Seeing Art

I see the world no longer as something separate from my mind.

After having been an artist for so many years, I now see the world as a living canvas connected to my sight and other senses. Every day when I look at nature around me, depending on the weather, my state of mind, or the natural sounds, the landscape transforms before my eyes and takes the form of a painting.

On windy days I might “see” the trees being beat about the atmosphere as Soutine painted his trees.

Walking down a city street the surrounding buildings begin to morph into a cubist arrangement of geometric design.

A chicken walking in a field on a stormy day becomes a torrent of motion and colour.

Wherever I am, whatever I am doing, nature becomes a painting. My thoughts are generated by colour, design, and texture.

Art never leaves me.

Muse: Who is She?

Classical MuseIn Greek and Roman mythology, The Muses were the nine goddesses—daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne—who presided over the arts and sciences.

The concept of the Muse persists as “a woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for an artist.”

Maybe that is why some artists are able to produce work that has life and speaks to the hearts of others. As long as the Muse is present, the True Artist has the drive and ability to be creative. If there is no Muse, then the artist is just a hollow shell, and the work is dead.