Discover Your Artistic Voice with Whole Artist Mastery

Whole Artist Philosophy

Being a Whole Artist means knowing why you are inspired by what you are inspired by so you can OWN your authentic, artistic expression. It means knowing how to use technique and visual language to MAKE work that conveys what you want to express. Owning your voice and knowing how to express that voice fosters confidence and allows you to BE the artist you want to be.

Whole Artist Triad

Making Whole Art requires integrating your emotions and intellectual thoughts with the physical materials that best communicate your unique, personal voice.

When there is an equal and also dynamic balance between the emotional, intellectual and physical in a work of art, the experience of the artwork transcends each individual element allowing for a “Whole Experience” that is indescribably resonant.

Four Phases of Creating Whole Art

Reckless Abandon

• Pure, uninhibited self expression; when starting a painting, hold
  0% expectations and 100% kindness for yourself..

Critical Analysis

• To move a painting out of Reckless Abandon, use critical analysis as opposed to judgmental criticism.

Integration

• Compositional decisions are informed by emotional expression; you know what you WANT to do without knowing what you are actually GOING to do in a painting.

Resolution

• Can you say “I enjoy my painting up close, from far away, at all times of the day and night, and feel something inexplicable each time I see the painting?” If your answer is yes, your painting is resolved.