I'm 15. Heh... Yeah, so...
I hate my age around here o.O
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I'm 15. Heh... Yeah, so...
I hate my age around here o.O
Girl 4 is fantastic JM, I love the setting and her colors.
I know I'm not really your favorite poster around here so I don't know that this means much... but swimmer 2 really stirs something deep and i'm not quite sure what. I think it has something to do with the fact that the face is in shadow, the lighting (or whatever the appropriate term for painting is) is really well done. I don't suppse you could talk about that one a bit? I'm curious about your inspiration and thoughts while creating it.
^ Well, JM has touched yet another, emotionally, with his paintings. That may be one of the greatest compliments an artist can recieve.
Who is that?
Um, If I ever bitched you out about something, don't worry about it, I tend to snap sometimes. I usually end up being a bigger ass than the person who annoyed me. :sweat:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shakey
Anyhoo, I hate to say it, but there wasn't a lot of predetermined thought that went on before or during the swimmers. I just had this old book full of great b&w photos of people swimming in 1930's style bathing suits. I really liked the pics & thought they would make a nice series of pieces. I picked photos that had at least some of the head out of the water to get those reflections smearing out of the top of the piece. Once I started on one, I just went at it pretty intensly, finishing each piece in one sitting. I don't think about what I'm doing while I'm doing it. I just thought they would make visually interesting, slightly mysterious paintings. I like subject matter that people can interperet in their own way, rather than having a strict theme or symbolism to my stuff. Sorry there isn't much more than that to tell, but I do appreciate the compliment.
Thanks
JM
Andrew, who is what? Are you asking who the girl in girl4 is?
JM
this is my first time in the galleria, so:
excellent work, jm. i especially love stained glass and peasant.
You said if you can recognize where the girl is from. What movie is she in?
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Originally Posted by Andrew
and JM... I guess it was really that mysterious quality that caught me, I guess it's the way his face is in shadow and almost seems to flow from the top of the painting, as though the swimmers a sort of water drop, and he's curled in the fetal position (which I'm sure originally was no more than a cannonball) as though in defense of the strange new lanscape that he's floating above. Even though I'm sure these weren't quite what the original pic portrayed, it holds a real meloncholy beauty to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by JM
P.S. I don't know if you ever listen to jazz, but I get a similar vibe whenever I listen to Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil