ARTIST MENTALITY
To mention the great Pablo Picasso, he explained carefully, the greatest work a real artist can do, is the work done on yourself. It is continuous throughout the life of the artist, to the very end.
Artists are unique individual human beings, the personal vision visualised is most sacred, a mantra towards something sublime and holy. This thought is of paramount importance to the existence, vocation, and daily work of a typical ambitious artist.
Without the unique vision of the artist, there is nothing, no art. To quote Picasso again, “once you begin to copy someone’s work, you have lost your way.” On the journey of personal realisation, finding your visual language, and the evidence to show. The artist work will not be authentic, and essentially not of your own making.
ART WORKS
The best visual art images trigger a creative process of ideas, that also reveal the mind of the artist. Becoming a bridge, the art image allows the viewer to enter into a relationship of sensibilities and emotional exchange. What is communicated in the mix, is where the essential qualities and essence of art can be found.
In the relationship with a work of art, spending extended periods of time with it, is the best way to receive what it has to offer.
How To Read An Image
1. Look and identify all the individual elements that make up the image, including the paint and colours. Think, what is being communicated, and why?
2. What are the possible meanings. What explanation does the creator of the image offer. Do they concur with your own opinions.
3. Tune in – what are your feelings and emotions when confronted with the image.
4. There are no right and wrong in what is revealed through the image. Everyone approach the work with their own unique frame of references. The image will speak to the individuals in their own terms.
Artist Ambitions
The unique and original vision of the artist, become an object and subject presented as visual images. What the image contains can be profound and life-enhancing.
When the visual language of the image speaks with clarity, new vistas are opened into an inner world, previously unknown to the viewer. What the art work reveals, remain personal and private to the individual.
Apart from being promoted as commodities for the means of commercial exchange, or being held up as great examples of a continuing tradition, heritage and legacy.
Birth Of New Destinations
The true values of the Visual Arts are with the viewers and audiences of appreciation, who receives the benefits of what the art works contains and can offer.
Excellent exhibitions in public museums and galleries have opened the eyes of many people to the pleasure and rewards of the visual arts.
A great work of art enriches our experiences of life, and through the senses, can transform the viewer into a better state, and quality of mind.
Works of art considered to be excellent, are elevated to become the nations, and world’s heritage.
This human legacy, is evidence of our growth and evolution to a better place. This fact is not a hope, it is a reality in all cultures everywhere. The true wealth of a nation, is contained within the finesse of their creative activities. Value, honour, cherish, and protect it all with your skill and abilities. Our quality of life and living now, and in the future, depends on it.