Shafali's World of Art

Category Artist’s Thoughts

An artist must think, as must those who appreciate art. Without thought art would cease to exist. Thought is primary, everything else in art is secondary, and that includes the skill to draw or the ability to mix colors.

Austrian Artist Gustav Klimt who was a symbolist painter once said, “Art is a line around your thoughts.” Thoughts must exist to be inscribed.

I cannot exist without thinking. As I think and I write those thoughts down, I become more of the artist that I want to be.

 

Through the Looking Glass called Time.

Time has a way of changing our perception. Each new day drops a bunch of fresh experiences into the brew of our schema and changes our interpretations. What we saw when we looked at a work of art five years… Continue Reading →

Art and the Context Effect

First, the story… I have a pair of vases that I had once bought for the Reception area of my office. The vases are pretty but they aren’t special or unique…in fact, there are many other vases that look just… Continue Reading →

Sometimes the core of your pain becomes the brush (Why “Re…” is not for Sale?)

If it shackles you, binds you, enthralls you, reaches deep within your chest to squeeze your heart – remember that none of it was designed to do what it did, because artists paint to express and not to impress. We… Continue Reading →

Skill and Art are two sides of an Inequation.

Mathematically speaking, an Inequation is a statement that brings out the inequality between two values. So a value may be greater than, less than, or not equal to another value. I believe that art may be greater than, less than,… Continue Reading →

Raison de l’art – Why art? (A Reflection on Contemporary Art)

Difficult questions must be asked. They may not always fetch an answer. Yet, it’s our responsibility to ask those questions. Why art? This is a question that all artists must ask themselves. Why must we draw, sketch and paint? Is… Continue Reading →

Pen and Ink Drawings – Why I love this medium?

I love to do Pen and Ink drawings. It is my favorite medium, second only to oil painting, and there’s a reason for it. Actually, there’s more than one reason. It allows me to explore and enjoy what I call,… Continue Reading →

What was common between Leonardo Da Vinci and Claude Monet?

When we think of Leonardo Da Vinci and Claude Monet together, we see them as opposites. Here’s how the two artists were different. High Renaissance vs. Impressionism Carefree vs. Methodical Invisible brushstrokes vs. Highly visible brushstrokes Unmarried vs. Twice-married No… Continue Reading →

Empathy and Art – Portrait Artist Christian Hook & Actor Alan Cumming

Is there a connection between Empathy and Art? We speak about artists being emotional beings, but being emotional doesn’t exactly equal being emotionally intelligent, and empathy is the third skill in emotional intelligence. I think I was left speechless after… Continue Reading →

Portraits, Artists, and Portrait Artists

I am yet to read about a great artist who wasn’t good at portraiture. Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Eduard Manet, Frida Kahlo, MF Hussein…you name the top artists of the world or… Continue Reading →

Plein Air vs. Atelier Painting and The Artist

I am a “seule dans l’atelier” artist (that is, if I got the English to French translation right.) But I started as a Plein Air artist. As a child of five, I would sit under a tree, with my notebook… Continue Reading →

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