spiraLs…

The image won’t come out so I just pasted the URL here.

http://cat-sidh.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-344

This painting is entitled SPIRALS by Cat Sidh and the medium used was oil in canvas. The painting caught my attention because of the variety of lines it has. There are curves and spirals. I can barely see straight lines; everything in it seems to be so dynamic. The lines are leading to different directions. When I first took a look at it, I couldn’t quite know what to think about it. I couldn’t understand it but I like the way it was rendered. The dominant color is light red.

Plato’s idea that art takes us away from reality is true in some cases. I think it is in the sense that what we see in a painting is not actually the reality but the imitation of reality. However, a painting can also drive us towards reality when we relate our personal experiences through it.

In this abstract painting, it makes me think of a journey – my journey in particular. The lines and curves depict roads for me and make me feel like I have been travelling through them. The different colors in the painting suggest the different experiences that I have been through and I will still be going through in my life’s journey. The different directions of the lines make me feel that I can be in different places too.

Somehow, through art, reality is distorted.  I think it is impossible to have an exact copy of something because the way a painter paints also depends on his perception of the things he paint.

Like what I said, art can either take us away from reality or drive us towards reality through our experience.