Did You Know This About Our Health And Art?
Did you know that some evidence-based designs and art are no longer categorized as just decorative? It’s the difference between designing for wall decoration to designing for health in a physical environment.
Did you know that some evidence-based designs and art are no longer categorized as just decorative?
Based on study after study, evidence-based designs and art have become part of the Environment Of Care.
“The Environment Of Care is the understanding that the experience someone has in a healthcare delivery system is a function of six components: physical environment, layout and operations systems, people, concept, and implementation.” (Integrating Evidence-Based Design, Practicing The Healthcare Design Process, The Center For Health Design)
Evidence-based designs are successful when they consider the entire Environment Of Care experience. It’s the difference between designing for just decoration (Wow! That color will look fabulous with this sofa!) to designing for health in a physical environment (Wow! That evidence-based design with those colors will look fabulous with this sofa AND they will benefit my health by meeting the guidelines of evidence-based design!).
A World Health Organization report, based on evidence from over 3,000 studies identified “prevention of illness” as a major role for the arts. What were some of the beneficial links between the arts and health?
The psychological benefits were enhanced self-efficacy, coping, and emotional regulation.
The physiological benefits included lower stress hormone responses, enhanced immune function, and higher cardiovascular reactivity.
The social benefits between arts and health showed reduced loneliness and isolation, enhanced social support, and improved social behaviors.
The behavioral benefits indication from these studies were increased exercise, an adoption of healthier behaviors, and skills development. (WHO, 2019 Report on Arts and Health)
Today, study after study shows benefit after benefit of evidence-based designs.
I am a member of The Society Of Experimental Artists and I like to experiment by taking credible scientific/medical study results and translating them into works of art. Although I have created quite a bit of art using the established evidence-based design principles and guidelines, not too much evidence-based design creation and analysis has been done with abstract art.
Here are some of my earliest experimentations into the world of evidence-based design and abstract art.
Mastering Life’s Complexities got sold to a gallery director the first day I had it on display at the gallery.
I love to donate art to raise money. Power And Gold I donated to a Crooked Tree Arts Center fundraising event in beautiful Bay Harbor, Michigan.
Power In Action is a painting I just love to have around. The colors are so deeply amazing and they move. I put it for sale on my website (https://thewonderfulworldofdorotheasandraart.com), but I haven’t turned it over to any gallery. I think I’m hoping it never sells. LOL!
With all three of these paintings, I was going after strong (at least by evidence-based design standards) POWER AND MOVEMENT WITHOUT CAUSING ANY STRESS.
Take a peek inside my new book, 100 Days Of Happy Happy Art, Evidence-Based Design.
There’s even a chapter on neuroscience and art.
Creating Joy In Abstract Art
Is it possible to create a modern work of abstract art that triggers the brain to create feelings of joy?
Is it possible to create a modern work of abstract art that triggers the brain to create feelings of joy?
Personally, I’m convinced of it. What is my reasoning? Buyers tell me all the time how happy my art actually makes them feel.
What’s the secret? Is it super talent or artistic genius or is it training and certification in Evidence-Based Design? I believe it’s a combination of talent and training. Based on established medical and scientific research, I know there are relationships between design factors and healthcare outcomes, especially when people view nature. I create and sell an abundance of nature scenes (see my websites dorotheasandra.com and the landscape category of thewonderfulworldofdorotheasandraart.com) but I also love to create and believe in abstract art as health and happiness sources.
I’m a member of The Society of Experimental Artists and also hold the EDAC (Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification) designation, so I have a keen interest in trying new and different ways to create art.
Joyful Movements by Dorothea Sandra
In this triptych titled Joyful Movements, I experimented with using acceptable “evidence-based design” colors (soft and gentle) and combining them with “the abstract essences” of nature’s wind, rocks, sand, and water. Solely as an abstract work of art, Joyful Movements holds it own. The colors are amazingly beautiful and the palette knife movements create deep interest and intrigue.
My goal when designing this was to see if I could connect “evidence-based design” guidelines with “abstract art” techniques, so I stuck with “the essences” of nature—rather than identifiable shapes—for the purpose of keeping the composition free of too much impact and stress. I wanted this piece to be beautiful, but I also wanted it to do more for us. I wanted it to be gentle and soothing and to remind of us of nature’s amazing healing powers.
I wanted the brains of viewers to be reminded of nature’s water and sand and wind and rocks rather than to be touched (impacted) by them. Many of today’s neuroscientists have conducted studies on our brains and art. Professor Semir Zeki, a neurobiologist from the University of London, discovered in his studies: “When a person views art they find beautiful, it triggers an immediate release of dopamine into the brain—a chemical related to feelings of love, pleasure, and desire.”
Pierre Lemarquis, a French neuroscientist, concluded: “Art of all kinds acts on our brains in a multi-faceted dynamic way. Neural networks are formed to achieve heightened complex states of connectivity. Art can sculpt and even caress our brains.”
My overall desire for Joyful Movements was to achieve a work of art with moving nature essences that evoked in us feelings of happiness and healing.
Although this painting was created after 100 Days Of Happy Happy Art, Evidence-Based Design was published, here is an excerpt about designing with water from my book. There’s more to just painting water and nature elements when it comes to meeting all the evidence-based design standards.
For me to create “happy” art, I remember that the medical/scientific “evidence” matters.
“In evidence-based art, compositions with water should provide healing. Calm water scenes are preferred, while gushing rapids or crashing ocean waves should be avoided. Even a trickling water fountain might create negative experiences for people with full or nonfunctioning bladders.” (Distinctive Art Source, “Healthcare Art Bloopers,” 2023)
Creating Joy In Abstract Art
Is it possible to create a modern work of abstract art that triggers the brain to create feelings of joy?
Is it possible to create a modern work of abstract art that triggers the brain to create feelings of joy?
Personally, I’m convinced of it. What is my reasoning? People tell me all the time how happy my art actually makes them feel.
What’s the secret? Is it super talent or artistic genius or is it training and certification in Evidence-Based Design? I believe it’s a combination of talent and training. Based on established medical and scientific research, I know there are relationships between design factors and healthcare outcomes, especially when people view nature. I create and sell an abundance of nature scenes (see my websites dorotheasandra.com and the landscape category of thewonderfulworldofdorotheasandraart.com) but I also love to create and believe in abstract art as health and happiness sources.
I’m a member of The Society of Experimental Artists and also hold the EDAC (Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification) designation, so I have a keen interest in trying new and different ways to create art.
Joyful Movements by Dorothea Sandra
In this triptych titled Joyful Movements, I experimented with using acceptable “evidence-based design” colors (soft and gentle) and combining them with “the abstract essences” of nature’s wind, rocks, sand, and water. Solely as an abstract work of art, Joyful Movements holds it own. The colors are amazingly beautiful and the palette knife movements create deep interest and intrigue.
My goal when designing this was to see if I could connect “evidence-based design” guidelines with “abstract art” techniques, so I stuck with “the essences” of nature—rather than identifiable shapes—for the purpose of keeping the composition free of too much impact and stress. I wanted this piece to be beautiful, but I also wanted it to do more for us. I wanted it to be gentle and soothing and to remind of us of nature’s amazing healing powers.
I wanted the brains of viewers to be reminded of nature’s water and sand and wind and rocks rather than to be touched (impacted) by them. Many of today’s neuroscientists have conducted studies on our brains and art. Professor Semir Zeki, a neurobiologist from the University of London, discovered in his studies: “When a person views art they find beautiful, it triggers an immediate release of dopamine into the brain—a chemical related to feelings of love, pleasure, and desire.”
Pierre Lemarquis, a French neuroscientist, concluded: “Art of all kinds acts on our brains in a multi-faceted dynamic way. Neural networks are formed to achieve heightened complex states of connectivity. Art can sculpt and even caress our brains.”
My overall desire for Joyful Movements was to achieve a work of art with moving nature essences that evoked in us feelings of happiness and healing.
Although this painting was created after 100 Days Of Happy Happy Art, Evidence-Based Design was published, here is an excerpt about designing with water from my book.