I'm a programmer and I also like art. My exposure to it, besides high school, has been going to exhibits, reading books and also practicing some photography myself. I think a good idea is start going to exhibits of both famous and unknown authors (this can be strange but also usually free, at least in Europe). You can then have an idea of what you can do yourself if that's your inclination. Also reading books by artists is a good idea, for instance Kandinskij was both a great artist and great writer about art.
Loosely speaking, art is a very vague and ambiguous context dependent grammar. Once you learn its syntax you can express a lot.
Loosely speaking, art is a very vague and ambiguous context dependent grammar. Once you learn its syntax you can express a lot.