Human without art is an empty tabernacle. It is not just a posh quotation
stolen from the Internet. It is my personal life experience. Before dedicating
my life to music, I’ve tried different kinds of fine arts. And before these
tries, I felt empty inside.
Art is creation, inspiration, constant development, beauty, dream, etc. You
always try to find or create that ideal image you’ve been always dreaming
about. Art is a big goal you follow for your whole life.
Afremov
and Vaughan, how did they come into the picture?
Back at college, I fell in love with a piece of art for the first time. It
was a series of Leonid Afremov’s paintings dedicated to musical theme. Once I
came across one of his fine art auctions on Amazon. It was a picture of Stevie
Ray Vaughan (a famous American singer and musician) that took my breath away
for a while!
- It was
so expressive, and wild!
- Its
vivid amazing colors created a carnival of emotions!
- It seemed to me that I could
hear the melody Stevie played…
On that particular day, I completely understood that I’d like to be that
person depicted on Afremov’s canvas - so inspired, enamored and satisfied as
Mister Vaughan. Thus, fine arts came into my life.
It
is all in your hands!
Painting and music are not the only artistic activities that compose a
notion of fine arts. There are all sorts of art forms you may prove yourself
in.
- Calligraphy,
the art of fancy lettering.
- Mosaics,
the art when pictures are formed with the tiniest elements (glass, stone,
etc.)
- Photography,
the through-the-lens vision of the world and reproduction of its beauty.
- Sculpture,
the creation of forms and shapes of stone, metal, wood or any other
material.
- Theater,
the art of live performance, reproduction of real life on stage.
- Cinema,
the art of moving images.
- Architecture, the art of
planning, designing and constructing different physical structures, etc.
The results of all these art forms are available at special fine art
auctions. For instance, I have a list of several trustful sites where I usually
do my art shopping. Online market is a rendezvous point for an artist and
his/her admirer. Among thousands of items appearing in fine art auction results, you may come
across that special one that will rock your world!
