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Posted: 4/29/2008 7:56:25 AM | | not sure if its my favorite, I have way to many to choose from, but one that definitely ranks higher in my books is van goghs' starry night....something about that painting affects me. Ive always loved the harshness of his work and with such a serene picture, the harshness van gogh depicts with his strokes seams to bring a different kind of contrast for the viewer. I love it! | |
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Posted: 4/30/2008 1:53:09 AM | Some people speculate that Vincent's vison was affected by the medications he was prescribed and that he really saw the world differently.
I can't remember where I read it, but the anti-seizure meds he was taking tend to give the person a halo effect to their vision. I thought that was pretty interesting.
I dont have a painting this morning, but I'll find a new one soon. | |
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Posted: 5/1/2008 1:37:21 PM | I did go to Gordale Scar today, it was excellent. Not as dramatic and dark as that painting but much more inspiring in the flesh (art takes you to some amazing places). Took lots of photos and was going to put them on Flickr, except there's so many pictures of it on there already.
I never understood the attraction of Van Gogh's stuff. Sometimes I think he's appreciated more for being mentally ill than for his art. There are plenty of other artist who were ill or became ill, Edvard Munch for example. My favourite was the french artist who drew cats all the time. What was his name? He became fearfully obsessed with cats and you can see it in his art.
People in all spheres of human endevour go mad. Artists, musicians (including B Flat trumpet players), writers and scientists. Edgar Allan Poe built himself a circular house because shadows form in the corners of a room and he believed that demons hid in shadows. The evidence is that all of these people could only produce work when their illness was under control, they did not work when they were seriously ill.
Fussli's stuff is spooky (even though he sounds like pasta), it reminded me of Victorian post mortem photography. So I went looking that up and then got really spooked and had to stop.
I'm choosing Klimt's Beech Forest. His landscape are always square because he thought squares to be restfull, he painted them for his own pleasure when he was on holiday. I like this one in particular because its such a beautiful image from a beautiful subject. I have stood in places just like this and felt at peace with the world and this picture reminds me of that peace. Sadly, none of the web images really do it justice, the colours are wrong. | |
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Posted: 5/5/2008 10:42:49 AM |
(including B Flat trumpet players)
You saying I'm crazy? hehe 
Edvard Munch Love and Pain, 1894
It has an alternate title 'Vampire' but it's erroneous, the woman in the painting is comforting her lover, not drinking his blood. I prefer to call it by the name that Munch himself gave it. | |
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Posted: 5/5/2008 2:54:49 PM | eh eh, I was waiting for something unsettling from you, American Iconoclast ( how come that you became 'american' from 'gentle'?).
Munch was a truly talented and very troubled artist. There is only a painting of His that I find peaceful enough to look at: "Eye in Eye" ( and, at times "Ashes").
In my youth I liked "The Scream", because at that time I was pretty restless too.
I've always wondered in which state this artist died. He never seemed to be able to find lasting peace, judging from his paintings. | |
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Posted: 5/6/2008 1:08:05 PM | I wasnt feeling so gentle, I had to change my name. My favorite Munch is still The Sun I think it's his happiest piece, but I love Love and Pain too, for completely different reasons.
I found a new one I like. Robert Zund The Harvest. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2008 3:46:42 PM |
Sergio Mora Wonko's Garden
Aw, thats lovely, I've never seen his stuff before and really like it. I like the childish and surreal character of his paintings. I think he'd be good at illustrating for children as I love childrens books too. So full of fun and color, couldn't be more different from Munch. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2008 5:44:06 PM | I'd be hard pressed to say what my favorite painting would be ... as I have a great love for art and find a deep appreciation in it's many facets ...
One of my favorite artists is a gentleman named Robert Katona ... Katona is an American Artist and innovator of the Flow Painting Technique. A technique that requires liquid acrylic paints to be poured on to a canvas-creating a dynamic flowing composition.When the paint is dry Katona studies the free form color field, and looks for abstract shapes and images that suggest a theme.He then paints these visions into the background with startling precision. When viewing his work it may take several minutes, or even several viewings to find the hidden images and overall impact of the work.
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Posted: 5/10/2008 9:05:12 AM | "Roses" by Mario Zampedroni.
I looked at Robert Katuna: very powerful and very abstract, without solidity whatsoever, quite scary actually!
We still keep going although Lustre is gone.
What a powerful thread. | |
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Posted: 5/12/2008 12:58:32 PM | My turn I think.
Robert Katuna. A nice idea, well executed. I was expecting something like the stain paintings of Helen Frankenthaler. Katuna stuff is louder, brasher, busier and is grounded in realism. I find the subject choices a bit twee. Though twee is as much art as anything else.
Mario Zampedroni's Roses. Nice use of the contrasting Yellow and Lillacs, stong color. Thing is, its a vase of roses, not exactly inspired. I dont like his other stuff much, I find his work decorative. Oh dear, I seem to keep not liking Bloom's choices. Could you pick something I might like Bloom, pretty please?
Robert Zund's Harvest. I like how much effort he has made with the textures of things. Most of the picture is tree and clouds, beautifully rendered. Strong colours too, strangely moody for such a gentle subject matter, though I think some of the web images distort color.
I could never settle looking at Munch's paintings. Too much trouble in them. I admire the fact that he could do that, the honesty of his work. But I can't say I enjoy them.
It is a shame that Lustre has gone (I get believe he found himself a fish). I liked having that extra point of view. The thread is becoming trianglar and I like squares. I was hoping to mess with Lustre's boundary of realism/abstract, to see how far I could move it.
My next choice is The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street by Giorgio de Chirico. Almost chose The Enigma of the Hour. There is a video game called Ico, a beautiful, peacefull, mysterious game developed in Japan. I think the cover for that game is paraphrasing this painting. | |
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Posted: 5/12/2008 6:11:28 PM | | A Georgia O'Keeffe and Paul Gauguin print are always on display somewhere in my home. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2008 10:36:38 AM | We still keep going although Lustre is gone.
What happened to Lustre? Im so sad, he is one of my favorite fishes. 
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Posted: 5/13/2008 11:55:27 AM | Lustre lives about 2 hours from me, I messaged him a few times. He mentioned that he'd met another fish near him who I'd also messaged. I gather that it was going OK. They've both gone from the site so I can only assume they've swum off into the sunset together. Which is lovely (if I'm right).
Aparently talking about other fish is against forum rules. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2008 7:11:19 PM | Oh! I didnt know that particular rule but I guess I do now.
In that case, I am happy for him. Hope all goes well for him.
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Posted: 5/15/2008 7:09:00 AM | Here's a creepy one for you.
Pieter Bruegel The Triumph of Death, 1562
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Posted: 5/15/2008 8:59:20 AM | | Anything by Heather Hannoura (now known as Heather Gable), Matt Skiba, and Mark Ryden. | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 9:52:05 AM | This thread keeps me busy looking at art all over the net. Stuff I would never look at otherwise.
The Triumph of Death, thats a very Iconoclast choice, its -
a) Gothic
b) Busy
c) Has a horizon
d) Steep perspective (Iconclast often picks those).
It instantly brought to mind my next choice.
Heather Gable and Matt Skiba are associated with a band that AMA must like. Thats not a good reason to choose art in my opinion. I cant find any of Skiba's art so I will arbitrarily dismiss him as rubbish. Gable is more of an artist I found a few of things which are OK.
Mark Ryden is a very different kettle of fish. His work is beautifully done, well crafted and studied, full of imagination and charm, sometimes. Reminiscent of Sergio Mora but darker, more nightmareish. BUT I think some of his work suggests sexualisation of children and violence towards them. For me, this is a line that should NEVER be crossed, by art or anything else. I find it repulsive, unacceptable in any context. I'd be interested to see what the other corners of the triangle think, am I over reacting?
This all leads neatly to my next pick, the right panel of Garden of Earthly Delights (Damnation) by Hiermonyous Bosch. The right panel is by far my preference. How not to play the Recorder. | |
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Posted: 5/17/2008 10:56:28 PM | hopper is nice... and i love "the floor scrapers" by caillebotte, but if i had to choose just one... it would have to be "the kiss" by klimt...
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Posted: 5/18/2008 12:23:27 AM | The Triumph of Death, thats a very Iconoclast choice, its -
a) Gothic
b) Busy
c) Has a horizon
d) Steep perspective (Iconclast often picks those).
You have me pegged so well, I'm impressed. It's not easy for most people to "get" me. I suppose I am fairly consistent in my taste for art, though. You know Bosch is a favorite of mine.
Im from a coastal plain region, might explain my love of horizons. Big sky where I come from.
Explain this one to me, please. I have no idea what it's about.
George Grosz The Malady of Love, 1916 | |
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Posted: 5/18/2008 3:41:12 AM | i'm not the grand expert..... and I never can pick just one of anything....
but i always adored Mary Casatt's paintings
and Guernica has to be very high on the list for me..... I used to sneak into NYC in the 60's and do my homework underneath it.... nothing ever made such a visual impact on my senses, on my soul, the horror portrayed deeply etched the concept of terror
they also had Monet's Waterlilies curving and undulating color into my pores..... i loved walking around and through and up to the panels, i swear my brown eyes turned blue-green for at least two hours after being entranced by it......
I am still mesmerized by Botticelli's Venus and Michaelangelo's The Women and Adam's finger touching that of God...
and those Rafael cherubs are too precious for words and I adore Singer-Sargent's Madame X - it was just stunning to me, stopped me dead in my tracks....as did the Klimt Adele Bloch Bauer paintings, especially the gold one...oh, and Sargent's The Daughters of Boit amazed me..... i had never seen little girls as subjects of artistic effort, i was only 10 when I saw this painting and it left an indelible mark on my psyche
Edward Hopper's Nighthawks comes in a strong second to Guernica ..... his museum is right down the road for me and I go at least 7 or 8 times a year......
and Andy Wyeth's Helga series was the one and only time I plunked down $40 for a contemporary art book..... Christina's World evoked a wistful longing, a delicate pause that stirred passion in me........ | |
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Posted: 5/18/2008 4:10:04 AM | Gustav Klimt's 'TheKiss' is my fav. Oils and goldleaf....kinda funky retro look to it, yet painted back in like 1908-ish....way pretty.
Favorite modern day artist would be the very talented and much loved buddy Mista Robert Bugden... very clever dude with a brush.
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Posted: 5/18/2008 5:12:27 AM | I used to sneak into NYC in the 60's and do my homework underneath it....
i swear my brown eyes turned blue-green for at least two hours after being entranced by it......
That is just beautiful. I like you already. Thanks for sharing that. Looks like most of us can never pick just one, either. lol | |
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Posted: 5/18/2008 9:24:00 AM | BUT I think some of his work suggests sexualisation of children and violence towards them. For me, this is a line that should NEVER be crossed, by art or anything else. I find it repulsive, unacceptable in any context. I'd be interested to see what the other corners of the triangle think, am I over reacting?
Missed this before.
No, I think you are dead right. Actually, the better I get to know you the more I trust your instincts. You're not as "techy" as I first thought!
Art is still subjective, however repulsive it may be. Still, I agree with you. Can't help it. | |
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Posted: 5/18/2008 9:49:28 AM | By Angelo Bronzino: "Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi".
Who says that Art has to be peaceful or horrific ? It all depends on one's state of mind. One reads what one desires.
The above painting to me symbolizes peaceful acceptance-- a distant grace - a lost state of mind.
the finest Bloom | |
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