Reaching To The Sun
Musings of the Artists Mind
Snapdragons, Lilies, or some strange squash flower? I just realized how much I am attracted to these pinkish-orange flowers. They catch the sun and seem to always be greedily reaching for more light. Maybe it’s only me, but they feel hungry for attention to me. They come back every year and my neighbours always compliment me on them. Oddly, I have no desire to pick them and put them in a vase in the house. They just want to be seen in the garden. Why do you think that is?
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What inspires an artist?
“All they see” is the first and most literal answer.
For me, that is literally hundreds of gallery & museum exhibits, thousands of books, and tens of thousands of images online.
Books that Inspired and Influenced my Experimentation:
Here we have to give homage to my kings of imagery. While I cannot claim to compare myself to them, they continue to inspire my view of the world.
Ansel Adams for extending the imagination though light and shadow.
Georgia O’Keefe for painting macros and driving the eye into incredible landscapes.
Andrew Wyeth for adding a dusting of serenity to all he painted and giving a craving for tea whenever I see his work.
Pablo Picasso for always coming to the purity of the image by often outrageous routes.
These are perhaps the most accessible influences, but the truth is that my influences run deep through thousands of books and works I’ve seen & read. If you have the time, you are free to visit my GoodReads library to see a fraction of the books I’ve read. These are the ones I remember, that is. Or you can visit the ever growing collection on my Pinterest account & My ViewBug site, and at Arts M.Perron.
