Why We Crave Art We Can Feel?

Since childhood, our earliest way of exploring the world has been through touch.

Before we learned words or formed memories, we reached out to hold, grasp, and trace everything around us.

Texture was our first teacher and in many ways, it still is.

That’s why art we can touch feels so powerful. 

It connects our natural curiosity with creativity, letting us experience beauty instead of just seeing it. 

When we run our fingers over different textures, we sense the emotions behind the art. 

What once felt far away becomes close. What we only looked at before becomes something we live through. 

But in today’s world, that kind of experience feels increasingly rare. 

We live surrounded by flatness: endless screens, scrolling feeds, digital images compressed into pixels. 

While technology gives us access to art from anywhere, it also strips away its texture. 

You can zoom in on a photo of a painting, but you’ll never feel the raised edges of paint or the rawness of layered material through glass. 

Deep down, we crave the authenticity of what’s tangible - the kind of realness that can’t be swiped or downloaded.

And Moni understands that better than anyone else. 

For her, painting is more than the act of making something beautiful - it’s a way of reliving the places that have shaped her. 

Each work begins with a memory: standing before the rugged ridges of a canyon, walking along the uneven stones of a historic street, or watching the sun set light in a city she once called home. 

These are not just images imprinted in her mind; they are sensations, textures, and emotions that have been coloured into her experiences.

Through mixing different colours, Moni layers those memories onto her canvas. 

She doesn’t flatten places into mere visuals; she builds them up in depth and texture, so that anyone who comes across them can feel their presence.

The roughness of stone, the softness of sky, the layered history of an island- all of it comes alive through tactile form. 

Her paintings are not just seen, but relived, and it’s exactly what she beautifully brought to life in PlushArt. 

So let the art remind you of places you’ve been and transport you to ones you’ve yet to

discover.

In an era when much of what we experience is fleeting, flat, and filtered, her art offers something rare: permanence, presence, and connection. Every ridge, groove, and layer is an invitation to slow down, to feel, and to remember that beauty isn’t only meant for the eyes-it’s meant for the hands, the heart, and the senses.

That is why Moni’s art matters. It doesn’t just hang on a wall; it lingers with you, long after you’ve left the room.

And ​it is absolutely worth it.

Meet the Artist: Moni Vems

Moni Vems is the artist and founder of PlushArt, a creative brand dedicated to making art tactile, immersive, and sustainable.

Her 3D textured landscape paintings are

inspired by real-world locations and crafted with recycled and natural materials.

Moni’s vision goes beyond traditional 2D art — she creates pieces that invite people to engage with art through both sight and touch, making the experience accessible to everyone, including those with limited or no vision.