Sometimes art making is a journey.

 

 

 

 

It might start with an idea, a shape or a feeling…

 

 

 

 

Or maybe there’s a bunch of stuff lying around, and it catches your imagination…

 

 

 

 

If you trust it, it will unfold at it’s own pace, meandering around the mind and fingers until something is brought forth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe you will discover new colors, brush strokes, and expressionistic styles.

 

 

 

 

It can change course and lead to something totally unexpected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes a little guidance can show what is possible.

 

 

 

 

Then you can take off on your own path…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting lost in the process is sometimes part of the journey…

 

 

 

 

One way or another you will find yourself again…

 

 

 

 

Sometimes, you might not understand someone else’s work of art, even if it is imbued with meaning to the artist.

 

 

 

 

Maybe it will peak your curiosity, prodding you to wonder…what in the world is that about?

 

 

 

 

Maybe you will use your imagination, and make up your own story.

 

 

 

 

Or maybe the artist will let you in on their idea…

 

 

 

 

Teaching us to see the world through another’s eyes.

 

 

 

 

Good lessons to remember at the beginning of a new year.

Goodbye, 2011.

 

 

 

 

Hello, 2012.  How will you create your new year?

 

 

 

 

 

All photos are from our after school classes: Anyone Can Be an Artist and our Open Studio.  Photography by Justine Webster.  To learn more about these classes please see our After School Classes.