Beauty Is In the Eye of the Beholder
12/1/2017 7:31:58 AMA recent comment on one of my blogs set me thinking. Most artists--at least those whose primary focus is not on painting for money--paint to capture the essence of the mystery they see in the subject. Do they always capture the essence of the mystery? Not by a long shot! Probably 95% of us painters realize that we are not Rembrandt or van Gogh. But we are captivated by the scene. And that is essentially what the person was saying in the comment on my blog. Yet and still, the painter's vision needs to be communicated to the viewer. The person who added [...]
