Searching for Beauty

I love the work of American abstract expressionist painter, Paul Chidlaw.  His paintings a very visceral emotional response when I see them for the first time.  As a musician, I am always trying to understand why a particular musical decision creates a profound response in listeners (or fails to do so).  Throughout my life I grew up going to museums and looking at great art.  However, it’s only been since starting a business buying and selling art that I’ve started trying to understand what makes looking at a piece of art a powerful experience. I've been thinking about the fact that...