Paintings of Chaos & Calm: Spiritual, Natural, Personal (Online)

Whether cosmic disorder or meditative calm, art can capture and evoke a rollercoaster of emotional responses. The life of the artist, including personal highs and lows, nature’s cycles, and faith systems, can impact their work (or not). How the painted stories unfold through style and media make for exciting explorations of art from the past to the present. We will consider symbolic spiritual events, nature’s sense of dramatic tumult & intense calm, and artists’ personal tribulations and delights as we view the images. Our conversational class includes short videos to better consider a diversity of ‘isms and artists.