Developing Curiosity of Vision: For Artists and Art Lovers

This week I wanted to talk about developing your curiosity of vision as an artist. Next week we will go back to doing painting demos - I've got the canvas on the easel ready to go. But first, we have to creative authenticity... Or the desire to make paintings like those in the juried shows.

I say this to myself as well: Do we have the courage to find something personal or engaging to share with the world?

Skills are important. Skills rest on structure of composition. But beneath that is creative authenticity or curiosity of vision.

What is it you want to say? What do you do as an artist? What do you want to share with us? Because that is the interesting part! That is engaging!

That seems to be the point of making art. Like creating a journal or even a diary. You need curiosity, vision, and courage to dig for it. But that is what we are all interested in seeing from you.

I highlight some artists that share some quirky, personal stuff in representation paintings to spark some ideas of what engages you! We don't want to always make stuff the way art is "supposed" to look, but rather, we want to make art that is personal and unique to you.

Here is the list of the artists I talk about this week: Eileen Hogan, Len Chmiel, Fairfield Porter, Gustav Klimt, Andrew Wyeth, Richard Diebenkorn, Stanley Spencer, Claes Oldenburg, Michael Borremans.

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