The Left Bank...a cafe and gallery for Lit artists and art lovers
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soliloquy
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Hi Ari! Great thread. Thought I'd stop by for a mocha and some art appreciation. I would love to say that I could contribute, but my artistry remains in the performing arts. You should have seen my costume design sketches in college. Let's just say I laughed first so that I wouldn't feel hurt....
My mother is the artist of the family. But she would never dare to draw as you do. I saw your drawings at Chele's site. Very nice....nice indeed. Also at the link you gave. I am just waiting to see more.
Take care, art afficionados!
My mother is the artist of the family. But she would never dare to draw as you do. I saw your drawings at Chele's site. Very nice....nice indeed. Also at the link you gave. I am just waiting to see more.
Take care, art afficionados!
1sexylady
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This is a beautiful Thread...
I don't have the talent you have here or have shown but I do paint .... I call it dabbling....No matter where I go I look at the art...
My hat is off to those who can paint, use chalks or pencils...very talented...
I don't have the talent you have here or have shown but I do paint .... I call it dabbling....No matter where I go I look at the art...
My hat is off to those who can paint, use chalks or pencils...very talented...
Starfire
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Yeah ... I have just been working on a piece inspired by my recent visit to Cornwall and Cambridge - Constructivist stuff in the style of Ben Nicholson. I don't usually "copy" styles, but I was intrigued by some of the techniques I saw in Kettle's Yard. I am satisfied with the results and feel the flow returning.
Living with an artist also helps - HK drives me on and motivates.
Ari - where did you teach? I like the two posted examples of your work - takes a bit of guts to go so dark with flesh. I have to confess that I have not looked at other examples elsewhere, but there is time.
In the meantime, here is a nude I painted several years ago. It looks unfinished but I like it that way.
Living with an artist also helps - HK drives me on and motivates.
Ari - where did you teach? I like the two posted examples of your work - takes a bit of guts to go so dark with flesh. I have to confess that I have not looked at other examples elsewhere, but there is time.
In the meantime, here is a nude I painted several years ago. It looks unfinished but I like it that way.
ariosto
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Hi Soli!...
SexyLady welcome and come back often.
this is NOT my place by the way. I started the thread but I truly want everyone free to come here and post and play as long as it has something to do with the Arts.
Starfire I've taught in several places...Chicago, Florida, Ireland but for many years I was art prof at a small liberal arts college in northern Georgia.
I like the nude very much by the way. It reminds me of Egon Schiele.
SexyLady welcome and come back often.
this is NOT my place by the way. I started the thread but I truly want everyone free to come here and post and play as long as it has something to do with the Arts.
Starfire I've taught in several places...Chicago, Florida, Ireland but for many years I was art prof at a small liberal arts college in northern Georgia.
I like the nude very much by the way. It reminds me of Egon Schiele.
Starfire
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Starfire I've taught in several places...Chicago, Florida, Ireland but for many years I was art prof at a small liberal arts college in northern Georgia.
I like the nude very much by the way. It reminds me of Egon Schiele. [/B][/QUOTE]
Thank you ... and yes - I can see Schiele in it as far as composition goes.
Are there really so few people out there who want to contribute to an art thread? Ah well ...
Picasso ...
Woman to Picasso: What does this picture represent?
Picasso: Two hundred thousand dollars.
Asked why he had none of his own paintings on the walls of his home Picasso said, "I can't afford them."
Someone saw Picasso shaking his head at a canvas. "The nose is all wrong," he said.
"Then why not alter the nose?" was the suggestion.
"Impossible," Picasso said. "I can't find it."
An American soldier told Picasso that he didn't like modern painting because it wasn't realistic. He then showed Picasso a photograph of his girlfriend. "Is she really as small as that?" Picasso asked.
I like the nude very much by the way. It reminds me of Egon Schiele. [/B][/QUOTE]
Thank you ... and yes - I can see Schiele in it as far as composition goes.
Are there really so few people out there who want to contribute to an art thread? Ah well ...
Picasso ...
Woman to Picasso: What does this picture represent?
Picasso: Two hundred thousand dollars.
Asked why he had none of his own paintings on the walls of his home Picasso said, "I can't afford them."
Someone saw Picasso shaking his head at a canvas. "The nose is all wrong," he said.
"Then why not alter the nose?" was the suggestion.
"Impossible," Picasso said. "I can't find it."
An American soldier told Picasso that he didn't like modern painting because it wasn't realistic. He then showed Picasso a photograph of his girlfriend. "Is she really as small as that?" Picasso asked.
ariosto
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Here's a new feature. Every day or maybe a few times a week, I'll highlite an artist who's work seems compatible with the LIT venue.
Maybe we can generate some dialogue with these pieces.
What do you think of the work of,
A.Andrew Gonzalez, his website is at:
http://www.sublimatrix.com/
three samples to follow.
I won't post images within the text unless they're pretty small, in order to save loading time.
Maybe we can generate some dialogue with these pieces.
What do you think of the work of,
A.Andrew Gonzalez, his website is at:
http://www.sublimatrix.com/
three samples to follow.
I won't post images within the text unless they're pretty small, in order to save loading time.
Angelofsex
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Re: In the Wake of the Underground Sun
Ari these are beautiful.............to have one of these..........would be a dream.
ariosto said:
Ari these are beautiful.............to have one of these..........would be a dream.
Good morning, all!
Ari, these are lovely! I looked over the entire site, and one thing I find very interesting - well, at least it seems so to me. It appears that in most of his work, he portrays egg-like objects or what appears to be water flowing from a woman's "nether regions". I find this interesting in that both are symbols of life - and he seems to be intensifying the unique gift that women have, the ability to bring forth life.
Anyway, maybe it's just something I'm seeing.
His work has almost a fantasy, dreamlike quality to it. Very, very nice.
And Starfire, I love your work! It doesn't look unfinished to me. It looks just fine the way it is.
Ari, these are lovely! I looked over the entire site, and one thing I find very interesting - well, at least it seems so to me. It appears that in most of his work, he portrays egg-like objects or what appears to be water flowing from a woman's "nether regions". I find this interesting in that both are symbols of life - and he seems to be intensifying the unique gift that women have, the ability to bring forth life.
Anyway, maybe it's just something I'm seeing.
His work has almost a fantasy, dreamlike quality to it. Very, very nice.
And Starfire, I love your work! It doesn't look unfinished to me. It looks just fine the way it is.
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Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well.
These three peices reminded me of something I had seen in a movie, I don't know if it is the same artist's work or just his inspiration.
The movie is The Devils Advocate with Al Pacino and these three paintings immediately reminded me of the wal sculpture Pacino has in his penthouse which animates at the end of the film in a very erotic sequence.
All three peices are very pleasing to the eye because I think they are uncluttered with unnecessary detail. The subjects are the picture but they are interesting enough to keep your attention and your eyes are naturally guided through each picture by the curvature of the lines. They appeal to me because of the simplicity..
These three peices reminded me of something I had seen in a movie, I don't know if it is the same artist's work or just his inspiration.
The movie is The Devils Advocate with Al Pacino and these three paintings immediately reminded me of the wal sculpture Pacino has in his penthouse which animates at the end of the film in a very erotic sequence.
All three peices are very pleasing to the eye because I think they are uncluttered with unnecessary detail. The subjects are the picture but they are interesting enough to keep your attention and your eyes are naturally guided through each picture by the curvature of the lines. They appeal to me because of the simplicity..
Starfire
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Chele ... thank you.
Ari ... if I am brutally honest, they do little for me. Taste is so subjective: I find these graphic images too stylised and formulaic - competent drawings with no life.
"Passion" was quite nice ... but "nice" is the word.
Ari ... if I am brutally honest, they do little for me. Taste is so subjective: I find these graphic images too stylised and formulaic - competent drawings with no life.
"Passion" was quite nice ... but "nice" is the word.
ariosto
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Mixed media Starfire?...What's the size?
It's really different than your other piece....Do you work in a particular style or jump around a bit?
As for the three Gonzalez pieces, I make no claim too love them and I'm not putting up only artists works that I like. I'll put up anything to get a dialogue going.
Never saw the movie Snork so I'll take your word on it.
I see the motif your talking about Chele.
I like some of his pieces but feel the 'style' he's relying on is
more important than the subject. Maybe it is the subject but if so he must find the repetitiveness a bit boring...unless of course it SELLS!
good night all....
It's really different than your other piece....Do you work in a particular style or jump around a bit?
As for the three Gonzalez pieces, I make no claim too love them and I'm not putting up only artists works that I like. I'll put up anything to get a dialogue going.
Never saw the movie Snork so I'll take your word on it.
I see the motif your talking about Chele.
I like some of his pieces but feel the 'style' he's relying on is
more important than the subject. Maybe it is the subject but if so he must find the repetitiveness a bit boring...unless of course it SELLS!
good night all....
Starfire
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<~~~ wipes oily hands on jeans, climbs onto a bar-stool and orders a strong coffee. On second thoughts, make that a Pastis.
Ari ... the last piece, inspired by Ben Nicholson and Cornwall, is a construction of layered mountboard, the middle piece having a coarse-weave fabric stuck to it. Various scratchings and marks give further texture. Oil paint was applied and wiped off accordingly, using only two colours other than Flake White. The colour and the shapes of the composition are designed to suggest the colours and shapes of the harbour at St Ives. Preliminary ink sketches - very fast doodles actually - led to this 12" x 8" piece. It is just one of a planned sequence leading towards a much larger piece. I want to experiment with techniques first though.
As to my "style" - I am trying to re-claim my "voice". The two figurative pieces are probably 15 years old, though my usual subject matter is the human form. The latest abstract work is a fairly new departure.
Ari ... the last piece, inspired by Ben Nicholson and Cornwall, is a construction of layered mountboard, the middle piece having a coarse-weave fabric stuck to it. Various scratchings and marks give further texture. Oil paint was applied and wiped off accordingly, using only two colours other than Flake White. The colour and the shapes of the composition are designed to suggest the colours and shapes of the harbour at St Ives. Preliminary ink sketches - very fast doodles actually - led to this 12" x 8" piece. It is just one of a planned sequence leading towards a much larger piece. I want to experiment with techniques first though.
As to my "style" - I am trying to re-claim my "voice". The two figurative pieces are probably 15 years old, though my usual subject matter is the human form. The latest abstract work is a fairly new departure.
Starfire
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Re: Gonzales
Ari - you hit the nail on the head - it sells. I think it is this "manufactured" style that does little for me.
Let me introduce you to the work of Robert Lenkiewicz (assuming that you have not heard of him!) He is a painter who has been working in and around Plymouth (UK) since the late 1950s. I was in his studio last week - somewhere I have visited regularly since the mid 1970s. His subject matter will become obvious - his work being organised into a series of projects. Please take the time to read the text - it's fascinating stuff.
It's a C&P job, I'm afraid, as I have not worked out how to post links!
www.robertlenkiewicz.com
Ari - you hit the nail on the head - it sells. I think it is this "manufactured" style that does little for me.
Let me introduce you to the work of Robert Lenkiewicz (assuming that you have not heard of him!) He is a painter who has been working in and around Plymouth (UK) since the late 1950s. I was in his studio last week - somewhere I have visited regularly since the mid 1970s. His subject matter will become obvious - his work being organised into a series of projects. Please take the time to read the text - it's fascinating stuff.
It's a C&P job, I'm afraid, as I have not worked out how to post links!
www.robertlenkiewicz.com
ariosto
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Good morning!
Star, I went to the site and THANK YOU for introducing me to a great talent. In these days it is refreshing to see traditional skills still alive and well. Looking for associations...(the art historian in me)...I see Rembrandt, Jack Beale, Mary Cassatt...Damn so many that I can only conclude that this fellow is pretty unique unto himself.
Good link...I bookmarked it.
I'll give you three more today..these are by Greg Hildebrandt. Who's work is so so wonderfully reminescent of the great masters of Pinup with a dose of 'Noir" thrown in.
They are fun...cartoony and to me a real delight but then I have a taste for pulp fiction...
You can visit his section at the RobertBanes Gallery in LA, which also handles Olivia and numerous other figurative artists.
http://www.worldofpinup.com/gre.asp
Okay here's the first....
Star, I went to the site and THANK YOU for introducing me to a great talent. In these days it is refreshing to see traditional skills still alive and well. Looking for associations...(the art historian in me)...I see Rembrandt, Jack Beale, Mary Cassatt...Damn so many that I can only conclude that this fellow is pretty unique unto himself.
Good link...I bookmarked it.
I'll give you three more today..these are by Greg Hildebrandt. Who's work is so so wonderfully reminescent of the great masters of Pinup with a dose of 'Noir" thrown in.
They are fun...cartoony and to me a real delight but then I have a taste for pulp fiction...
You can visit his section at the RobertBanes Gallery in LA, which also handles Olivia and numerous other figurative artists.
http://www.worldofpinup.com/gre.asp
Okay here's the first....
"Devil's Advocate"! That's where I thought I'd seen those pieces before. Ari, basically, there is a wall that is filled with a mural-type depiction of men and women sort of encircled together. Under the power of "Satan" the wall seemingly comes to life, and the images move around within the swirls of the artist's drawing. It's actually very compelling.
Starfire, I liked the site you put here! Seems to encompass several different styles, yet has his own. Saw several I would like to have, as well!
Ari, I think the pin-up art is interesting, but for me it really doesn't do much. Don't know, maybe it's because it's the cartoon effect? I like them, but it doesn't make me want to have them. Does that make sense?
But, please, keep 'em coming, guys!
Starfire, I liked the site you put here! Seems to encompass several different styles, yet has his own. Saw several I would like to have, as well!
Ari, I think the pin-up art is interesting, but for me it really doesn't do much. Don't know, maybe it's because it's the cartoon effect? I like them, but it doesn't make me want to have them. Does that make sense?
But, please, keep 'em coming, guys!
Arden
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ariosto said:http://ariosto.homestead.com/files/modag.jpg
I myself am a visual artist with thirty years in the field but this thread need not be confined to painting and drawing.
The Left Bank is an art café in the broadest sense.
A place for art 'buffs' to talk and play.
This is of course Literotica and the work presented may contain nudity!...or worse
Coffee anyone?
I'll have a mocha, please.
Wonderful chalk work, ariosto!
I'm an artist, I love working with pencil, pastel chalk and watercolors. My AV is from a painting done long ago in art school. It is only a portion of the original, the entire picture wouldn't fit on my scanner. Lol!
Arden
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Welcome Arden and thank you!
The part that fit the scanner looks mighty good
Are you still active?...painting, drawing?
Love to see more of your work.
Chele...NO IT DOESN"T MAKE SENSE!
You should like everything I do!'
But I can see your point. Maybe pinups are a guy thing.
You have to look long and hard to find any male pin up art.
see ya'll tomorrow
The part that fit the scanner looks mighty good
Are you still active?...painting, drawing?
Love to see more of your work.
Chele...NO IT DOESN"T MAKE SENSE!
You should like everything I do!'
But I can see your point. Maybe pinups are a guy thing.
You have to look long and hard to find any male pin up art.
see ya'll tomorrow
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