Technique vs. Emotion (What makes a painting great?)

Technique vs. Emotion. What makes a painting great. I think emotion drives technique. What I mean by this is that your feelings about a subject are reflected in the way you paint it. For example, I have many paintings inspired by my relationship with my husband. In some paintings the strokes are delicate and soft because I am capturing a tender moment in our relationship. In other paintings, the strokes are bold and forceful. The details are more vivid. You can feel the passion I felt as poured my emotions onto the canvas.

So, what is my technique? I would say it depends on my mood. If you read my blogs, you know that I paint through inspiration. My technique varies depending on my emotions.

Some might say you can develop a style and have no emotional connection to this style. I disagree. Why would any creative person create something they care absolutely nothing about? The only way I can see a create person doing this is if they are just doing a creative job for the money and just doing what the client asks. But if you are creating for yourself or if you want personal satisfaction in the work that you do, there must be some emotional connection to the work you produce.

So, technique vs. emotion? My answer is that in good art emotion drives technique.