What a feeling! My philosophical meanderings

Art is...
For me, an emotion. A feeling.
Here's a thought;
What other species greets a fellow with. "Hi, how are you?"
There is a phrase in every language for this. So from the dawn of communication, or at least some early point, humans were aware of each others feelings and emotions. Not only that, but were interested in them, albeit it for empathetic or mercenary reasons.
So art is a way to express and share our emotions. How does a painting make you feel?
A picture, play, movie, song, or dancing all provoke some kind of emotion within us.
The artist is portraying their emotions via whatever media they use and sharing this with anyone who cares to partake.
So what emotion am I portraying with the above picture? Well, I am happy to leave that to your own interpretation :)

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Watching paint dry!

Well, Blue-Silver is finished and framed. Next project is a little different and hopefully taking me closer to the vision in my head of what I am trying to portray in my work. The aim has always been to capture movement and grace. Meanwhile, I find myself doodling in my journal whilst I wait for a layer of paint to dry and rekindling my relationship with firefox as my browser since chrome is driving me crazy and won't recognize my scanner grrrrrr!

Labels are for Bottles

Well look at this, just like buses, you wait for ages and then two come along together! I saw poster on my way to work this morning with "Labels are for Bottles" and I thought it was spot on and followed nicely from my previous rant, so I thought I would meander down this avenue and see where it takes me. As a species, we do like a label don't we? In one breath we say people are a "this" or a "that" and in the very next breath, extol the virtues of individuality! When it comes to art and all things creative, there are a multitude of genres and styles. I find it really hard to nail my colours to any particular mast as I feel what I create crosses a few styles, so I am wondering..... is it up to me to decide my label, or do I have to accept whatever others decide best fits? I still haven't got a name for this piece, never-mind not knowing what category it fits into Am I expressionist, contemporary.... does it really matter? It migh

Trees please!

"Paint what you love" is something you hear a lot when starting out in art. It makes sense. After all, if you're going to spend hours staring at something, examining every detail, how differing light angles work and so on, it helps if it's something you at least like. With that in mind, you will never, ever see a painting by me of a spider! It does stand to reason then, that as I spend such a large amount of my time outside with my horses, that the surrounding landscape is of interest. Being based in the Surrey Hills means I have a wonderful vista of rolling green hills and woodlands to feast my eyes on. Whenever I travel somewhere flatter like East Anglia, or bereft of trees, like the moors, the first question on my lips is "where are all the trees?" No, a spinney of 3 trees in a 1000 acre field doesn't count! So it comes as no surprise that trees often crop up in my paintings when I go for a landscape. The shape and structure, beautiful bark deta

all that glitters...

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