Me, Teach Art?

I have been encouraged on a couple of occasions to teach art. The problem for me is that I don’t understand why someone would want to watch me show them how to paint something so they could go away and duplicate what I have shown them.

To me it’s kind of like getting instructions on how to write songs from David Bowie.

I wouldn’t want to learn how to write “The Wide Eyed Boy From Freecloud” it’s been written.

Art is predominantly about the war to secure some kind of originality. It’s kind of hard to work towards that goal if you are being shown how to paint or being provided with too many techniques.

Take Sandra for example:

http://www.sandramucciardi.com/

You can’t teach that kind of art.

That art is the result of someone who has discovered something from within.

Granted, there is brilliant technique there. That takes some knowing. That takes quite a few late nights of agony. Perhaps she did learn a couple of techniques from a mentor or two over the years… and yet, maybe she didn’t.

But there is something very loud going on.

I’ll tell you what it is…

It is art that clearly represents the person who created it. The hesitation has completely gone (if it was ever there to begin with) . It’s like hearing a Alicia Keys song– you listen with confidence because you just know she is always going to hit every note because it’s no longer about technique, it is all about who she is.

What comes to mind when you look at Sandra’s art?

Well for me….

Purity.

An unrelenting dedication to something or someone close in her life outside of art.

A reminder that we all have a purpose – therefore keep searching because these eyes are looking out for you.

Perhaps Sandra is looking out for someone.

There is a sense of…

“I have had some experience with life, I have not let it make me jaded. There is so much that is still very mysterious about life” in there too.

The thing is, I don’t even know Sandra personally.

And yet I somehow managed to pick up a few things about her through her art.

But I’m certainly not an art critic. I don’t need to be. I am the public. I just need to know what I like.

So my point is, you don’t need to learn technique as much as you need to learn how to get your voice on the canvas.

Focus on the message and less on the paint.

That is the only real art lesson I can give in terms of “how to paint”.

However, I truly appreciate the requests I have had for me to show you a few things, but I have to be honest and tell you that I really am not in the business of teaching art.

Besides, I wouldn’t even know where to start (wink).

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