title type='text'>Life as an Artist</title><subtitle type='html'>Updates of an artist making a living for a beautiful family.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2611447600246925748/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>art by matt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15525943707023672800</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VAtedG1jihg/S4vmSiaOUqI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_5QrX5zWY6s/S220/fisheye3.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611447600246925748.post-6333142409328426652</id><published>2010-03-01T08:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T08:26:38.296-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creation'/><title type='text'>Creative Juices</title><content type='html'>Trying to find the creative mojo needed to create a new painting can sometimes be troublesome. Especially when you have three young kids, that need your constant devotion. But sometimes, I don't need to be inspired to create. Some times it just takes the imagination of three kids.&lt;br /&gt;    My kids help me out a lot with what I am working on. I doodle everyday, and with their help from time to time, I can create something that I never would have thought of. My latest series of paintings are abstract fish eyes. It came about one day when I was just dabbling with my a pen and some paper. My son, Caden, came over and was just staring at the little pictures. Playing the 50 million question game. Finally, out of the innocent, imagination, only a 5 year old can have, he said that they looked like, "beautiful, fish eyes." Then he went back to playing with his sister. I sat there, thinking, trying to see what my son had seen. But it did not come to me. A day later, at work. It came.&lt;br /&gt;    Finally, I was inspired. Excited about the paintings that were there, in the back of my mind, and in the imagination of a creative 5 year old. That was five paintings ago. I have truly found a spark that I so desperately needed. And it came from left field. A place in my life that I never thought would drive me to create, beautiful, inspired works of art.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2611447600246925748-6333142409328426652?l=artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com/feeds/6333142409328426652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com/2010/03/creative-juices.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2611447600246925748/posts/default/6333142409328426652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2611447600246925748/posts/default/6333142409328426652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com/2010/03/creative-juices.html' title='Creative Juices'/><author><name>art by matt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15525943707023672800</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VAtedG1jihg/S4vmSiaOUqI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_5QrX5zWY6s/S220/fisheye3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611447600246925748.post-5881945261888120502</id><published>2010-03-01T08:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T08:04:30.498-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paintings'/><title type='text'>the website</title><content type='html'>I have been working on my website for the past 2 days. Trying to put the finishing touches on it. Excited, because I feel there is a bigger focal point on my paintings. Especially my new ones. Some of my best ones yet. There will be more to come, because I am working on some new paintings. Come check it out, and let me know what everyone thinks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2611447600246925748-5881945261888120502?l=artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com/feeds/5881945261888120502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com/2010/03/website.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2611447600246925748/posts/default/5881945261888120502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2611447600246925748/posts/default/5881945261888120502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://artbymattgatlin.blogspot.com/2010/03/website.html' title='the website'/><author><name>art by matt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15525943707023672800</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VAtedG1jihg/S4vmSiaOUqI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_5QrX5zWY6s/S220/fisheye3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
