WK2-Art Experience-Finger Painting

Creating my own finger painting was a unique experience that I haven’t done since my early childhood. Despite this seeming a childish task to do, I rather enjoyed it for the carefree nature of it. It was actually much easier than I initially expected, since I was admittedly a bit caught up in the fact that the painting had to have a specific subject or resemble something in the beginning, but once I dipped my hands in the paint I found myself creating whatever my hands allowed me to. Not only was the activity nostalgic, but it was also cathartic and soothing in the sense that I could paint softly and roughly when I felt like it. The phrase “feel the paint” was true in that sense, as well as feeling the texture and converting that into different shapes or smudges on the paper. The painting I created definitely could possibly be similar to others I have seen that are regarded as ‘art’, since paintings with splashes, colors, and other techniques of painting are usually seen as an artists’ expression of emotion on a canvas.

To end, when I was creating the painting, I had no real goal or subject in mind. I merely dipped my fingers and began touching the canvas–in both soft touches and rough patting. Whatever I felt like doing, my hands were free to create and represent. After I was done, I did manage to find meaning in what I had created. For instance, in one of the corners is a blob of mainly yellow paint, but I took it as a shining light or beacon of innocence and purity in the midst of the chaos of the painting, and the slight instances of blue or green mixed on its edges could represent that there will always be forces attempting to take ones light, but maintaining that purity is important and requires strong will to do so. Concluding, finding meaning in a finger painting that began with no purpose represents the general public finding meaning in different paintings or forms of art on their own, despite what an artists’ true intentions were–and the meaning that one gives it is what makes a piece hold value and be considered ‘art’.