A Greived Soul And Fine Art Art is a medium that allows people to express emotion. An artist can portray their dismay or disappointment. This helps them gain closure when certain things don't go their way. Not many people know that painting is a kind of spiritual healing that many artists resort to. They use a blank canvas and a brush to express their emotions, that gives rise to abstract art and fine art that helps to heal their souls. Most of us mourn our losses with tears, but an artist uses colors to vent out deep emotions. Oil paintings, a very common yet powerful art work breaks the jinx of destruction caused to the soul. Painting to heal your soul is not uncommon. An entire field of psychology deals with counselling through art. It is known as art therapy. Art therapy gives the artist, “Inspiration� Inspirational mixed media artist, Judith Iris Quate, lost her son to a lifelong ailment of cerebral palsy; she turned towards painting to heal her bruised soul. She had initially resorted to painting as a healing process. Using the canvas as a therapist, she vented out all the love and affection into it. Her paintings have strong usages of red to signify the strength of her love. She blended these colors with images of her son along with a lingering thought or a quote. Each time she put up a new painting, we would be amazed at the depth of emotion it portrayed. You can shop for the paintings of Judith, at ShowFlipper