My brief opinion on Expressionism Art

Expressionism is a wonderful technique to express emotions rather than realistic drawing. For many, this is a good opportunity to make mistakes and draw with feelings rather than precision, or at least that's my take on it.

Expressionism was inspired by art sometime from the 19th century onwards. It was during the age of many things like religion, the art scene, social problems, wars. It was a way of letting out. Much like cartoonists on newspapers today but more on the not-so-humorous side. It was all about color and expressing one's view on the world. Every art form is linked together in one way or another.

From what I understood of Expressionism is that it depicts the artist’s feeling of something.

For example, if I saw people with sad faces in a poverty area, I would paint a gray background with black blocks for houses and smudge figures of people depicting that they are fading away. This way I try to transmit a message to viewers to show that there is nothing there and they have nothing to live for. There may be contradictions that it is not really how ‘they’ feel but I would argue that this is how ‘I’ see it.

If ever I master painting, I would exploit the magnificence of colors. I have come to learn over the years that colors is a wonderful tool for controlling one’s emotion. Light cool colors will give us a feeling of calmness, red of anger or agitation, yellow of happiness and so on. What I wish to create one day is a portrait of someone’s feelings using only colors. It will either have a plain background of a particular color and the person standing inside with all the colors of their feelings or/and vice versa. The intricate detail will be amazing just to look it, at least for interested people.

Why not give it a try?