A lot of people don't realize how much they can be inspired by art. If you're not an "art person," which I hear so often, then you've not been looking in the right places. EVERYONE can enjoy and get inspired by art. In order for me to prove that to you, let's first talk about, "What IS art?"
Art is like Kung Fu. It lives in everything we do, everything we see, everything we experience. Art is beauty, it is passion, it is emotion. Art can also be pain, despair, and loneliness. Art is everything and anything that we need and want it to be. It's right there in front of you, waiting to inspire you, waiting to fulfill you, you just have to reach your hand out and touch it.
What exactly do I mean by all of that rambling bologna? Well, have you ever visited the ocean and just been entirely encaptivated by it's beauty? To the point of almost or full speechlessness? Have you ever driven by a glamorious home and property that made you stop and say, "Wow, I wish I lived there!" and you could not stop staring out your window? Better yet, have you ever held a newborn child for the first time, gazed into the child's eyes and realized what love really is? I'm sure this list goes on and on for most of you, and I could go on and on. These things are art. These types of feelings, emotions and experiences are exactly what I am talking about.
Most people reading this were probably expecting me to answer the question "What IS art" with answers such as: painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic design, pottery, or even scrapbooking and things like that. Yes, these things ARE all art. But what MAKES art important to us is how it makes us feel and how it changes us. Isn't it? Or else, what would be the point in creating it?
I'd like to share with you my FAVORITE artist of all time, Josephine Wall. She is a fantasy artist, and I LOVE fantasy art. Her visions are an escape into another world, another dimension, and everything in her "worlds" are more beautiful than anything we see in our world. When I stare at these paintings, I get lost in them. That feeling, that getting "lost" in something, is so euphoric. It's pure love. It makes you happy, excited, relaxed...physically it releases endorphins, and in some cases, adrenaline (which are things that make our bodies feel good and put us in a happy mood)! I encourage everyone to find this type of passion in SOMETHING. Even if not in "art," then in life. I find myself visiting Jo's website often when I'm feeling depressed or just BLAH, and I always feel better within just a few gazes into her pieces.
Josephine's paintings are primarily acrylic, and in my opinion, there is just nothing on canvas, anywhere, that is more beautiful than what she creates. Her talent is purely a God given gift. You may have seen some of her artwork on puzzles, mugs, plates, t-shirts, etc. But I'm going to share with you my absolute favorite pieces of hers here:
This is my favorite one. I can't even critique it. The contrast in the colors are amazing. It's sparkly, and I love sparkly and shiny things. I LOVE astronomy and the moon, and so of course I am biased to this one a bit. But look at the detail in her veil. I love how Jo has created stars and little galaxies in it. You think, "Of course the Moon Goddess looks like this!"
I love her composition here. Your eye completely circles that gorgeous moon. Also, look at the beauty on the Goddess's face. Doesn't she look a little bit like Amy Adams? I love Amy Adams!
Link: http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/moon_god.html
I would prefer this one be titled "Creation Fairy" or something similar. That's what this symbolizes to me. This sure makes the "Big Bang" theory look a lot more glamorous, yes?
Within each bubble she is blowing, there is an entire world in there. Just breath-taking, this one.
Link: http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/bubble_flower.html
Speechless. Inspiring. Emotional. Eternal. Bliss.
These are the things I experience when I look at this piece. And that's really what art should do for you. It should make you experience emotions and feelings. If it doesn't, you're looking at the wrong things!
Who doesn't love a kiss with a romantic embrace? Jo takes that concept, that experience and just turns it into this masterpiece of what you might feel the first time you kiss someone, or the first time you realize you're in love.
The flowers for her, the ivy for him, the sunset, the yellows, the way they are holding one another...so gorgeous...
Link: http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/natures_embrace.html
So, these are just a few of my favorite works of art. I get inspired by a lot of things, but these are my drug of choice!
I encourage ALL OF YOU to find this in your life. Whatever it is that inspores you, makes you feel euphoria, I bet it's right there in front of you. Reach out and find it! Life is hard, and a lot of times it seriously sucks! But these things that make us happy will always be here. Still think you're not an art person? Email me at info@corporateavedesign.com and I will CHALLENGE YOU that there isn't something in YOUR LIFE right now, that is ART, that will inspire you :)
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