Angela Akbarova ST. MARY'S PROJECT, 2008 |
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Art as a Reflection on Nature
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Lee Krasner believes that nature is within the creator. She produces her paintings by relying on her impulses and unconscious desires of creation. The focus and meaning is not behind the final product of the work, but on the process of making the art. Following her example, I want to express myself through my artwork in response to my experience within the landscape. Nature is all around us; however, artists should not forget that nature is inside us; art is inside us. It is through our hand and mind that we can recreate the art of nature. Through the process of creating, I develop an experience; I reflect on landscape and express myself through brushstroke and color. Nature, art, and psychology are sources for my work. Nature is an object outside of me that I connect with and draw inspiration from. Art is the process of making that reflects on my experience within the landscape. Psychology has influenced my art process because, from a psychological perspective, art is an experience and a tool for self-expression. I want my work to reflect on my experience within the landscape and focus on my expressive process of mark making. My procedure of creating artwork focuses on letting the unconscious govern the path towards reflecting on nature through an artistic medium. As an artist, I do not want to recreate the environment I am in, but instead present the spiritual experience that the environment creates for me. I respond towards the fleeting moments within nature, such as the motion of the clouds and the water, and the changing light and color in the sky and its reflection on the water. My strokes are quick and meditative and express my emotional reaction towards my experience in nature. The artists Vincent Van Gogh, Piet Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, and Lee Krasner use art as a tool for expression and discovery. Van Gogh uses nature as inspiration for creation and expresses himself through varied stroke and vibrant color. Mondrian begins with an interest in nature, but then develops a system for an ideal abstract form by representing landscape geometrically. Pollock’s psychoanalytic works reveal the relationship between his emotional state and mark making. Krasner discusses her art as an autobiography and combines her unconscious marks with her experience. These artists’ works and theories have helped me develop my own artwork. My mark has a meditative quality but it is not predetermined; it functions as a discovery process and focuses on the inner experience between myself and my environment. My artwork is an experience and allows me to express my connection to landscape. I want the viewer to realize that art is not limited to the painting, but it exists within the natural environment and the self.
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