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Respond to your environment
"Azaleas," Dianne Bishop Carey, 2009watercolor, pen & inkArtistic inspiration comes from many sources...and generations of artists have fallen in lovewith a particular geographical area orculture...the way the light falls on thearchitecture or plants--the colors and shapes of thecountryside...the exploration of traditions...the atmosphere of the place.Georgia O'Keeffe found unendinginspiration in the light, colorsand shapes of the desert...
Hills--Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico1935, Georgia O'KeeffeFrida Kahlo's images of pain andself-examination nevertheless oftenreflected the bright colors and culture of theMexican folk art traditions.The environment that artists findthemselves in, or choose to respond to...can have a dramatic impact on their work.
Self-Portrait "The Frame"1938, Frida KahloThat is not to say that artists must travelto exotic places to create---on the contrary, it is vital that we createwherever we are and wheneverwe are able. But, a change ofscenery can inspire just because itis different from what weusually see...Palm trees, white-capped waves,cream-colored sand and sun-bathedcolors; as opposed to gray skies,the sparkle of 'diamonds' on snow,intricate patterns of leafless trees,and graceful spruce laden withheavy snow. One isn't betterthan the other--just different--and each inspires in its own way!
"Azaleas," Dianne Bishop Carey, 2009watercolor, pen & inkArtistic inspiration comes from many sources...and generations of artists have fallen in lovewith a particular geographical area orculture...the way the light falls on thearchitecture or plants--the colors and shapes of thecountryside...the exploration of traditions...the atmosphere of the place.Georgia O'Keeffe found unendinginspiration in the light, colorsand shapes of the desert...
Hills--Lavender, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico1935, Georgia O'KeeffeFrida Kahlo's images of pain andself-examination nevertheless oftenreflected the bright colors and culture of theMexican folk art traditions.The environment that artists findthemselves in, or choose to respond to...can have a dramatic impact on their work.
Self-Portrait "The Frame"1938, Frida KahloThat is not to say that artists must travelto exotic places to create---on the contrary, it is vital that we createwherever we are and wheneverwe are able. But, a change ofscenery can inspire just because itis different from what weusually see...Palm trees, white-capped waves,cream-colored sand and sun-bathedcolors; as opposed to gray skies,the sparkle of 'diamonds' on snow,intricate patterns of leafless trees,and graceful spruce laden withheavy snow. One isn't betterthan the other--just different--and each inspires in its own way!
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