Hello everyone! I don’t know about you but this winter gloom and days of constant drizzle and clouds can really get me down. That’s where music and art can come in and uplift us. I spent all day reworking and old collage I made from a recycled painting. The result is above. How is that for a change in mood?! That is where making art can be so therapeutic. We can use our imagination to create change for ourselves.
This piece I did very intuitively. I just started putting down random colored tissue paper and not icing the lines and rhythms they made. One of my mantras while working on a piece is, “stop trying to make sense!” I get stuck sometimes when I think a mountain has to be blue or the grass can’t be purple, etc. Instead I think of lines and shapes and colors and how they intertwine.
Maybe that is a good way to view a problem we have. We often overthink things as to why they happened and it is all a mental exercise to attempt to solve the problem. Instead, why not embrace the mystery a bit more? Does it really help to know the whys of things? Instead of whys, how about being wise? Following our inner voice and letting the colors of our moods and actions take shape.
I find that combining a sense of the abstract with realism brings me a satisfying feeling. Nothing is perfectly symmetrical or logical in life. Art helps me to see that.
I hope seeing this piece of art today brings you some cheer. I have not named it yet - any ideas for the name of this? Send me your ideas! Thank you and keep on plugging away. The gloom will give way to spring soon enough.
