[gannonburgett]

> "She also does sculpture because every painter eventually becomes a sculptor and every sculptor eventually becomes a painter."

I've noticed this through various reading and art classes back at university, but I've never quite come across a reason why this tends to hold true across the two domains. Why do you think that is? Or, better yet, why does your mother think that is?

[Tade0]

I called her specifically to ask this, so here goes:

It's part urban legend, part self-fulfilling prophecy and part other reasons, namely:

Sculpting is hard, manual labour. And expensive at that due to the sheer volume of the medium along with storage space requirements. Over time people simply get sick of dealing with the day to day hardships of this artform so they turn to something lighter - like painting.

Painters on the other hand get bored of exploring the limitations of their field - some of which, like avoiding the colour black, are akin to the tabs vs spaces debate in IT, so they try other forms.

Ultimately artists will eventually try every medium that catches their interest just like musicians try other instruments and sometimes even get good at them. Professionally they just stick to what they know.

[gannonburgett]

Fascinating. Thank you so much for taking the time to connect with her and share her thoughts.