RE: Some Work From Holiday and After
Yes, a small world!
Connections on the Internet and some travel has opened my eyes. I had to develop those connections, but getting over that hump has made all the difference.
The old masters were amazing commercial illustrators. They made wonderful shows of beauty. But they are not an act to follow for the future golden age I imagine. People will work to become artists of life. Perfection will be accepted, but not expected. Art will feed contentment, and contentment the philosopher’s stone. Art is ubiquitous because we are human. And we will want to nurture human after centuries of degradation.
Henry Miller:
To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing.
Good to share with my painting group. I hope it will help and stimulate many.
The only questions remains: what is perfection?
Exactly, what is “perfection”? No such thing except the thing in itself:) And a painting is a facsimile, a new arrangement of the thing(s) that are already perfect, like solid tree, wood house, old human. I think a perfect painter would be able to paint the wind without anything else but the wind in the picture. I think that’s why the Zen Buddhists just keep pointing.
I guess what I meant by “perfection” are those paintings that are more like illustrations. Bad choice of word.
Happens all the time with me:)
I understand what you mean. The exact copy.