People often call me a painter of HOPE. They tell me all the time how happy my floral art makes them feel.
I was the July/August 2021 featured artist at the Thunder Bay Arts Council Gallery in Alpena, Michigan. (By the way, this is a lovely gallery with many talented local artists.) During this time, these florals just flew out the gallery’s two big display windows—to Michiganders..to people from New England…Arizona…California—sometimes 5 at time.
What’s the secret?
I strive for happiness—not beauty—when painting this type of evidence-based art. Of course, the painting needs to be beautiful, but more than this, each work must create in its viewers/owners a sense of being loved or liked or made to feel really happy. The art has to GIVE MORE THAN ART, and it needs to keep giving and giving and giving.
The paintings in these videos were created using Evidence-based Design research. Multiple credible studies now show connections between certain types of art and positive health outcomes!