Recently, I have exhibited in local art shows and exhibitions.  I was very fortunate that several of my pieces sold at the shows.  On two occasions, I was able to meet the collector of my artworks.
What came up in the conversations was how the artwork spoke to them. The pieces were quite different, watercolour and abstract mixed media landscapes. I know when I am creating a piece, I almost get this giddy feeling and butterflies.  When I experience those feelings, I know I am happy with what I have produced.  It may take time during the process for this to come up, sometimes it can be immediate within the first layer.  
It made me wonder if similar feelings came up for the observer of art.  Does the art talk to them through feelings, emotions, memories.  Does the art take them back to a time and place, does it send them into an unknown exciting future, through the art piece?  
I know, personally artwork feeds my soul, both purchasing and creating.  It evokes emotions and mostly brings joy.  Art is for everyone and is always a welcome addition into ones life.
 
Do you have an art piece that has evoked an emotion for you? Do you create art and have physical or emotional responses to what you create?  Leave your comments below.

Featured Artwork: Entertaining Angels and Friends

A few years ago, now, I attended a course that had all of us working on multiple paintings at one time using a grid. I found it to be exhilarating.  AT that particular course the substrate was divided into six equal sectors.  You worked across the entire painting (abstract) ignoring the tape that divided your work. 

Once the paint had dried and the final marks were placed on your artwork it was time for the big reveal.  As you pulled away the tape, individual paintings came to life.  What had looked like a mish mash of paint and marks became beautiful pieces of work to be admired and appreciated.

Since completing the course, I continue to use this method when creating mini works ensuring that I keep a loose flow to my pieces.   With my open studio happening next month, I have been using this method to create some mini loose landscapes.

My Natures Twist series was also completed this way, I laid out my canvas panels along a large table and worked on the pieces as a group as opposed to each individual one.  I find colour consistency and the looseness of the work produces artwork I can not create when working on singular work.
 
Do you prefer loose landscapes or my realistic landscapes?  Please leave your comments below.

Featured Artwork:  Half Past Three from the Natures Twist series