One of my own pre-millennium acrylic on canvas compositions (the concept is of a female creator of the universe)... Creation Calling it a favorite would presume more ego than my intent in posting here. Proud of it, yes, but not to the exclusion of my other compositions or those of many artists whose work I admire. Cat
You can't go wrong with anything by Singer Sargent... A true master. Up close, his paintings are very loose. From a distance, very tight and almost photographic. This is something I have always aspired to with my own work. It's tougher than it looks
Since my earlier post I have purchased a Hopper (New York Movie, 1939) print I found already framed and priced cheap - and it now hangs above my fireplace. Edward Hopper. New York Movie. 1939 | MoMA »
Speaking of John Martin (1789–1854), I recently found this one of his particularly intriguing: The Great Day of His Wrath.
It's a beautiful, haunting painting. This is the first painting I recall ever seeing. My parents had bought an Encyclopedia and this was the example given for Hopper. It has inspired me since I was 4.
Last weekend I went to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. They have an excellent traveling exhibit of Kehinde Wiley, an artist I've never heard of before. He get's regular people to come into his studio and look though some art history books to pick a picture they like. He poses them and takes pictures, then paints the picture, usually with vivid backgrounds. Most of backgrounds looked like they were based on William Morris type wall papers, but some were based on chinese porcelin and printed fabrics. Most of the paintings are larger than life sized but there were smaller paintings as well as stained glass and bronzes. He's also incredibly prolific. The only thing I didn't like about the exhibit was that they didn't have pictures of the original that the paintings were based on. The catalog did have a couple of them and after exiting the exhibit they had some post cards that had originals for the painting or background. Altogether it's a great exhibit and it.
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. Deep Purple used the bottom part of the third panel for their third album.
Now you're hitting close to home! See my avatar, it's a section of a painting I did, obviously with a strong nod to Bosch!
My local gallery has a few Martins and I guess I've rather stupidly become blasé about him, having seen them so often There's a huge Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition on at London that I must get to. Several churlish reviews have expressed reservations; here's a positive one: FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: Georgia O'Keeffe at Tate Modern, 2016 - review » I tried to cram in as many paintings from the show as possible; here's my favourite of the bunch, primarily for her use of colour: Grey Lines with Black, Blue and Yellow, 1923
Just a little sidebar on this wonderful, light filled picture. If you are in France and have time to visit Givernay do so. It is about an afternoon drive out of Paris - not far at all (Getting out of Paris is for the morning ) You will find this bridge in Monet's garden looking almost precisely like this painting. for me, that moment was simply magical.
Every panel of the French comic, Blacksad, is a work of art. You have Disney animator, Juanjo Guarnido, to thank.
I'm surprised Philie hasn't had one. DC had one 10 years ago or so. We've also traveled to the O'Keefe museum in Santa Fe.
How about a Salvador Dali cookbook? Salvador Dalí's Eccentric Cookbook Is Being Reissued for the First Time in Over 40 Years »
