Carole A. Feuerman: Touching Eternity Beneath the Surface

Lucky New Yorkers in the know – and even luckier visitors – are directing their friends to Sea Idylls, Carole Feuerman’s Monumental Exhibition on Park Avenue between 34th and 39th streets in Manhattan.

An extension of Carole’s solo exhibition at Galeries Bartoux at 104 Central Park South, swimmer goddesses cascade down Park Ave as if they found their perfect temple of worship. As Carole gave her artist talk to a group of guests and art world professionals in front of Bibi on the Ball, cars were stopping to yell out of the window, “I love your work!” It felt like a red carpet moment that very few artists have the privilege to experience in their lifetime. Another epic location – Art Egypt in Giza – is in the works.

I recommend reading her autobiography My Hyperrealist Life and Legacy, Edition 2. I had the pleasure of interviewing Carole for this post and it became apparent there is more beneath the surface of the swimmers (and the history of their origin), in addition to their Zen titles and alluring beauty.

Carole’s amazing drive and ambition doesn’t stop with art world “luxury brand” success. She wants to leave a legacy, in other words, to be written into the art history canon as one of the original founders of hyperrealist sculpture – from the 70s and 80s – along with her contemporaries: Duane Hanson and John De Andrea.

A woman’s perspective of an art movement was sprinkled into our conversation (her early work was embedded in the foundation of hyperrealism). Her first champion was Malcolm Forbes, the founder of Forbes magazine (who is described on Wikipedia as “an avid but idiosyncratic collector”). Recognizing her talent and potential, Forbes became her first major collector and bought out her first gallery solo show, Sculpture, Sensuality, Fragments Part 1 at Hansen Gallery in the Fuller Building of Midtown Manhattan.

SYNOPSIS OF AN INSPIRING AND TRANSPARENT INTERVIEW WITH CAROLE FEUERMAN

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CAROLE’s EARLY INFLUENCES

Carole’s grandfather and grandmother were influential, supportive parental figures, “The things they taught me I could understand.” Her grandfather was a self-made entrepreneur running one of the first yellow cab companies in Brooklyn. She reminisced about the Liberty Ranch in upstate NY, where she grew up with land, horses, a lake, and family houses close to one another. Carole shared happy memories about a dollhouse her grandfather built for her, riding horses with him, and a time when he cut off his pants to get in the lake with her (even though he couldn’t swim). He believed in her talent and helped her with her first art studio. Actress Esther Williams – famous at that time – taught Carole how to swim, foreshadowing the future content of these Sea Idylls sculptures.

THE DENTIST’S OFFICE

In the late 70s, while life-casting with polyester resin, the sink was overflowing from Carole’s studio into a dentist’s office below. The secretary from the dentist’s office knocked on the door and announced they were getting wet, and also high from the fumes. Carole was evicted and upset until her grandfather’s response was “own your own property and don’t take partners”. He helped her acquire an auto body garage as her own studio.

FAME AND FIRST LIFE CASTS

“My sculptures were not about celebrities, although I was exposed to celebrity culture with my album covers. I was an illustrator to pay my way through the School of Visual Arts. I wanted to learn how to life-cast, and I made a sculpture for National Lampoon Magazine and another androgynous body cast for a magazine cover article called The Age of Androgyny. Gender fluidity was becoming more mainstream through music and art in the 80s.”

THE SCOOP

When Carole wanted to learn how to cast in resin, she secretly hired Ben Bianchi (Duane Hanson’s figure model). Ben said she should start small with body part castings, so she started with her own body. Ben, who was working with Malcom Moorely –a famous photorealist painter – suggested they get his opinion. To avoid “the boy’s club” and Duane Hanson finding out about her collaboration with Ben, Malcolm Moorely came down to critique the pieces in the trunk of her car.

Snorkel was actually her first swimmer, and Malcom Forbes bought the sculpture (also insisting there would be no other existing copies). Snorkel went to Fiji Island, and Carole, due to the originality agreement with Forbes, needed to create another swimmer. She called the next one Catalina (named after an island in California); she made an edition of three. Catalina became the original avatar of the ideal. Survival of Serena – inspired by immigration – followed in editions of nine. Carole, ambitious and ready to compete with “the boy’s club,” took Serena to Ivan Karp at OK Harris gallery in Soho (the Pace or Gagosian of that time). Serena evolved as she became happier after 50, into the glamorous, post-Pop Art version she is today.

WATER AND EROTIC ORIGINS

“People always think that I love swimming, but I really liked the ocean – the breeze, jumping in the waves, and water’s healing properties. I learned my lesson that the world wasn’t ready for my first body of work, my erotic fragments, especially in a gallery in Fort Worth (TX) in 1979.” After her disappointment with Rated X (rated PG by 2023 standards), Carole decided to do the least erotic art, by focusing on leisure sports.

Her second show, Sculpture, Sensuality & Spiritualism, Fragments, Part 1 at Hansen Gallery in the Fuller Building in Manhattan, introduced the swimmers. Malcom Forbes, her first major collector, bought the original erotic series and Snorkel. “When I tried to be edgy like the men, it wasn’t cool.” The world wasn’t ready for a sculptor creating erotic art from the female gaze, but Forbes was hooked. When an artist and a collector or dealer are on the same controversial page, it marks moments in art history ahead of their time.

THE BOY’S CLUB

Ivan Karp at OK Harris gallery represented Duane Hanson and John De Andrea, while showing Carole at OK Harris West. “I heard that Duane was caught looking very closely at my work, and I knew he was threatened by me. He and John were known, and I was not.”

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LEGACY

Catalina was the beginning, a symbol of strength and bravery, what a woman aspires to be in order to push through life’s challenges. “Serena grew as I grew, and that was very important.” Her sculpture, Balance, recently transformed into Justice. Society’s need for balance evolved into a need for justice. The pieces change while the concept remains. The work is about the issues that women face.

Conceptually, the idealized becomes relatable. Hyperrealism isn’t real. Carole’s hyperrealism is a fantasy of women’s aspirations, but underneath is a story of survival, perseverance and an artist’s hustle for visibility and the right to be written into art history.

© Amanda Wall (8/28/23) – Special for FF2 Media

LEARN MORE/DO MORE

Click here to visit Carole’s website.

For more links, visit Carole’s Wikipedia page.

Click here to see photos of swimmer turned actress Esther Williams.

CREDITS & PERMISSIONS

Sculptor Carole A. Feuerman in front of Bibi on the Ball on the opening day of her solo outdoor public art show on Park Avenue in Manhattan. (4/27/23) Credit: © Milo Hess / ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2PTCC44

Middle Photo: Courtesy of Carole Feuerman Studio. All Rights Reserved.

Bottom Photo: Carole Feuerman on Park Avenue with Pisces = Photo by Amanda Wall. Approved for legitimate by others use as long as link to this page is provided in user’s credits.

The World That Was, The World That Is

My sculpture, Brooke with Beach Ball

We are living at a time that life seems surreal, and I ask myself if I’m imaging this. For the first three months of the pandemic, I sheltered in place at home. Seemingly overnight, the entire fabric of my daily life had been turned upside down. And yet—between trying to order groceries online, keeping up with the news, and by refreshing the New York Times homepage, it was important that I kept myself optimistic, energized, and entertained (and, perhaps, a little distracted). 

Staying occupied during the pandemic

That didn’t work out too well. After a few days I was bored, so I bought a 500-piece puzzle and watched a lot of TV. I couldn’t focus enough to read or work from my computer. Then I got to thinking…no one is at my art studio in Bushwick, so I don’t think it would hurt if I drove there, parked my car inside, and started to create again, and that’s exactly what I did. I immediately had more energy, and started to feel alive again. 

My new sculpture, Eyes Open

My eyes were open once again, but now I saw things I’d never seen before. A pandemic worldwide, looting and breaking windows, violence against protestors, violence against the police, and the threat of American Democracy from a corrupt president and his followers from the far right, white supremacists, and the unthinkable now corrupt Republican Senate. 

In Venice placing finishing touches on my monumental sculpture, Survival of Serena

Art is me, and I am art. I get physically sick when I don’t work. Bringing people together, inspiring, soothing and sharing: these are the powers of art, the importance of which has been made emphatically obvious during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A video interview in London during my solo exhibition at BelAir Fine Art

In January, I had a lot of deadlines, scheduled shows, and no time. Now I have time and no shows.  How does an artist keep going when the gallery system that supports her seems on the verge of temporary collapse?  Every curator, gallery director, and member of the art world seems to be home. I think the only benefit of this is that it’s time for a reset, a reprieve of the expectations that the art market puts on artists to produce, and to have and to share everything we make.  I’m fine making work in my own bubble because I make art for myself, regardless of whether I show it or not. 

Art Miami, 2019

The organized art world has responded beautifully to the lock-down and social-distancing protocols that are keeping people away from physical spaces. Art fairs like Art Basel and Art Dubai have gone online, and numerous galleries all over the world have responded to this new reality with online viewing rooms. The pandemic has closed museums and cancelled concerts, plunging many cultural institutions into uncertainty and immediate financial loss while also threatening a long-term effect on the arts. 

At the Met, Pandemic Era

Ticket sales at museums account for a smaller percentage of total income than they do at opera houses or dance companies, yet already the carnage is mounting. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with a princely endowment of $3.6 billion, has a projected loss of $100 million; institutions with smaller reserves are drawing down fast, and may never reopen. In a matter of days, the world of contemporary art went from a reverberate global network to a ghost town, sheltering in place as the coronavirus endangered our cities and our livelihoods. Like every other sector, art is having to go digital.

Video conferencing is the new norm

For artists, the show must go on, and Zoom is their venue.

Why Appreciating Art is So Important For People

By Alex Chaban

Some people might not think that art is important, and would not appreciate it or recognize the efforts put into it to create awe-inspiring pieces of artwork. As intriguing and inspiring art can be, it is not appreciated by some people who have lost their sense of creativity or fascination with colors. When you think of art, you would think of the famous works from artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Raphael, Pablo Picasso, Carole Feuerman, Van Gogh, Warhol, or Claude Monet. 

 The Importance of Art

 Art has been around for generations and decades. Their form and representation have changed from time to time, but their importance, appreciation, and creativity are still admired. Did you know that art was even before when men discovered fire? We may have forgotten that art has been around since the early days of the cavemen. No doubt that art has played a very significant role throughout our history. It has shaped our culture, our traditions, and our way of life. However, it is also a part of our lives in many ways as everything that we do, wear or perform is inspired by art in some way or the other. Art revolves around us in many ways. We can take inspiration from art from nature, colors in the sky, landscapes, flowers, animals, people, and our culture. The clothing we wear to the movies we see, or the video games we play, the cars we drive to the pictures of ourselves or the pictures in the books or magazines we read, everything we do is inspired through art, and it is important to appreciate art. Appreciating art and artists is important because art continues to be a part of our lives and our future. It is also related to the future of many generations to come. 

 Art in the Early Days

 Appreciating art was done in the early civilizations, as men used art to communicate with one another and even with the world. We know that early men didn’t use art as a formal written language, but they did use drawings to depict their everyday lives, important information, emotions, and hopes. We can still loot at those artistic images and appreciate them in a way. It did give us a clear understanding of their daily struggles and successes and give us a chance to connect and empathize with learning about their culture.

 Appreciating and Admiring Art

 Art is not meant to be overlooked. People need to appreciate it, admire it, and be inspired by it as it can teach us many things that we can’t even imagine. Art is meant to be looked at for what it is, as it tells us who we are and what we can become in the eyes of the beholder. Art can stimulate thought and reason. That is why it is known to have brought a revolution in many cultures. It can stimulate ideas as it allows viewers to draw their own emotions in their thoughts and pull from their personal experiences as they encounter them. Art can be influential in a way as it naturally develops critical and innovative thinking skills. That is why children in their early ages are inspired to draw and paint. Art also teaches us many important qualities such a listening, observing, and responding to multiple perspectives. That is why art should be admired and appreciated by people from all different walks of life. There is a lot more you can learn about art and artists by reading the real-life account of an inspiring artist Carole Feuerman from her book ‘My Hyperrealist Life and Legacy’. Her book can teach us and all the inspiring artists out there the importance of art and how you can take inspiration from it to learn how to live your life.

Art Therapy for Creativity and Recovery

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle

From painting to writing and to dancing, creative activities make our life fun and interesting. But do you know that art is so powerful and calming that it can be used as a therapeutic tool? Yes, you heard it right.

According to the American Art Therapy Association (2008), art therapy involves creative processes of art making to improve physical, emotional, and mental well-being of people of all ages. 

The growing interest in holistic approach to treatment has supported the idea that expressive arts in treatment are effective for overall human health and wellness. As mentioned in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, ‘art therapy supplements the biomedical approach by focusing not only on the symptom and the disorder but the holistic nature of the individual.  

Speaking of art and healing

Art helps us heal?

It forces humans to create a connection between their body and mind. Unlike physical workouts that focuses on your body or meditation which brings clarity to your mind, art access both body and mind to accelerate healing.

When combined with traditional treatment, art therapy can be noteworthy in treating mental issues. It helps in self-discovery as the activities of art allows people to uncover and acknowledge deep buried emotions in the sub-conscious mind.  It also uplifts our self-esteem as creating an artistic piece of work instills confidence and appreciation.  

What evidence do we have about this relationship?

Drawing, coloring, doodling, or painting has been scientifically proven to help people overcome traumatic situations in life. As individuals create art, they may analyze what they have made and how it makes them feel. Through exploring their art, we can identify themes and conflicts that may be influencing their behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. 

A research study ‘The Connection Between Art, Healing, and Public Health’ shows that art enable people to express their experiences that couldn’t be easily put into words, such as the painful treatment of cancer. 

Situations where art therapy can be utilized 

·      Adults experiencing severe depression and anxiety due to loss of a loved one or a job, failure in relationships, financial hardships, health issues, or any traumatic event. 

·      Children suffering from social and behavioral problems at home or at school.

·      People experiencing brain injury or mental health issues.

In addition to this, there are a range of conditions that can be treated effectively by using art therapy such as aging related issues, eating disorders, emotional difficulties, family problems, substance abuse, psychological issues, and self-esteem issues. 

Art therapy exercises to add in your self-care routine 

Here’s a list of art therapy exercises that everyone should look for. 

1.     Create an art journal 

Journals don’t just have to be around words. You can create your own art journal as well. Use this journal to visually express your emotions.  

2.     Go on a nature walk to get inspiration

Incorporating nature into your art practice is a win-win situation. Nature soothes our five senses and provides relaxation. Go for a walk and collect things you find interesting such as stones, pine, leaves, and other objects. Use these objects to create a magazine, sculpture, or an art wall. Now answer this; what drew you to it?

3.     Create art in the dark

Not being able to see what you are making or having to think about whether it’s not the right can be very relaxing. 

4.     Draw visual image of your good qualities

By making drawings of your positive traits, you’ll feel more optimistic and confident about yourself. This could be your any good habits such as helping older people with their daily chores or feeding birds etc. 

5.     Create a stress painting 

In this art exercise, you’ll focus entirely on painting what you’re feeling inside. Pick colors that represent your stress and anxiety. 

6.     Doodling 

Doodles are abstract patterns or designs but can also include phallic scenes, cartoons and comic characters. 

7.     Just color 

So many times, the simple act of drawing shapes and coloring them is the only relaxation you need. Find a coloring book, or create your own favorite characters or shapes and color them.

8.     Make response art

We all have a song, poem, or quote that we connect with in some way. Choose any one and use it as a foundation to create art. Respond to it through coloring with color pencils or crayons. 

Author bio 

 Feuerman is an American sculptor and artist living and working in New York. She has been working as a professional artist for more than 50 years. She is a wife, mother and grandmother. She is one of the three founding members of the Hyperrealist movement, and the only woman sculptor to work in this genre. She founded The Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation in 2011 to generate interest and passion for the arts and inspire and award deserving underrepresented artists with exhibition opportunities, internships, and grants.

Living Your Life as an Artist

Some people believe that many artists lead punishing lives, as they need to invest their skills, planning, money, time and principles in a greater extend. Some might even not be recognized or appreciated in the way that they expect. It is incredibly important that you understand that artists are talented than you could ever imagine. They can easily give their imagination or thought a real picture and draw it as a painting or on the canvas. Their life can be hard, but only they know what to make out of it. They can understand our culture, our traditions and our history more than we could. They are more like scientists. The only difference is that a scientist experiments with different theories and natural elements, artists experiment with their thoughts, ideas, imagination, thinking and colors. Lots and lots of colors. With an effective use of colors, they could draw some very important aspects of our life and invoke a sensation in our very thoughts. 

The Creativity of an Artist

When an artist works beyond what is usually the norm, they start to question their own assumptions that haven’t been questioned by anyone else. They question their own thoughts and ideas, and then generate creativity. They can easily blend a lot of colors to give shape to their creativity. An artist can look around and take inspiration from every object, every surface, every scene, every color, even from a situation which may appear interesting to them. As artists will never stop learning about art and they would never stop thinking about how to blend creativity in their work. As the field of art has now stretched into many different forms and types, an artist can easily get confused on how to work on so many different things. The artistic process works on the questions of art, culture, tradition and their own thought-processes. 

The World and its Problems

As we know, the world has many problems like scarcity, poverty, hunger, economic conditions and globalization. Many of these tough problems even question our thought of mind and culture. Many of us would ignore such problems and live our life, but an artist sees these problems differently. Though they cannot do much to change it, they still like to give it a picture or create something out of it, just so that people would at least see it and do something about it collectively. With the artist’s work the general audience can question their own thoughts, as to how they are playing their part in the world. That is what an artist does; they invoke thought of reasoning in people. They contribute new knowledge to the cultural realm of the world with their artworks and force people to think about it. 

To make someone think about anything other than themselves is difficult, but an artist does it with creativity and a blend of different colors. As we live in a time which is full of color, images, pictures, language, videos, stories, music, and diversification of cultures and traditions, an artist is the person to bring out the positivity of such things and make something out of it. The artist can then motivate a reason of thought regarding culture, spiritual, political, emotional or even economical aspect of our world.

As complex and sophisticated artists can be, there is a lot we can learn about them from the book, ‘My Hyperrealist Life and Legacy’ , which is written by a remarkable artist Carole Feuerman. She has given her life account in her book as to what inspired her to become an artist and give her ideas a shape of reality through real people sculptures of models and swimmers. Her book can teach a lot there is about art and artists, and is a must-read book for all young artists out there who are willing to make their mark in the world of art.

How Can Children Learn To Demonstrate Their Self-Confidence In Life?

Raising self-confident kids is one of the greatest aims of the parents.  Focusing to develop their competence, skills and a strong sense of self-confidence provides a solid foundation for their learning and development. Moreover, it improves their health and psychological well-being. Knowing how to encourage your child and staying clued in on what to say when they look to you for guidance means a lot to growing kids. It helps them to trust their abilities and discover their potentials. It implies parents to keep motivating and encourage their children from young age to make efforts for the things they may not be physically or mentally ready to try.

Parents want their children to be the best at everything. They want them to be smarter than any other child. They want them to do things sooner than other children. They convince their children to take chances by saying things like: “You can do it!” “It’s easy!” “Don’t be afraid!” “Just try one “I know you can do it!”  If they fail, they keep elevating their spirit and encourage them to try again. With time and encouragement, all children overcome their fears. They begin to develop their self-belief in themselves. They are convinced they can do anything. They are full of confidence over their abilities. The words of encouragement from other immediate and extended family, relatives and friends boost their stronger sense to accomplish the goals they desire. Even when children become adults, they look up for their parents for guidance at every turn and juncture of their life. They hope that the parents will give them the best advice as they used to give them during their childhood. They count on their parents for their future success and relate them as the best role model in their life.

Some ideas to nurture your child’s self-confidence

• Strengthen your child’s sense of his family, culture and community. For example, show your child family photos and share family stories, take part in community or cultural events like religious festivals, and encourage your child join a local sporting club or interest group, or join as a family

• Encourage your child to value being part of your family. One way to do this is by involving your child in chores. When everyone contributes to the smooth running of the household, you all feel important and valued

• Encourage your child to have friends over to your house, and make time for your child to go to their houses

• When you spend quality time with your child you let your child know that they are important to you. Doing things together as a family can help strengthen a sense of belonging and togetherness in your family, which is also good for your child’s self-esteem.

• Develop family rituals such as a story at bedtime, a special goodbye kiss or other ways of doing things that are special to your family. Let your child help you with house chores. For example, your preschooler could help you set the table for dinner

• Plan some regular one-on-one time with your child, doing the things they enjoy the most. This could be their hobby, playing sports, baking cakes or cooking favorite dish

Appreciating their achievements help them feel good. Statement such as, Well done!’ builds their self-esteem. Continuous support and acknowledgment enhance their self-belief that paves the way towards attainting bigger goals in life.

Teach your child that failing is a part of learning. If they face a problem, encourage them to think calmly, listen to other people’s points of view and come up with possible solutions to try. This builds their decision-making skills and helps them to choose wisely.

Keep special reminders of your child’s successes and progress. You can go through them with your child and talk about your special memories, and the things he has achieved.

To know more about how children can build their self-confidence to achieve their loftiest goals and passions in life, read the book, ‘My Hyperrealist Life and Legacy’,  by Carole Feuerman. She as an artist, was able to define and explore her passion since childhood because of how her parents raised her. The book teaches us that if you want to be successful, you have to believe in yourself. You must have confidence in yourself and make effort to achieve your milestones in life.

The Modern Form of Art – Digital Artwork

Nowadays, traditional artwork has triumphed with the modern form of art, digital artwork. Many artists are beginning to learn and show their skills through software and drawing sketches with a digital pen. However, digital artwork can take several forms, including photography, charts, graphs, artistic diagrams, and much more. Nowadays, you can create artwork with a camera, scanner, or even imaging or editing software, rather than using your hand. Universities have begun to teach how they use creative software rather than artist practice drawing or sketches.

As more and more digital artworks have started to take their place in marketing and advertising, the value for traditional artwork is slowly diminishing. Traditional artworks have been developed, transformed, and varied through the stages of history and culture. They represent various cultures and civilizations before us through paintings, sculptures, architecture, stone works, and much more. However, as art is growing more advanced and sophisticated with the use of digital software and computer programs, and the world is witnessing rapid developments in all spheres of life, people need more sophistication and modernism in art. In the old days, it was all about the skill and craft of an artist, the way they drew and made the best use of their hand and mind to draw or make unique pieces of artwork, nowadays more and more people want to make it easily without wasting much time on it. They rush creativity with the use of software applications, as the trend is becoming more fast-paced.

The Use of Art Related Software Applications

With the use of software applications to draw art, it can influence more means of creativity, as you would be able to use a diverse range of color codes, draw simplistic or complex shapes or line within a matter of seconds, and have specialized materials and tools right in front of your computer screens. With tremendous developments in software applications, anyone can draw digital artworks to make them look appealing. It can easily bring about changes in the composition, color, or change the whole aspect of digital artwork and redraw what needs to be changed with just a few clicks. More with the revolutionized form of art, more and more people can integrate electronic sensors, lasers, digital pen, and green screens to make art look more compelling. 

With the use of software applications and modern digital artworks, many artists have gotten involved, those who weren’t that much skilled with their hand in drawing or sketching. It has also enabled artists to enter into a new paradigm of art. On this new stage, an artist can replace their manual or traditional skills and use their imagination or references in a contemporary manner.

Sophistication in the Field of Creativity

As a result of technological contributions in digital hardware and software, artists are now doing innovative and distinctive aesthetic experiments to create more complex artworks. First, they draw or sketch it with their computer applications, give it a complex blueprint form, and then go for the real thing. Such software tools and applications have become a source to satisfy their artistic desires, dependent upon learning the software application to know its full limitations and capabilities. Some are calling the use of software applications the development of another form of digital creativity. The best way to learn the practical example is to read the book ‘My Hyperrealist Life and Legacy’ by aspiring artist Carole Feuerman. Carole Feuerman is a renowned and inspirational artist who marveled in the traditional form of art and learned the modern use of art, and has made sophisticated modern sculptures of swimmers and models, which is truly an awe-inspiring work of art.

Learning Art for the Sake of Art

Most people belonging to the academic world believe that art education instills creativity in children. While learning art, they feel that children begin to view the world differently. They start to enhance their skills and attitude towards innovation and creativity. In societies focusing on knowledge, art is the key to growth and prosperity, as it encourages opinions, different thought processes and gives people motivation to grow in their field. An artist can belong to an architectural firm, marketing or advertising firm, politics, economics, and even law enforcement. They develop their skills to think deeply about any particular subject and bring their thoughts and ideas into their work.

A person with artistic skills would be culturally sensitive and held in high regard. An art education affects the mind positively and lets your brain exercise through different thoughts like perceiving history, culture, tradition, colors, shapes, alignment, and lines. It can even enhance your performance in other academic subjects as mathematics, science, and reading, as art can keep your mind more prone to solve complex problems and situations. 

 Why Art Education is so Important

 An art education is important because it can strengthen a student’s academic performance. A student would get a chance to learn and foster their creative ability and develop a habit of having a clear mind, and social skills necessary to today’s thriving societies. Unfortunately, the value of art and its education is slowly becoming less important with time, as more and more profitable studies are trying to make their mark. Art and its education are not as important as it was before. Along with people, artists need to justify their importance and presence in schools from an early age. 

 The education system worldwide also needs to educate about the skills required for any child if he or she aspires to become an artist. It is necessary to identify these skills and polish them in children. With skills like drawing and painting, a child would also be able to improve their writing skills and improve their judgement. Color and its psychology help the brain to exercise and develop clear thinking patterns without being cluttered.  Art also helps anxiety, stress, and mental health.

 Learning Art in School

 There is no doubt that art is closely linked to creativity and innovations. Those students who have developed and enhanced their art skills have the potential to be very sharp and think differently. They can now easily think of new ideas, as they have practiced this skill while learning about art and thinking of new ways to integrate color or make interesting artworks. Creativity and innovation rely on a broad range of skills, as measured by today’s competent professionals. There is no doubt that scientists, developers, entrepreneurs, practitioners, and technological users and innovators have had the means to use innovative thoughts in their fields. Art helps us define the use of content and knowledge. As we use art and its related subjects, we begin to identify problems, understand their limitations, make connections, collaborate, and communicate with our thoughts and ideas. These are the set of skills that a child can easily develop if he or she is introduced to art as a subject, so that they may begin to develop these skills in some disciples and become future leaders of tomorrow. 

If you want to know and learn more about the fundamentals of art as a subject, we may suggest the book ‘My Hyperrealist Life and Legacy’ by aspiring artist Carole Feuerman. She outlines her inspiration and passion for art and how she was able to pursue her passion. She eventually developed and learned the skills of becoming a famous renowned artist, and now her artistic works of sculptures are displayed in famous museums and art gallery exhibitions. 

Important Things to 
Learn in Art Creativity

 Art is something that belongs to everyone. Anyone who wants to test their imagination to create art is welcome to do so with an open mind and an open heart. Art can easily be learned, and some people are even born with the talent of creating or making art. The field of art is very diverse and there are many different forms of art . To name a few, there are paintings, photography, sculpture making, digital animation, acting, and much more. In simple words, art can be an idea, an imagination, an expression or a representation of history or culture. For most people, art is taken as an idea that belongs to everyone. It can be found in any culture or history in any era, and then an artist brings it in a physical form. 

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The Importance of Art in the Eyes of an Artist

 Artists can use their talents or creativity by using emotions, aesthetic, or psychological thoughts that they encounter in life. They are pretty good at keeping their thoughts aligned while creating art from a simple thought process. Most artists can make the best use of their emotions and aesthetic sense to create art, which can be astonishing. Many can learn much about art by practicing it. For some, it comes naturally to them. Practice and lessons learnt in the pursuit of art can easily educate you about the important things in artistic creativity and make you a better artist. 

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Art is not Separate from Life Itself

 Most people fail to understand that art is not separate from life. Almost everything that we experience in life, is an expression of art. For example, the color shades we see in clouds, the sea, trees, flowers, landscapes, and even nature can teach us a lot about art and its creativity. Art is even in the very description of ourselves and even in the lives that we lead. Many artists have been creating art in paintings, photography, materials, objects, architecture, sculptures, and much more. Still, they are intrigued to find out more about its phenomenon. Most artists worldwide, are trained to learn the important things in artistic creativity, but some are born with a natural tendency to learn and discover the creative things in art and follow their passion. Many would go an extra mile and beyond their limitations to pursue their passion in art, just like Carole Feurman did to learn about art and create real look-alike sculptures of dancers, swimmers, and many more. 

Learning about Creativity in Air

It can be necessary for an artist to learn how to achieve creativity in art from a professional art school. They can learn about art education, history, culture, different famous artists in the past, and what distinguished them from contemporary artists. They can also reflect on how they understand art and its creativity, which is an extension of our daily culture and life. Artists need to understand that art is everywhere around them to see and perceive it from a different in-depth perspective. For naturally gifted artists, they have a different way of seeing and analyzing art. The way they see it, make it, look at it is ever-evolving. 

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It is also important for the artist to understand that art transforms itself with every passing era, culture, and history, especially in making and representing itself. It is always important for an artist to learn, analyze, search, know, and doubt on achieving creativity in art itself. One needs to understand the details and processes of art creation intimately. That is why imitation has always been an integral part of art creation. As for the artists, they need to assimilate and combine their psychological, aesthetical, and emotional senses and then organize them to create art to give meaning to it. It requires skill and practices for an artist to do that. However, once an artist learns how to achieve that, there is no stopping them from creating the most amazing art piece.

To know and learn about art creativity's important things, read the book, ‘My Hyperrealist Life and Legacy’ by the famous artist Carole Feuerman. This book is really for anyone who cares about art and inspires to be an artist. Carole Feuerman, the artist and author of the book ‘My Hyperrealist Life and Legacy,’ explains how she got inspired to become an artist. She learned about art and how it enriches our being.