Painting From Imagination... Be Yourself
Painting from imagination was adopted by artists as a conscious declaration of their feelings and intentions in their artworks.
The term “expressionism” was adopted by Artists painting from their inner world in the early 19th century to describe the deliberate imaginary distortion and exaggeration of forms for expressive effect in artworks.
Prior to 1914, painting from imagination was represented within the Post-impressionism movement. The Post-impressionism movement was somehow the wave that carried the early trials of painting from imagination.
The Post-impressionism movement was coined by British art critic Roger Fry to describe a group of mostly French artists including Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), Vincent van Gogh (1853–90), and Paul Gauguin (1848–1903).
Painting from imagination represented under the term Expressionism which captured the essence of an entire generation of artists working to go further than Impressionism.
Why Painting From Imagination Is Unique For Every Artist?
Painting from imagination is an artistic creation in which the artist expresses not the objective reality as a reference but rather the artist's imaginary depiction of the object, emotions, and responses that objects and events arouse within the artist.
Although the Impressionists used to produce art related to the physical body, the artists of Expressionist paintings used paint to convey solely inner life.
Painting from imagination enables the artist to create art with more spontaneous liberated techniques using jagged, distorted lines; rough, rapid brushwork; and jarring colors to depict his inner world freely in imaginary subjects in crowded, agitated compositions notable for their instability and their emotionally charged atmosphere.
Painting from imagination as an art form can be very broad and difficult to characterize. It spans different mediums, movements, and styles.
As an artist the only rule while painting from imagination is to be yourself, The expressive painting process records the painting rituals as a part of the final artwork.
Painting from imagination is as unique as the artist's soul is, painting from imagination style is not aesthetic art but rather a tool of societal commentary that provides artists with the freedom they need to speak up about social issues.
Painting from imagination enables Artists to represent the world more subjectively, often deforming subjects in perspective, color, and even texture.
Painting from imagination enables the artist's depictions to achieve more deeper emotional effect. For artists and creators, personal perspective and feelings are more important than physical reality, and Art inspired by artists' inner world holds more power to move and challenge viewers.