Meaning of life? For me it is my art. At times I have a love- hate relationship with my art. Similar to Gollum and the One Ring. But in the end I love my art more than I ,,hate it''. I want to leave a footprint in this world. A proof that I lived. I also want to believe that my works are making other people happy. That I am making a world a little brighter place than it is now. I started making art in 2017. I have created many pieces during that time. I still get sad that I have a hard time selling my works. And I don't understand why some people who seem to put a lot less effort are selling their ,,creations'' for insane amounts of money. I consider myself an artist but I don't understand a lot of modern art. I think that things like banana on the wall, The Fountain and plenty of abstract art by ,,great artists'' is just pretentious, meaningless and tasteless abominations. I have made a few abstract pieces as well and believe that are among my worst pieces:
But what do I know? I am not even sure what kind of artist I am. I am not sure if my art fits any of art categories. I want to create beatiful colorful things. I enjoy playing with various forms and color combinations. But at the same time I don't believe that beauty just for the sake of beauty is enough to be called true art. In most of my works I don't just throw paints blindly on wood. I try to create things that are not only pretty to the eye but also has some kind of meaning. Perhaps that meaning at times is clear only to me. But even still those works are thought out to the smallest detail and not just some random mess. For example the first photo in this post shows a journey from life to the beyond. Who know maybe a hundred years after I die people will come up with new art movement to describe what I do? I think that name Dreamers would fit it better than current art categories...
From what I said so far you might think that I just blindly hate on contemporary art. But that is not true. Recently I saw this video about an artist who sold his piece for just 4 dollars. His works were a breath of fresh air after seeing a lot of modern ,,masterpieces''. It gave my hope that true art is not dead.