Wassily Kandinsky, one of the legendary abstract painters, once said “Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.” Colour can be very powerful! From origin to impact. Conceptualization to…
What we deem as memory, could mean many things, in many ways, for many reasons, on multiple levels, remembered or not. The engraved, engrained, embedded, and imbibed are some aspects…
Decisions could be big and small, crucial and not so important, tough and easy, imaginative and practical, extraordinary and ordinary, hasty and patient, good and bad subjectively, comprehensible and sometimes…
A creation holds its own characteristics of movement, dynamism, and direction with intent. What the dynamism is of, could be determined by various elements in the creation, the outlines, gradations,…
The French Philosopher Albert Camus once said, “A true masterpiece does not tell everything.” Irrespective of what the nature of this masterpiece may be, what it tells us might most…
Beholding Value -- The American abstract painter Agnes Martin once said, “The value of art is in the observer.” As we know, art has no singular, objective meaning and thus,…
Finding inspiration can happen just about anytime, anywhere. The nature of inspiration and finding inspiration in nature, for me, go hand in hand. Nature is incredibly inspiring! From the tiniest drop…
“Painting is the perfect way to learn about life, because the act of painting demands questions.”, says Robert Zandvliet. Learning through painting is an infinitive opportunity to explore potential, providing…
The legendary artist Pablo Picasso once said, “I don’t say everything, but I paint everything.” What we see, what we don’t. What we say and what we don’t. What we…
The Mystery of Calculating Colour -- Intuition and Instinct are probably the most sacred parts of creating. Maybe one moment speaks to us in a different way than another one…