This question receives mixed reactions.

I was asked that question many years ago when I was a student a the University of Lethbridge School of Fine Arts. I don’t remember my answer except I’m sure it had to do with something formal like the aesthetics of painting, sculpture or printmaking or ceramics. Many people in the class were asked the same question and they all had a different answer. The conclusion we all came to is that art is a very subjective thing that is based on various levels of experience, education, appreciation and of course perceptions.

A fellow artist once said to me if someone insists on giving you a finite definition of art run don’t walk away from them.

The truth is that the subjectivity of art is what opens up  potential for new and exciting creative processes that not only indulge you as an artist but can educate the viewer.

So define art, by re-inventing and scrutinizing the processes by which you create it.