My art addiction.

I am a lover of art. Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Michelangelo all seem to be calling me. I have books and books and books on their art and I love reading about the techniques they used to create such beautiful work. I know everyone knows about it but the Mona Lisa still takes my breath away. Not because it's famous but because of the amount of detail put into it. From the lace detailing on her dress, to the way the shadows fall on her face. I don't think I will be dissapointed when I see it for the first time. I know how small it is, and I know how many people are in the Louvre at once. I've taken all of that into consideration. I can't wait to be face to face with something that Leonardo Da Vinci painted.  A man I've spent hours reading about. A genius.

“The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.”
-Leonardo Da Vinci

And then there is Canadian art and of course my favorite group of canadian artists- the Group of Seven. I love their work. Almost every single piece captures how I feel about Canada. The water, the trees, the ice, everything is represented perfectly. Though he was never truly a memeber of the Group of Seven (he died before the group started up offically) Tom Thomson is my favorite. Jack Pine and Northern River capture canada perfectly.

".the best I can do does not do the place much justice in the way of beauty."
-Tom Thomson, letter to Dr. James MacCallum, Oct. 6, 1914, from Canoe Lake Station

But the renaissance and baroque are not the only periods that made beautiful art. People today are still creating things that take my breath away. The style has changed to something more obscure, difficult to understand, meaningful. Though I don't always love modern art (it can be plain werid) somethings artists today create are wonderful. I just hope that one day someone will love a peice of my art. I don't need to become famous or rich, I just want to make at least one person happy.