Paintings Connecting People Globally through DailyPainters.com

What is daily painting? For many artists it is the discipline of completing a single painting each day in solitude, away from the confusion of life. It’s an essential time each day that the painter both embraces and savors. Many regard it as a meditative “expression of the moment” and enlightenment. The completion of the painting in a single session is a means of chronicling one’s spiritual diary. The ensō. Painters globally are now using cyberspace in new and creative ways in order to share these personal moments with people residing in other parts of the world that may be marginalized geographically or socially. The painting and the creative act are being digitized and presented together as one to divergent cultures. Creativity is being channeled into a more holistic expressive art form that is reaching millions of people. The modern day “blog,” coupled with video sharing technologies has broadened the tradition of painting into a new communicative virtual reality world. Cyberspace is quickly evolving and the potential social ramifications are not completely understood. What we do know however is that artists are strategically working together globally to use these new technologies in a manner that is promoting constructive dialogue about art and life. These conversations about paintings are “building new bridges through breaking boundaries.” Perhaps this new model for solidarity will inspire others to embrace the mystical healing nature of painting.

By Hall Groat II
President, New York Art Collection
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The last print version of the New York Art Guide was in 2001.