"Yellow Sky"
79"x92" oil on canvas by Elmer Bischoff, 1967
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
-Albert Einstein
While traveling to San Francisco, California this past September, I was fortunate enough to visit the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). This painting, "Yellow Sky," captured my attention for quite a while. It was very large, so it was easy to feel like you were IN the painting. The bold color, the high contrast and the luminescent light were striking. The viewer is drawn into the bright, loosely painted art. Fortunately, visitors were allowed to take photographs.
Viewing original artwork like this can be very inspiring! Minds can be opened to the imagination of a particular artist at a particular point in time. Getting lost in the technique and brush strokes of a piece can teach and encourage viewers to question and learn new ways of using a medium, of expressing how they see shape, color and light ...
Expanding our thoughts by taking in other artists' work can help us see creativity in a whole new way. If you are a painter, then one painting you experience may change the way you approach your next painting. Learning from other works and unique uses of materials are wonderful ways to be inspired and move forward with newly found enthusiasm!
Happy Fall!
Cindy
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