A picture speaks a thousand words? isn't it? you have heard this so many times and this is the general feeling with all artists since centuries. People will always say, it is very uncool to talk about your own art, or it is so not arty to mention art prices, and it is actually marring sales by speaking or explaining about your art! Well, Who knows you are an artist? in this world of online art galleries' and selling paintings online artists do have to explain and express their ways techniques, emotions of why they painted a certain piece of artwork and how it emerged or what is the story behind a painting.
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I have been painting since year 2000 and have gone through all that and done that! This is so confusing, when I used to keep quiet for years and paint in solitude people would say how do we understand your art and how do people know you paint? and how will people buy your paintings? very true and I acknowledge this fact. so you must speak up and share your art. My best advice, be yourself, and continue your creative journey of making art but also do share your art with viewers and buyers. The process you have gone through is of utmost importance. No one knows my inner struggles, my tussle of juggling between financial priorities for buying art materials, my priorities of making art in solitude when I surely would have enjoyed free times with self and family. It is the inner journey, the soul calling and the obsession to paint. The creative energies that need to be let out. The Reiki flow that finds its source and the receivers. Trust me, the pathway is not an easy one and doesn't have any blissful stops or halts, you move on and you keep moving without resting. I always mention being an artist is a 24x7 job! and you don't know when you will get paid! but you continue to bring and add beauty to the world with your art. You choose to buy painting canvasses and paints when you could buy that tempting dress. You sit for hours and hours painting passionately and joyfully adding value to the world being your aim. Hence I have never made selling art my priority, no wonder you will see thousands of artworks in my home studio and so many hundreds I have torn and burnt and yet I continue making art.
Coming to the title- I do agree that a beautiful artwork will draw you closer, you will be attracted by shapes, colours, subjects painted, you will want to know and ask more about the painting. If its an abstract you will surely think as to why the artist may have painted this? what must be the thoughts of the artists at that time? how has the artist made this stroke? what is that tiny brush mark? was it intentional or was it just a mistake while painting the larger canvas?
and now coming to online art display where you see a photo of the painting. you do not even smell the paints, you can't touch it, you may not see the textures or the strokes in detail, and then you can't understand the artworks energy, the purpose of that art. here comes descriptions and story behind the making of artworks. Now with online art galleries' and online art websites of individual artists you do have to talk and talk and talk more about the process the subject the art and the why you painted that piece! A picture or photo of a painting will not speak the complete story. it may challenge your thoughts but yet the hidden mystery remains.
Being an artist myself, a healing artist, sharing about symbolism in art and making reiki symbol artworks, I do have to explain why and what a symbol means, what energy it brings, how does it benefit, what to expect from my art. I will surely say that photographs of paintings never do justice to the original actual paintings. When people say they stand for hours staring at an original Rothko and they cry, then the magic still exists in the originals isn't it? I have to reach that, I don't know whether this aim will be achieved in this lifetime but I will strive to work towards this..to make my art speak a thousand words!
I have tried the Reiki healing arts meditation videos to share the energy, to make you experience live flow of Reiki. Yet the mystical energy of originals is out of this world experience! when you actually touch a painting, when you actually display the painting in your home space, when you see it day in and day out and that brings a smile on your face and hope of the limitless life blessings coming your way.
A good paintings is worth a thousand words, you keep explaining but you will find yourself wordless. Yet it is necessary that you share some explanations, descriptions of the art making process, the intentions, maybe the process of why that day you painted a particular symbol painting. Then also you may see some cheap larger sized artworks for sale online through online art selling websites which are prints that are framed in cheap acrylics frames thus making them affordable and remember these frames bend with few months of displaying the art prints. Choose cheaper artworks when you have the tendency to refurnish your homes decor frequently. If you are a real art lover and would buy for the artists name then the path of buying art is different.
Then in descriptions you also share the materials used and the size of your painting. You may display the art in modern decor rooms, use an app like art placer app for displaying art according to the size perspective. You of course cannot explain every detail but a few words to describe your painting does guide buyers to understand the art before choosing top buy it.
Does that mean art is not self explanatory? No, that is not so. Abstract paintings done with no specific intentions with just a play of colors do draw buyers with their visual effects. In such paintings there is actually no need to share any descriptions except for the materials sued and the size of the artwork.
You actually see a painting and instantly connect with it, you just have to have it, yes, that too happens. then here you don't need any explanations. This happens when you have been following an artist and love their style of painting or love their purpose of painting. I personally understand that I always paint in the mode/the moment where i am actually not present, that is getting totally involved with the artworks, being one energy with the canvas/paper, the brush, the paint and my soul. There is no space for negativity, or any other thoughts except for the purpose of making that art piece. Writing symbols comes intuitively, the brush moves, the symbols flow, I keep them raw. I do understand styling words, calligraphy, arty texts but then I like to keep my calligraphy raw, innocent and simple. Written with childlike innocence, if you connect with my Reiki symbol art wanting to add them in your home or office, please do visit my website Razarts.com.
When you visit an art gallery you see tiles and then view art in silence. trust me I love the feelings. Art actually speaks. You may find that there is no one to explain but the painting and you. There is a Title that hints upon the art. That is magical. But in online art display you do have to open up some words supporting your art to explain a bit of the process, materials, the history ,the subject and the intentions', and not to forget, the shipping charges! Ha ha ha that is an important subject yes, shipping charges do take a lot of money and also the packaging of artworks.
What is your opinion on this topic? do share! are you an artist? or an art buyer? because you will have a different perspective!
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All the Best from Rizwana! Your's The Red Pilgrim!
