Sensuism
It was created roughly about the year 2016 by Artist Ann Marie Vancas
The movement started with a merging of Fauvism…Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.
The art needed its own category…
And so Sensuism was born…
The first and most important is to free the mind of all clutter…preconceived notions and all associations…This is essential to move about the blank canvas without fear…
You must be assertive and at the same time have a continuous curiosity…. And the falcon eyes of a child…unflinching without self-consciousness…
It is essential you are in a space where you only are looking inward…for to see what is in front of you is to copy the images of the world… and instead see with the eyes of the soul and the heart…
If you know what you are looking for…you will never find it.
You are allowed emotion…but you are not allowed thoughts…
You palette will be music…
You will choose songs..that you will get lost in… the dream state between wakefulness and sleep.
they are only to ENHANCE what you are already FEELING and not THINKING.
This is very important…because thoughts carry the dust from the streets of memories and obligations.
When you have you musical palette….you will let the music carry you… you may look at the canvas…to create…as long as your focus is inward…for me it is easier to place the canvas on the floor….As when I am with my internal self…my eyes are downcast…mistaken for shyness…I am simply closing the door.
Once you have this foundation… you create your secret space…as no one knows your heart…your soul..and in this state you can create…with complete secrecy….and privacy.
If you are completely in the honesty of your feelings…carried by the music…you will have no mistakes…not need to erase…stop…or recreate…lines bold…almost never blending…colour side by side as to let the eye naturally blend them together visually.
As with an opal…you see different luminous shades and colour when looked at from different angles…so the artistic piece will have different images when looked at with each different set of eyes.
Layering with the viewers own self to add an extra layer of Patina to the piece…
The painting should never be defined by the artist…(unless in secret) as to let the viewer create his/her own story…
Conclusions:
Sensuism is the absence of intellect…it is the essence of emotion. Stripped down and coloured with the palette of music.
It is a ballad of freedom…once intellect and language are removed…you can see that emotion has many shapes…colours and sounds with nothing left but raw feeling.