Artists need not meet any standards to practice their craft... Virtually every other occupation requires some sort of license, union membership or something that says you are qualified.

Artists need not meet any standards to practice their craft... Virtually every other occupation requires some sort of license, union membership or something that says you are qualified.

The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.

A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance.

By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting.

That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak first to themselves and then to an audience.

The difficult part of the process is the long exploration and discovery of your own soul and living with the results.