What I learned when sharing my Abstract Art
Many lessons, I selected a few here
Very simply put: that there are many more like-minded people out there than we might imagine. We are never truly alone, even with our most special combination of interests.
I always felt ashamed to love abstract art, feel it is beautiful, special & my most favorite artform when it comes to paintings. It is not that I think other styles are ugly, they just never resonated as well with me.
At the same time, sayings like “everyone could do that”, “this is not art” or comparing very different artforms that diminish abstract art were something rather common to hear from people. Maybe it influenced my shame? I dont know.
It also sometimes seemed that an abstract art piece is “easy” to create, it actually is not. I can tell you this from experience, it is quite tricky to come up with an abstract piece that is beautiful & resonates with myself and others.
When 1,5 years ago I suddenly felt the urge to paint, I choose to paint abstract & during this time I see already huge differences between my creations. It is not easy to combine colors, shapes, patterns, tonalities, marks, mixed media: all into one harmonious piece.
It took me a while until I would share my paintings as well… I started with my sister and 2-3 selected friends, I also told them my hesitations, shame & fear. And I shared my pieces for the sake of sharing them, without wanting any feedback or thoughts from my friends. I also only showed them the pieces I liked, so I was convinced about them already & just needed to practice exposing my paintings.
I am so grateful to have such amazing friends, cos they supported me all the way. They never said that I created something ugly, or my ideas were pointless, ever. They said which ones they liked, wanted to have & that is it. I did never ask them for feedback, so all I got was a bonus. Especially because I already liked what I painted.
With time, they told me that they saw a drastic improvement in my skills, just by themselves, I never asked, just kept on sharing my paintings. To me, these are friendships & relationships I value. Because you dont need to like the same, do the same, but it should be possible to support a loved person in their endeavors & strengthen them in an honest way!
This is what gave me the confidence to start posting my paintings on social media. Overcoming my fear to expose my art to strangers. And this is where I got so surprised & happy: cos I did not expect so many people to enjoy my abstract art paintings, at all. Especially not with a mainly scientific audience!
It made me realize, that no matter what we do, who we are, what combinations of interests we encompass, in my case science, art & spiritual things: there will ALWAYS be people who resonate, no matter what. And with the beauty of the internet & social media, we have the perfect tool to find those souls, connect with them and feel that we are all one, never alone in our endeavours & people at their core what to connect & share.
This is it for today and I wanted to share with you the opportunity for an hour of painting together this Friday at 6:00 CET. Have a look here for more information & email me so I can send you the link to the painting hour: https://www.dariasciart.com/mind-less-ness-painting
Love,
Daria