I've never felt that it is the finishing product to be proud of, but the process behind it.
I find it hard to enjoy art that is completely and utterly unexplainable. Bring an artist in to explain his own work and watch the big words fly - but from the eyes of the viewer what's the point of the big words? What's the point of the art if you must find the explanation to understand it. I don't want to hear why I want to know why by looking. The initial reaction to any piece of art, be it writing, drawing, song - is the lasting reaction. A truly good artist can make you feel the way he meant to make you feel without an explanation, a title, or a word at all. I don't want to get too deep with my art. Okay, so I'm flat - maybe I'm boring - maybe I'm just dumb - but my art isn't. Art isn't dumb - unless it's hidden behind big words and metaphors. I'm not saying that hidden meaning is bad - it's not. It;s just bad if you don;t find it. what;s the point to a game of hide and go seek if you never find the hider? It's a never ending search for enjoyment that will last only until the next kid hides - or in art, the next painting is hung. I want to make art that is visibly moving. I want kids that are 4 to look at my art and laugh or smile or feel sad (maybe I'm pushing it with the four year old). I don't want to have to explain myself. I don't want people to have to know my life story in order to understand why I put the red in that spot or why the window is closed, not open. I don't want to HAVE to explain myself for my art to be interesting or beautiful. The idea of art is something to look at and feel for.