{"id":5077,"date":"2018-02-20T14:27:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T19:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2018-04-27T09:24:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T13:24:39","slug":"art-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/art-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"

On their first date attending a football game Mom asked Dad \u201cWhich ones are the goalies?\u201d
\nAfter all, my parents met at a hockey game.
\nMy Dad, an athlete and huge sports fan, wasn\u2019t offended by her lack of football knowledge. He married her not long after.<\/p>\n

One of the wonderful aspects of art, is you don\u2019t have to understand it to be a fan.
\nProfessional Art appraisers primary advice is \u201cart should be a passion buy.\u201d In other words, love it? buy it.<\/p>\n

People purchase music, clothes, homes, cars, confidently without worrying about or justifying their choice, yet confidence can dwindle quickly when it comes to art.<\/p>\n

Learning about art can be enlightening and offer a bonus confidence boost.
\nHaving a glimpse of the work involved, process, or meaning behind it, can lessen the fear of art, and bring open-mindedness.
\nPlus, it\u2019s a transferable skill.
\nAppreciating varying art forms boosts your own creativity, innovativeness, decision making ability and understanding\u00a0new perspectives.<\/p>\n

Like music, there is so much to enjoy about art.
\nWhether it be Carr\u2019s emerald forests, Rothko\u2019s smokey colour transitions in Four Darks in Red to Jean Paul Riopelle \u2019s incredible kaleidoscope design in \u201cComposition Blue.\u201d
\nDon Berger\u2019s florals unfold in absolute beauty.
\nJulia Hargreaves stunning \u201cA Warm Afternoon in May\u201d, the first painting I see each morning, brings me tremendous joy.
\nAllen Sapp and Maude Lewis were storytellers of personal life experiences.
\nDaphne Odjig, a pioneer in bringing First Nations Art to the forefront of Canada\u2019s art world. *
\nTom Thomson\u2019s pure raw work feel as by the hand of one connected to the wild. Van Gogh\u2019s uninhibited love of the earth radiates from his work.Then there are Monet\u2019s brush stokes melting into one another and Lawren Harris\u2019s clean edges.
\nThe list is endless.<\/p>\n

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Exploring can be fun with the wealth of information available. The internet can be a doorway to discovering and learning about art process, exhibits, biographies, and stories. Art experienced live may be the ultimate gift. If you have an opportunity to do so, venture beyond the screen.
\nApproach artists, dealers and gallery representatives knowing they are usually happy to share their expertise and stories. It\u2019s within inquisitiveness appreciation is gained.<\/p>\n

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Not long ago, I was taken by a simple sketch series in a gallery. A woman was portrayed in a series of four portraits, gracefully moving forward in confident, dance like steps. It looked as thou in each one she aged, her figure a little more stooped, yet the same lengthy kick to her heals. I found them joyful. The dealer explained the drawing, by a bronze sculptor, was a working sketch to achieve form for a piece located in the sculpting gallery.
\nThe sculpture was delightful. Had I never asked, I would not have seen it, nor made the connection.
\nWe are all students.<\/p>\n

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\n*Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

New Work now complete:
\nForest Path – 3ft x 4ft acrylic\/ oil on canvas ( shown in natural and studio light).
\nBeach- 8×10 oil on canvas board.<\/p>\n

Note: While on the theme of asking questions, a few of yours from this week.
\n\u2022 I always stand, never sit to paint.
\n\u2022 I don\u2019t have a dog, but I agree, they are good company.
\n\u2022 Art is my sole income, I work full time as an Artist.
\n\u2022 I have explored a variety of subjects, nature is where I feel I can most contribute.
\n\u2022 I work in a variety of sizes to keep stimulating & challenging my composition skills, also to prevent injuries from repetitive motion working on the same spacial surface can cause.
\n\u2022 The new Red Sky painting is my happiest place in the world. Wild grasses and sage blanket the valley crest at Manitou. You can feel the ancients wishing happy tidings on the breeze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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