“ Don’t Tell Me What To Do! ” (10/06/2020) 24 x 24 in Acrylic on canvas

“ Don’t Tell Me What To Do! ” (10/06/2020) 24 x 24 in Acrylic on canvas
“I made this painting to show how tired I was of people telling me what to do with my artwork or with my life in general. When I’m showing people my artwork that I’m working on or artwork that I finished sometimes they say give suggestions on how I should paint and it gets annoying sometimes so I wanted to express that in this painting. I know some of them are trying to be helpful but it’s annoying sometimes, especially if they are disrespectful with the way that they suggest things or try and tell me what to do so in this painting I wrote “ Don’t Tell Me What To Do! ”. On the top left I wrote “Simplicity Is Beautiful” to motivate artists to not stress about about if some simple artwork they make will be as great as a complex detailed realistic artwork, you don’t have to be a realistic artist if you don’t want to. There are simplistic artworks that are just as beautiful as realistic ones.” - Nasir 10/06/2020