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| Helene's Cosmos 16x20 watercolor |
When we get started talking about the artist’s process of
creating that masterpiece, the phrase, you
have a lot of imagination, often comes up. If an artist looks at a vase of
flowers and paints what is seen, the rendering is much like the vase of flowers,
but if the flowers “spark” to the artist, a creative flow begins to takes over
and a deeper meaning of flowers is revealed. The result is a piece replete with
imagination. That spark is the energy that fuels the imagination for the
creator and the viewer, we have completed the circle.
We can say the art piece spoke
to us, and so the circle is completed. The artist has made contact with the
mysterious part of our being and we are moved.
Flowers are a source of universal beauty, but what about the
painting that does not have a clear object,
that splash of colors and swirling shapes that we like to look at and try to make
the canvas-dance speak to us. The artist is inspired to find an avenue of
expression through the creative imagination. Another level of experience is
added to take the viewer on a deeper journey. If for some reason we, the
viewers, have subtle reason to resist the higher level of exploration, we might
slide past the work and mutter, interesting
or nice try or I don’t get it.
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| Eleven Wonders 16x20 acrylic on linen |
Imagination can be for everyone. We have all heard folks with their hands to
their face say to no one in particular, “I guess I’m not creative enough,” or
“Where do they come up with stuff.” With the non-object view of the art, the
artist is trying to take us on a deeper journey to enhance the enjoyment and beauty
all around us. The simple things in life take on a more significant place in
our environment. We can absorb the artist’s “spark” and enjoy the experience of
the creative flow.
Every artist dips his
brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. – Henry
Ward Beecher
Flowers are coming, just imagine!
Joel
Post Script:
If you are out Sunday, March 9, and in or around East
Lansing, you may want to enjoy some good music and snacks and fine art for the
Miscellany exhibit at the Technology Innovation Center, 1 to 3 pm. upstairs of
the old Barnes and Noble building. Use the walkway on the second floor from the
parking structure.
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