Visual art

One of the least understood professions is that of visual artist. Media gives us some insight—though sometimes twisted—about what medical professionals, police, FBI agents, soldiers, teachers, social workers, firemen, mechanics, even pimps do.

But visual artists are often portrayed as simply strange. Visual art is a backdrop of decoration in stories, the actors not even looking at the art. Late night talk show hosts invite authors to discuss books we haven’t read when they could invite visual artists with their work right there.

Visual artists follow their own truth, tackle social issues, search out beauty, and help us understand what it means to be human.

If this short discourse doesn’t encourage you to take visual artists more seriously, they try this. Imagine the world with all visual art gone. Does that help at all?