How I started to paint. Pt 3

After I settled in the Bay Area I felt a huge shift in my energy. Being surrounded by nature, taking on a huge leap of faith moving here, new job, new people, and leaving behind 12 yrs of New York City life, my creativity began to expand. And I started to paint a lot! My room was filled with art.

After about a year of probably making over 20 works, I randomly showed one of them to my co-worker.

I had no idea she actually had a degree in the arts. And she just said, “Oh my God, this looks like Miro!”

I was like, who?

Going back to the first post I was never into art. I don’t know the names of many artists or those who influenced the history of art.

I am sharing how it was, the raw truth. I felt like I’d never shared my full story publicly, only a few close people knew about my journey.

So after I’ve made like 5-7 works in the same style (in these pictures) I only then learned who Joan Miro was.

I am not the type of artist who says - my works are inspired by such and such. A lot of artists do. I never looked up to anyone’s art. I never strolled museums and galleries for inspiration. It all just came to me. Pure gift. I had not had any impressions from seeing the works of others and then somehow trying to paint in their style. I actually on purpose avoided going to museums (after I found out who Miro was) in order to not have any impressions because I know that I am very emotional and that a lot of my experiences will be stored in my subconscious and then whether I want it or not I will make some similar art.

It doesn’t mean I don’t look now at art at all. I do browse occasionally on IG. I appreciate the beauty of art now.

So going back to that one painting, the first in the series “In Your Head” - it was the opening door for me to start showing my art to the public. I was so uncomfortable because I didn’t see it as good enough to share. I was painting to myself. And each piece had and has so much of my energy & soul.

I will share that one piece in the next post that made so many people tell me- you gotta show it.

My paintings on the top part, Joan Miro’s at the bottom I did all mine never seeing his works before