Chicago Artist and educator Annette Turow explores the source
of visual thinking and where
ideas come from. 

 

Visual Thinking

 

Where do Ideas Come From?

Almost anywhere.
Sensations, dreams,
experiences, shadows, impressions, feelings,
actual events or objects, stories, studies, names...

Don't rule out anything.

 Creating this "form" for the idea
is a process of
visual thinking,
trying, waiting, changing,
doing, rejecting, adding,
waiting again, accepting,
feeling excitement,
redoing, finishing and
feeling resolved.

 

Choices

Decisions

Alternatives


There are choices, decisions and alternatives to all problem solving tasks which are practiced and honed when creating a work of art. When seeking solutions try to avoid making arbitrary distinctions between "art" and all other subjects. Take a familiar form and turn it upside down or look at it backwards. Think about single numbers or letters as objects.

The Old Testament

 The pieces here were generated from discussions of the Old Testament...

...my interest in pattern, exposure to many abstract painters and true admiration of work by Frank Stella.

  
Adam and Eve
30"x40" Mixed Media Acrylic

I had a desire to work large, mix materials
and use strong color.

 

 Genesis
30" x 40" Mixed Media Acrylic
 








These are only a few examples of the myriad of considerations that need to be integrated when seeking a solution using a creative process.



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