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Childrens artwork and paintings often times can make even the most jaded of adults feel a sense of whimsy. Throughout my career I have crossed paths with many artists who have demonstrated this fact again and again.

Childrens painting can definitely inspire or reignite ones sense of whimsy one such artist once told me. He was asked to overhaul the waiting area in a childrens hospital. He was floundering badly to come up with ideas when he ran across a few paintings depicting scenes from one of his long forgotten childhood books. The emotions and memories brought about from these paintings seemed to trigger his long lost sense of childlike whimsy, enabling him to complete the project ahead of schedule. To date that project remains one of his favorites.

A friend who worked at a rehab center as an administrator once confided that the simple addition of childrens paintings to the physical therapy lounge seemed to lift the spirits of their patients – Adults and children alike.

I was once told by a friend who happened to be an administrator at a local rehabilitation center that by hanging childrens paintings in the physical therapy lounge they were able to uplift the spirits of their patients. Both old and young seemed to just have a more optimistic attitude once the bare walls were transformed with the whimsical paintings and accessories.

Whimsical accessories can also spark change in ones life as told by another decorator friend. She tells how a family was inspired to incorporate family days into their normal routine as a result of having some fun filled childrens paintings placed in their daughters room. The paintings depicted such joyful family togetherness that they have now incorporated family days into their own lives.

Artistic inspiration is yet another effect of childrens paintings. A fellow artist once told me of how he was commissioned to paint a mural of ballerina on the walls of a dance studio. The studio owner was delighted that the mural seemed to have such a positive effect on her young students. The wanted so much to be just like the ballerinas in the mural that they were more focused during class.

As we can see childrens paintings can often be used to inspire a sense of whimsy in ones life–young and old. Everyone can benefit from the inspiration these whimsical accessories can bring.

Charlotte Holder: An artist who has spent her life enriching the lives of others with her whimsical artwork and philanthropic activities. Well known for her designs that appear regularly in several publications (McCalls, Arts and Leisure Magazine), she has also graced the covers of New South Magazine, Art and Frame Review, Southeastern Framer, and has done design conversion for Disney and Warner Bros. Click here form more information