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I have depression,and one way of getting my anger and sadness out is art.I really love painting,but I always repeat the same things unintentially. Most of my pictures have birds or something sharp or wet in them,and it freaks me out cause I can't remember doing them...Is it normal?!
say that to people at your exhibition and you will sell most of your paintings
art is a strange and beautiful thing, before i paint i get really pissed off and take a shot of vodka
A lot of things you repeat have a symbol or meaning to you. You just have to figure out what and work on those issues.
All artists go through "fazes" of painting certain things. Van Gogh painted quite a few paintings of sunflowers. Frida Kahlo painted numerous paintings of herself. And, almost all male artists painted artworks of naked women :D
Seriously though, I wouldn't analyze it too much. Just try and focus on your recovery and just appreciate your artworks for what they are: an outlet for your feelings. The fact that you can't remember doing it could simply be because your are so caught up in the moment. I know when I am working on an artwork I block everything out.
Good luck and take care!
to answer the question you posed, it is normal to repeat things when painting, practice makes perfect and repetition lets you try to make it 'finer' than before. as this is not intentional then you may be trying to tell yourself something. things always change and you could be holding yourself back (like how the picture never changes) it could also be something to do with your perspective on life. and lastly it could just be easier for you to draw so you pick it for that reason and just forget about it since it's so routine. hope I helped some.