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Bob L-- fantastic! Thanks for the reveal. Your artistic vision is inspiring, as is the execution.
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never been comfortable with that idea Share that feeling. But with your talent you could produce a self-portrait called "My Parthian Self" or similar. Very nice paintings or better artworks. |
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Very nice Bob!
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WOW! Bob I'm speechless, you have a fantastic talent. Thanks for letting us see your work.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, all. And, Med ("Share that feeling"): yeah, even my students know not to post pics of me on their Facebook pages.
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oh wow BL, that's some pretty amazing stuff. I'm not an art person really, but man that's some mc escher/ salvador dali grade trip art! i really like "discovery of suffering" painting as well. here is on of my better works, it's called "chris and the screaming pickle". I was trying to draw a coin...but ....you know.  Edited by chrsmat71
02/13/2015 8:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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A prime example of minimalist linear abstraction, Chris. Good job, buddy!
About the painting you reference, "The Discovery of Suffering": you may recognize the theme, which is one of the pivotal events that puts Siddartha on the path to enlightenment - leading to his becoming the Buddha. I was teaching Renaissance art history at the time and sort of became fascinated by the idea/challenge of depicting an ancient Eastern myth in a more-or-less High Renaissance (Western) pictorial vocabulary. It was primarily done as a challenge to myself. It's obviously very different from my typical work.
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02/13/2015 8:21 pm
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Wonder what you would make out of the Temptation of St.Anthony.
Btw, Kudos to having studied at Harvard and made a living with humanities.
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Thanks, Med. The Temptation of St. Anthony would indeed be an interesting subject to tackle...there are certainly some great examples of it in the history of art. Might be fun to do a riff on it some day. The St. Francis was my first - and thus far only - attempt to visualize a Christian narrative - I'm not Christian, so haven't explored associated imagery much. But I was really feeling the connection to Francis while in Assisi...and concurrent to the visit, was reading a great bio on him. Actually, earlier today I finished priming a larger wood panel for another, bigger and more complex version of the Francis scene. Regarding the education: yeah, I guess this is what happens when you put yourself out there...People start pokin' around and finding out stuff!  |
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Certain spiritual experiences are not restricted to any particular religion or even any religion at all. Just like the talking to animals is quite a universal theme, you could replace St.Francis with a Shaman or an Aboriginal Elder (to name just two) and the basic essence of the experience would be the same.
As per Assisi, while I remember the township and the basilica the one image which sticks most in my mind is the long row of old style toilets (those without seats, but just a hole in the ground and holding bars on the sides) at the parking lot - wonder if they were still there when you visited.
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I completely agree with your comment about spiritual experiences, Med.
I don't recall those toilets (thankfully?) but, then, anytime there are Giotto's in the vicinity, I'm not likely to notice much else. He's my biggest artistic hero. I spent a lot of time with the frescoes in the cathedral. Was just in Assisi for about a day; most of that trip was spent in Florence.
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Pillar of the Community
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Well...
I promise to post here my photo...
...but I must take some "posting photos for dummies" lessons before!
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Pillar of the Community
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Welcome Athalbert! I like your username, very "Germanic" |
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 well, I promised... but I must have a photograph first! This is an image of a newspaper with my photo as lecturer at the University of Ibiza...  me and my wife saying goobye to a friend at the airport... |
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