Hello guys,

This is a long over due journal. For anyone with an outstanding commission that has not been started so far. I will be working on refunding you over the next couple of months. I ask you to forgive me for the time it’s taken for me to come to this decision.

I have loved art my whole life, and everyone has always told me I should make a living out of it.  I have always shyed away from that because I was always afraid what I did would not live up to the idea the buyer had.  But over the years I have tried to get in to the business anyway, some things I have been very lucky with. I have gotten to work with many amazing artists, and many amazing projects.

I have discovered that the art for hire business is not for me; it puts a level of stress on me that I just can’t deal with. Every drawing or sculpt is not as good as I would want it to be, and so I end up being unhappy with it, convinced that the buyer will be unhappy with it as well I end up dreading working on them. And unfortunately this has lead to my over all anxiety of working on the sculptures or drawings at all.  And with the knowledge that I have commissions outstanding, it’s kept me from working on my own work.  And thus a cycle begins that has lead to stagnation.

I have decided that as far as profits go, art is not for me. I enjoy working on the art that appeals to me.  I love to draw, and sculpt but I am not gifted with the ability to do it under any kind of demand.  I hope that from here and there in the future I can again work on projects with the artists I admire. But I’m afraid that commerce escapes me.

Deep down it comes down to the fact that art is my passion, I love art, artists and I am so thankful for those out there that can do it, and make it available for me to buy, and draw inspiration from! But I will just never be one of those people, I will continue to draw, and sculpt I hope in the future, because those are the things that make me happy.  

I don’t mind the normal 9-5 to pay the bills infact, I find it almost freeing because at the end of the day… I can walk away. I don’t think about the people or the business. I could never turn art off like that.


Thank you to everyone who has been supportive. I am so sorry to everyone who’s had to deal with delays.  Apologies do not begin to cover how bad I really feel about the long time its taken.

~Autumn Sims

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