Before this Design course I had always considered the most beautiful art to be the result of someone looking deep inside his or herself and bringing what they found there out into the world in a beautiful way. However, this thought of finding inspiration from what we see, feel, touch, and taste all around us is just as important as the creations inspired from within. Along with this realization came the one that I had already been creating by this method of inspiration.
While most of my artwork has been inspired by the emotions that I see under my own skin, I've always been moved by the work of the internationally renowned entertainment company, Cirque du Soleil. Both the acts and the costumes of the productions that Cirque puts on take my breath away, and one day I hope to watch them perform live.
Though their stunts inspire the most intense emotions of fear, passion, and joy, which can all be tapped to create a work of wonder, it is their expressive faces under all that color and the way their bodies form unprecedented shapes in those vivacious costumes that have inspired my paintings and even my poetry.
The way the colors and layout of the costume, whether the make-up or the outfit, intensify the emotion that the performers are portraying proves what an immense role design has in such a famous industry. I paint more expressively, with wider and wilder brush strokes and more passionate abandon, after recently viewing a Cirque du Soleil still shot or youtube video. I believe some of my best work is inspired by the vibrant hues that cover the entire scenes on the Cirque stage.
(http://www.sweetspot.ca/SweetLife/gifts_and_occasions/8321/cirque_du_soleil__cirque_2009/)
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