Today we’d like to introduce you to Brittany Zick.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Brittany. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I started fluid art in 2012 after buying an acrylic techniques book. The paintings look nothing like my work today, but it was a road to experimentation. I practiced in the little free time I had after work. The big change came after I got pregnant and decided to stay at home once my daughter was born. I worked literally every minute she was asleep and I was awake.
It was hard at first balancing home and art, but eventually, it became a rhythm of nurturing both my daughter and my art. These days I spend more time chasing a toddler, but I always manage to carve out a few hours of creation time a week- it helps to have a partner to split the parenting duties for sure! Lately, I’ve also been pushing my self to enter local shows and have had some great successes. It’s a messy life full of paint stains, brushstrokes, and giggles but its mine!
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
One of the hardest things is staying relevant, it’s even harder because I teach people the techniques I use, therefore creating my own competition! It’s at least once a week I get a message from a concerned follower linking me to a page that had literally copied my work with the shape they choose, colors they use, and sometimes even the name they bestow on their work. I’ve even had someone copy my hashtags letter for letter, including using my name, and hometown and they lived in Russia. Unfortunately, this is only getting worse the longer I create so I try to do new things to mix it up.
Please tell our readers more, for example, what you’re most proud of and what sets you apart from others.
I’m Brittany or Brittany Zick Art! What I do is art of course, but lots of things. I mainly do acrylic fluid art but also work extensively with resin, watercolor, and sculpture. The thing I’m most proud of is having my art in collections literally around the world, but besides that, I’m down to earth and believe that art should be affordable. I think so many artists today get in in their head that they are a gift to humanity and need to be paid thousands per piece, and this limits your market to wealthy people, and it encourages copycats. Now don’t get me wrong, wealthy people deserve to have their lives brightened up by art, but so does everyone else. Art should make people happy, not lament the fact that they will never come close to owning it.
So, what’s next? Any big plans?
My plans are to just move forward and try to stay grounded. I have a modest following and I’ve seen numbers go to peoples head- I don’t want that to happen to me. I just want to share my art with people, be it Houston or Japan, as long as someone has it on their wall, I’m happy.
As for changes, I’m starting to work more with resin and explore different media, I’m still doing fluid art of course but I don’t want to paint myself into a corner, pun intended.
Contact Info:
- Website: brittanyzick.com
- Email: brittanyzickart@gmail.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/brittanyzick
- Facebook: facebook.com/brittanyzickart
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