Uniformed creativity? Looks like it.

I’ve seen many art studios and met even more artists, over the years.

While walking this morning, I was sparked by something I’d never given any thought to before.

Why do so many artists look like artists and work from such similar looking studios?

Whilst those who work in the same medium will obviously need similar tools, the way the actual studio looks can be whatever the artist wants it to be. Yet so many choose the same, this is what an artists studio is supposed to look like, look. There are exceptions to this. But that’s the thing, they are exceptions.

If you were to have a random group of 50 people, all dressed in their typical, daily clothing, and only 1 of them was an artist, you’d know who the artist was. It’s the 1 who’s dressed, and styled, like an artist. There are exceptions to this. But that’s the thing, they are exceptions.

Let’s compare the above, to artists who primarily work as dancers, authors or actors, etc. You’d struggle to pick them out from a crowd.

Then, I realised that even the best-known, most respected and valued artists do exactly the same. They look like artists and work in what an artist’s studio is expected to look like.

It’s clearly no barrier to talent.

But uniformed creativity feels like an oxymoron.