rushgoober Posted July 24, 2005 Author Share Posted July 24, 2005 QUOTE (CanEHdian @ Jul 24 2005, 12:56 AM) A little something from my 'other' favorite artist..ME Just a little somethin I drew while doodling one day. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/shanny66/TheRose.jpg VERRRRY purdy, canEHdian - you go girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypatia Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 I'll heartily second rushgoober's choice of Mucha!! I like Dali, too. There's a huge (over 100 works) Dali museum in St. Peterburg, FL that's worth checking out if you're in the area. I'm also fond of Michael Parkes: http://www.foryourwalls.net/P452.jpg http://www.foryourwalls.net/P424.jpg And I'm also a Frank Lloyd Wright fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanEHdian Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 A wonderful Canadian artist/naturalist...Robert Bateman I have the first two paintings in my home..and I'm saving for the polar bears http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/shanny66/bateman_-_air_forest_and_watch_the.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/shanny66/103-217.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/shanny66/103-117.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 25, 2005 Author Share Posted July 25, 2005 Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) was a Swiss painter, but is MUCH better known for his sculptures. He usually sculpted these very rough, thin, tall figures that are really startling to look at and very striking in person: http://www.beck-eggeling.de/images/giacometti_denkmal_I.jpg http://picassotopop.com/JPEGS/Giacomettilarge.jpg http://justinsomnia.org/archive/freshman/Art_Giacometti_Striding_man.jpghttp://www.poster.net/giacometti-alberto/giacometti-alberto-lhomme-qui-marche-ii-7800022.jpg http://www.walkerart.org/archive/E/B483718CCAE17F38615F.jpghttp://pedagogie.ac-montpellier.fr/Disciplines/arts/arts_plastiques/carredart/contre-images/Giacometti-Diego.jpg http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_1999.363.22_av1.jpghttp://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1999.363.22.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alsgalpal Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 QUOTE (CanEHdian @ Jul 24 2005, 12:56 AM) A little something from my 'other' favorite artist..ME Just a little somethin I drew while doodling one day. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/shanny66/TheRose.jpg That is awesome, but that rose has some interesting leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 25, 2005 Author Share Posted July 25, 2005 QUOTE (Alsgalpal @ Jul 25 2005, 11:24 AM) QUOTE (CanEHdian @ Jul 24 2005, 12:56 AM) A little something from my 'other' favorite artist..ME Just a little somethin I drew while doodling one day. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/shanny66/TheRose.jpg That is awesome, but that rose has some interesting leaves. how did i miss that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmeralda Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 This is some stuff of Jonathan Earl Bowser. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/Elpereth/aoc-x.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/Elpereth/knig-x.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/Elpereth/smug.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 (edited) Thankfully I have a lot of favorite artists! Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was an American artist who was a painter and sculptor, but was best known for being the creator of mobiles - hanging ones and standing ones, as well as creating huge sheet metal sculptures for public plazas, etc. His work can take a little imagination if you haven't seen any of it in person since almost all the mobiles that look like they could have parts that move and/or spin, do, so while the photograph is static, the mobile itself is usually not. Here's some of his work: http://www.calder.org/images_work/1930_1936/A00505_F.jpghttp://www.calder.org/images_work/1937_1945/A02140_F.jpg http://www.calder.org/images_work/1937_1945/A00289_F.jpghttp://www.calder.org/images_work/1937_1945/A09262_F.jpghttp://www.calder.org/images_work/1937_1945/A16009_F.jpg http://www.calder.org/images_work/1946_1952/A15377_F.jpghttp://www.calder.org/images_work/1946_1952/A15488_F.jpghttp://www.calder.org/images_work/1946_1952/A00306_F.jpg http://www.calder.org/images_work/1946_1952/A09986_F.jpghttp://www.calder.org/images_work/1953_1976/A08122_F.jpg http://www.calder.org/images_work/1953_1976/A04527_F.jpghttp://www.calder.org/images_work/1953_1976/A01176_F.jpg http://www.calder.org/images_work/1953_1976/A00981_F.jpghttp://www.guiarte.com/noticias/images/caldermobile.jpghttp://www.calder.org/images_work/1930_1936/A00286_F.jpg http://dest.travelocity.com/website/destinations/photos/025_208.jpghttp://www.artdreamguide.com/adg/adg_USA/dc_USA/washi_dc/img/_jpg/calde_01.jpg http://www.sapergalleries.com/CalderSoleilnoir.jpg http://hirshhorn.si.edu/images/collection/img_high/86.719.jpg Edited July 26, 2005 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibleairwaves Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Hugh Syme http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/153/971158.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 (edited) ok, this is one of my LAST favorite artist, so feel free to add to this thread if you like it and don't want it to die, again victor vasarely (1906-1997) was a VERY well known Hungarian-born painter whose work you may be familiar with as his images have made their way around quite a bit, being very cool patterns and interesting optical illusions - very creative and unique stuff: http://www.erevos.com/vasarely/images/vpstri.jpg http://www.embajada-hungria.org/s/vasarely/images/bang.jpg http://www.robertsandelson.com/publications_art/vasarely.cat.jpg http://www.art-exchange.com/art-exchange/images/catalog/artist/vasarely%5Cthreeballs.jpg http://www.art-and-identity.nl/pics/kunstenaars/v/vasarely_t.JPG http://www.eart.de/bilder3/lotimage/Vasarely%20I.jpg http://www.erevos.com/vasarely/images/rivotril.jpg http://www.erevos.com/vasarely/images/strineu.jpg http://www.erevos.com/vasarely/images/opus293.jpg http://www.mozaik.info.hu/mozaweb/Stilus/Kep/sy_nagr5.jpg http://www.erevos.com/vasarely/images/vasreli.jpg http://www.erevos.com/vasarely/images/vasarely.jpg http://www.doubletakeart.com/images/00585-20787.gif http://www.erevos.com/vasarely/images/vasarely.gif http://www2.polito.it/didattica/polymath/htmlS/argoment/Matematicae/Maggio_03/Img/2a.jpg http://www.personal.us.es/jcordero/PERSPECTIVA/Ilustraciones/043.jpg Edited July 28, 2005 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rushgoober Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 cool sullysue - thanks for that! yeah, roy lichtenstein is really interesting and different. i noticed your avatar was by him from the beginning, but never knew if you were a fan of his, or just happened to come across that picture. i'm not as crazy about matisse as i am some other well-known modern artists as his stuff always seemed a LITTLE simplistic to me, but i still admire him, and he did have quite a daring use of color - i give him points for his audacity if nothing else! http://www.cyber-ethnik.net/spip/IMG/jpg/matisse.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweezil Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 (edited) Art looks better in reality. You can't really tell by internet pics. An example would be watercolors or mixed media. You can't get the full effect from a mag or internet photo. You may like Matisse if you saw an original? *edit-size has an impact as well. I'm willing to bet that your posted samples of art are even more stunning when viewing the original. What medium does victor vasarely use? How large (on average) if on canvas? Edited July 29, 2005 by dweezil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 QUOTE (dweezil @ Jul 29 2005, 10:02 AM)Art looks better in reality. You can't really tell by internet pics. An example would be watercolors or mixed media. You can't get the full effect from a mag or internet photo. You may like Matisse if you saw an original? *edit-size has an impact as well. I'm willing to bet that your posted samples of art are even more stunning when viewing the original. What medium does victor vasarely use? How large (on average) if on canvas? what dweezil says is very true, and i have sited some practical examples below, but at least you can get a sense of someone's work or appreciate an image via the internet or a book, as being able to see a person's work in person, especially an exhibition of a lot of a person's work can be very difficult for some. van gogh i think is one of the best examples of someone whose work suffers especially by not being able to see the originals. often van gogh pasted in a style called impasto, which means very thickly applying the paint in his brushstrokes, giving the canvas much more of a texture than it staying a completely flat surface. i've seen van gogh paintings in person and then seen a postcard or image in a book or on the internet that pales so miserably in comparison, it's sad, but then again, how does one photograph texture and have it maintain the same effect? it's close to impossible. dali is another one, and very often size makes a big difference. for example, my favorite painting of his is "the hallunicogeic toreador" http://www.basilbaker.com/Images/Dali_The_Hallucinogenic_Toreador_1968_sm.jpg The original of this is in Florida and I've never seen it, but it's a massive 10 by 13 feet, a bigger area than a lot of rooms! As much as I love this image from books, posters and the internet, I can only imagine what an experience it would be seeing it in person. This one I have seen in person, one of Dali's most famous works - "The Persistence of Memory": http://www.xlmicrowave.com/dali.jpg I've seen a lot of posters of this painting, so I was expecting something big, but the actual painting is only 9 1/2 by 13 INCHES - the thing is TINY! His brushstrokes and level of detail was so precise though, that seeing his work in person makes one truly marvel how he created them. btw, i have seen a lot of matisse in person, and while it's an improvement for sure over images in books, i'm still not wild about him, but i do respect his work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweezil Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jul 31 2005, 07:55 PM) QUOTE (dweezil @ Jul 29 2005, 10:02 AM)Art looks better in reality. You can't really tell by internet pics. An example would be watercolors or mixed media. You can't get the full effect from a mag or internet photo. You may like Matisse if you saw an original? *edit-size has an impact as well. I'm willing to bet that your posted samples of art are even more stunning when viewing the original. What medium does victor vasarely use? How large (on average) if on canvas? what dweezil says is very true, and i have sited some practical examples below, but at least you can get a sense of someone's work or appreciate an image via the internet or a book, as being able to see a person's work in person, especially an exhibition of a lot of a person's work can be very difficult for some. van gogh i think is one of the best examples of someone whose work suffers especially by not being able to see the originals. often van gogh pasted in a style called impasto, which means very thickly applying the paint in his brushstrokes, giving the canvas much more of a texture than it staying a completely flat surface. i've seen van gogh paintings in person and then seen a postcard or image in a book or on the internet that pales so miserably in comparison, it's sad, but then again, how does one photograph texture and have it maintain the same effect? it's close to impossible. dali is another one, and very often size makes a big difference. for example, my favorite painting of his is "the hallunicogeic toreador" http://www.basilbaker.com/Images/Dali_The_Hallucinogenic_Toreador_1968_sm.jpg The original of this is in Florida and I've never seen it, but it's a massive 10 by 13 feet, a bigger area than a lot of rooms! As much as I love this image from books, posters and the internet, I can only imagine what an experience it would be seeing it in person. This one I have seen in person, one of Dali's most famous works - "The Persistence of Memory": http://www.xlmicrowave.com/dali.jpg I've seen a lot of posters of this painting, so I was expecting something big, but the actual painting is only 9 1/2 by 13 INCHES - the thing is TINY! His brushstrokes and level of detail was so precise though, that seeing his work in person makes one truly marvel how he created them. btw, i have seen a lot of matisse in person, and while it's an improvement for sure over images in books, i'm still not wild about him, but i do respect his work... Yes. Mixed media and collage is impossible to appreciate except in reality. For me, Matisse represents the chaotic simplicity of life. If that makes sense. Not crazy about his stuff, but intrigued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweezil Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/images/linear_stipplinggradation.jpg Stippling and pointillism. Basically pictures made of dots. Love the technique and I have mostly sold this type of art. There are many good artists and pieces out there that feature this technique. Seurat http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/img/seurat_seascape.jpg http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/wiki/images/thumb/e/ef/250px-Seurat.jatte.750pix.jpg Beth McClure http://www.maverickcreations.com/art-gallery/pointillism/grandmother.jpg Henri-Edmond Cross http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cross/cross14.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 (edited) Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was another surrealist artist, and one of the most famous artist to come out of Russia. His work was very unique, creating a kind of language in shapes and symbols that he would then use to populate his canvases. I prefer his later stuff with more defined shapes and symbols, as opposed to his earlier work that was a bit more chaotic. Here are some examples of his work: http://www.eleves.ens.fr/home/jleroux/kandinsky/kand_thirty.jpg http://www.eleves.ens.fr/home/jleroux/kandinsky/kand_Sky_blue.jpg http://www.hopeway.com/3-yscl/3-8-KANDINSKY/1x.JPG http://www.artsfairies.com/Kandinsky/2153ka.jpg http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l2_Grnfthrs_fldr/g0000_gr_inf_images/g029b_kandinsky_tr_ln.jpg http://www.eleves.ens.fr/home/jleroux/kandinsky/kand_Circle_and_square.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y268/rushgoober/kandinsky49.jpg Edited August 1, 2005 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 QUOTE (dweezil @ Jul 31 2005, 09:31 PM)http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/images/linear_stipplinggradation.jpg Stippling and pointillism. Basically pictures made of dots. Love the technique and I have mostly sold this type of art. There are many good artists and pieces out there that feature this technique. Seurat http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/img/seurat_seascape.jpg http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/wiki/images/thumb/e/ef/250px-Seurat.jatte.750pix.jpg Beth McClure http://www.maverickcreations.com/art-gallery/pointillism/grandmother.jpg Henri-Edmond Cross http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cross/cross14.jpg very cool, dweezil, i love pointilism, and seurat was one of the best. this is maybe his most famous work, and is featured prominently in the movie ferris bueller's day off, if anyone remembers. http://vr.theatre.ntu.edu.tw/fineart/database/painter-wt/seurat-03x.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inthend Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Beth McClure http://www.maverickcreations.com/art-gallery/pointillism/grandmother.jpg Liked this one especially. I really enjoyed looking thru these. Good thread, Goob! Thanks! btw dweez, bravo. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/palominodweezil/alien1.gif Yes dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweezil Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 (edited) Scratchboard. Fun technique. What is scratchboard? http://www.getyourwordsworth.com/armstronggrove.jpg http://www.evula.org/viper37/art/suzyq/scratchboard.JPG http://breedart.org/breedart/artfiles/001/black_knight-scratchboard.jpg http://www.nancyart.com/graphics/firstflight.gif http://www.nancyart.com/graphics/starfairy.gif hard to believe, but yep. Scratchboard. http://www.thunderbirdartgallery.com/images/mvc-010f.jpg It's a fun but tough technique and once you're good at it, enhancing it with other medium such as oils is even more rewarding. Edited August 1, 2005 by dweezil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inthend Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 QUOTE (dweezil @ Jul 31 2005, 10:27 PM)hard to believe, but yep. Scratchboard. http://www.thunderbirdartgallery.com/images/mvc-010f.jpg Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 for what it's worth, i don't have too many favorite artists left up my sleeve (1 more major one springs to mind - soon...), so if anyone doesn't want the thread to again slip quickly into page 2 oblivion, please post and talk about your favorite artists/works, discuss whatever's been posted or even post some of your own work - i might do that myself once i can get some decent pictures taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 (edited) We won't let the thread die, goob! My two cents concerning Kandinsky... boring! I can see what his feelings are in his work, but his choice of color always make me breeze right on past his stuff. My own personal taste puts Matisse way above him. Dweezil, are you familiar with Paul Signac? Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 - August 15, 1935) was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointilist style. His paintings include The Large Pine, Saint-Tropez and Port St. Tropez. This piece, Bonaparte Pine, hangs in the Museum of Fine Art in Houston. It's amazing... http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/ssullysue/bonaventurePaper.jpg Again, so much is lost if you aren't standing right in fron of it. But, needless to say, it boggles the mind. Do I understand correctly that you paint using pointillism? That's incredible. It must require a lot of patience. Edited August 1, 2005 by sullysue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweezil Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Another technique that has sold well for me. Especially for commercial items such as cards. Pen and Ink has got to be one of my favorite medium to work in. The beauty of any art is that you can acheive unique results making one image in one style(technique) and the same image with another style (technique);each beautiful on its own. Hatching -Fine parallel lines Crosshatching - uses layers of hatching placed at an angle. Scumbling and Random Hatching -often called the 'brillo pad' technique, scumbling uses layers of small calligraphic, scribbled marks to build up value and texture. Random hatching uses layers of short, straight marks. *Note-Scumbling is a popular technique in oil/arcrylic painting Cross hatch http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/images/linear_crosshatchinggrad.jpg This was done with a Bic ballpoint pen: http://www.traipse.com/crosshatching/large/crosshatch_4.jpg http://www.traipse.com/crosshatching/large/crosshatch_12.jpg Mixed-scumbling and cross hatching http://www.biddingtons.com/content/images/cchelldetaillarge.jpg http://www.biddingtons.com/content/images/ccsoulstattoo.jpg Mixed technique- http://inkart.net/art/wildlife/framed/BluePoisonDartFrog/Blue-Poison-Dart-Frog.gif Pen and Ink is NOT limited to black and white. You can get fine ink pens in almost any color and nib size now. http://www.maguiregallery.com/kenna/images/pen-ink-red.jpg Mixed media(paint and ink)-lots of cool results from this. Another idea is to paint with your ink and then come in and do fine details with the pen. http://www.robinsbest.com/gallery_files/houseboat_web.jpg All ink http://www.isenbarg.com/OEMastiffHeadInkWPG.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 QUOTE (sullysue @ Aug 1 2005, 10:56 AM) We won't let the thread die, goob! My two cents concerning Kandinsky... boring! I can see what his feelings are in his work, but his choice of color always make me breeze right on past his stuff. My own personal taste puts Matisse way above him. Dweezil, are you familiar with Paul Signac? Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 - August 15, 1935) was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointilist style. His paintings include The Large Pine, Saint-Tropez and Port St. Tropez. This piece, Bonaparte Pine, hangs in the Museum of Fine Art in Houston. It's amazing... http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/ssullysue/bonaventurePaper.jpg Again, so much is lost if you aren't standing right in fron of it. But, needless to say, it boggles the mind. Do I understand correctly that you paint using pointillism? That's incredible. It must require a lot of patience. thanks, sullysue - never heard of paul signac, but i have now! more of his work can be found here: Really beautiful stuff - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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