When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the artist's composition. The composition is the totality of the work.
The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care. - Mike Svob
The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.
- Mike Svob
Artists need not meet any standards to practice their craft... Virtually every other occupation requires some sort of license, union membership or so… - Mike Svob
Artists need not meet any standards to practice their craft... Virtually every other occupation requires some sort of license, union membership or so…
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 t… - Mike Svob
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 t…
The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a them… - Mike Svob
The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a them…
You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have mor… - Mike Svob
You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have mor…
All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality. - Mike Svob
All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality.
The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest realities. Only the most d… - Mike Svob
The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest realities. Only the most d…
All artists are illusionists of one kind or another. - Mike Svob
All artists are illusionists of one kind or another.
The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions. - Mike Svob
The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.
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