In this age of fast-moving images, paintings have tough competition. How is it possible for paintings to capture our attention and sustain it long enough to express anything at all? It is possible if the image can engage us. Engagement happens when a work of art makes us curious. The moment we begin to ask a question about it, the work of art comes alive in our minds. This is why in the age of cinematic extravagance, novels still make us weep, sweat with adrenaline, and lift us up with joy. The words on the page come to life in our imaginations creating a more powerful experience than its cinematic reproduction. Isn’t it common to hear, “I liked the book better?”
Works of art can use the power of suggestion to tease us into filling in the blanks with our own impressions making them real to us. They can depict extraordinary things that make us wonder. In the same way that verbal language hints at themes and ideas through its forms, so does the visual language. In the following blogs you will learn about the forms of the visual language and how to read them. You will learn to look past the subjects of a painting into the arrangement of them. It is here, in the arrangement that you will uncover the code embedded in it. And with a little imagination, you will learn how to create the codes that hold the meaning to your own paintings.
Works of art can use the power of suggestion to tease us into filling in the blanks with our own impressions making them real to us. They can depict extraordinary things that make us wonder. In the same way that verbal language hints at themes and ideas through its forms, so does the visual language. In the following blogs you will learn about the forms of the visual language and how to read them. You will learn to look past the subjects of a painting into the arrangement of them. It is here, in the arrangement that you will uncover the code embedded in it. And with a little imagination, you will learn how to create the codes that hold the meaning to your own paintings.
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