The artist presents testimony by revealing more than we see →

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Much has been said about art presenting a message transcending the content. What causes the items portrayed to have a message in addition to what is seen? Where did that message reside?

Perhaps a unique and previously inexperienced view of colors, shapes, and textures brings out memories or suggests them? Maybe it is the intensity of the color or the place of the object that we view that brings a previously unthought message to us?

Could a painting have a spirit of its own, and if so, is that spirit the poetry of the image that speaks to us?

Did the painting, or work of art, exist before it was found, and has it only been revealed? If images and art are displayed, then where and who is the original talent that the painter only uncovered.

Is art the artist’s testimony, or is the artist only the messenger?

Quotes to Ponder

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is a painting that is felt rather than seen.”  ― Leonardo da Vinci.  

Color fills the space, layers showing light, darkness, movement, peace, and beauty. Purple represents dignity, grandeur, mystery, independence, and especially magic.

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”  ― Pablo Picasso.

"He said it wasn’t our decision if “Art was art,” adding that, "We don't inform art, that art informs us.” - Leonardo da Vinci

Art Gives Feelings Shapes and Shapes Feelings →

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Is the object of art to give life a shape, or is it to provide the body with a life? Does art give feelings shape or shape feelings?

How the artist communicates how the artists use line, color, and Seaford space to convey the shapes and feelings of art.

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Paint Speaks, Loudly and Softly

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Art can have its voice: an active or a passive voice. The subject of the sentence determines the difference in voice in the language. If it acts, it is happening, and if it receives the action, it is passive. Did you eat it (Active), or was it eaten by you (Passive)? The issue is how the action occurs.

If a painting has an active voice, it can be found in the same way. What is the subject of the image, and does it make the people who view it want to stand and look longer, compared to a passive voice that evokes a shorter look? 

Bold textures, vivid colors, and strong contrasts, like those found in oil painting, present active subject areas. Smoother textures, more neutral colors, and less bold colors all create relationships that express passive regions.

Sometimes a painting is all active or all passive, but sometimes an artist may blend and present two types of expressions in the same work. It is tempting to take a quiet, peaceful setting and add something bold.