All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality. — Mike Svob Abstract Copy Share Image
The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care. — Mike Svob Artist Copy Share Image
The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of… — Mike Svob Artist Copy Share Image
You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge,… — Mike Svob Behave Copy Share Image
A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance. — Mike Svob Accidents Copy Share Image
When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking… — Mike Svob Art Copy Share Image
By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting. — Mike Svob Amount Copy Share Image
Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not… — Mike Svob Artist Copy Share Image
The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest… — Mike Svob Art Copy Share Image
Think of the centre of interest in a painting as you would read it in a novel or see it in a… — Mike Svob Artist Copy Share Image
Realistically there is no limit to the possibilities. How does an artist make decisions? — Mike Svob Art Copy Share Image
Monet, Manet, Sisley, Renoir, Van Gogh and others went outside to paint for one simple reason - it looks different outside. — Mike Svob Artist Copy Share Image
The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions. — Mike Svob Composition Copy Share Image
Being true to oneself more often leads one toward success rather than away from it. — Mike Svob Being true Copy Share Image
The difficult part of the process is the long exploration and discovery of your own soul and living with the results. — Mike Svob Difficult Copy Share Image
Artists need not meet any standards to practice their craft... Virtually every other occupation requires some sort of license, union membership or… — Mike Svob Art Copy Share Image
That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak… — Mike Svob Art Copy Share Image
