When I lived in Paris “Laissez-Faire” was just another expression used in conversation. When I went to college and took economics it took on a new meaning.

It has taken me most of my adult life to “Laissez-Faire” instead of forcing things to happen. It is amazing that with less effort and stress I am accomplishing so much more than when I was so ambitious and relentless in my pursuits.

It is the boomerang effect- let it go and it comes back to you. The Universe knows our needs and desires and as soon as you let go - they come back.

This image, “Laissez-Faire”, is a compilation of all of that.

People ask me to show them what is what in my images - but I don’t. Every observer sees something unique in my art work. Yes, there are hidden meanings in each of the images and if you can find them you will enjoy the image even more.

My work is created with passion. Passion from the heart . . . sharing my perspective with others. Hopefully inspiring them to think and feel.

At one of my shows I included a piece of art that was very controversial - and one of the people at the show told me how much he hated the image - how it disturbed him and how he couldn’t even look at it.

I thanked him. He was shocked. I told him I had succeeded in the creation as I had made him feel. He didn’t get it…..but I moved him - just not in the direction he wanted to go.

“Laissez-Faire” has several hidden meanings. There are elements that are obvious and many others that are subtle and may never be noticed. Even the title holds a subtle meaning far from the obvious. But, it is for you the observer to see or not. In any event I hope you enjoy the image . . . or at least feel something when you are looking at it - if you do - then I succeeded with this image.

About the Author

Stephen Moody’s Visions in Art shimmer with the movement, color and vibration that has fascinated him since childhood. His mother provided him his first art class at the young age of five.

The family home was a gallery to many original paintings and other works of art and by the age of 13 he had visited most of the great museums throughout the United States and Europe. While living abroad, he studied artists in France, England and the Middle East.

Moody has explored light and color through many different mediums; photography, paint, motion pictures and technology. He imagines his subjects, not as moments frozen in time, but as animated movements in life, and orchestrates movement, color and vibration together in one fluid image. Moody’s interpretations don’t hang on the wall but rather live in the room, changing perspective and feeling as the viewer experiences them in different ways. READ MORE . . .