Angelique, we could talk more on that, perhaps on another thread..
Diane writes beautifully about your work - isn't it lovely when someone is so in tune with it?
Now are you going to show your work more often? approach a gallery or two? ( correct reply is YES :wink: )
JL, These are VERY good. I wish I'd been at your recent exhibition to see your work in person!
Although each image has power, my two favorites are BIRTH and NIGHT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN.
BIRTH signals all kinds of transitions to me, the first being from the unconscious to the conscious. I love the energy of the splatters, the sense of chaos becoming distinct form, the shapes that suggest--to me--the opening womb, the crying mouth, the face that shifts from dark to light. I greatly admire your color--and the finesse with which you handle the brush.
NIGHT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN generates large space! And the shadows have great life. I also admire your success in projecting the random character of the motion of people on the street. Their multiplicity of directions--from whim, for possible errands, for meetings with friends or lovers, for the sheer pleasure of strolling--remind me of street life everywhere, but the softness and the gentle pace suggest the south after the heat of the day. Do you recall the major Degas (lost during WW II, and then, amazingly recovered) of LE VICOMTE LEPIC AND HIS DAUGHTERS? As the family crosses the street, each child is looking in a different direction, her attention caught, momentarily, by a particular movement or glint of light. Their poses are largely externally determined: the attitudes of curious children reacting to the shifting action of the city. Your NIGHT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN has a similar spontaneity and multitude of possibility, but your figures' attitudes seem internally generated; they float according to plans of which we are unaware--or plans that don't exist. I love the feel of this scene. It's the Jungian version of the Degas!
Where can I see more of your work?!
I must get Dys to upload a picture of the other painting we got. It has an entirely different feel, but I won't give my opinion in detail except for the fact that I was amazed when Dys brought home a painting that I had seen years ago and loved. Thank the goddess we are so in tune with each other.
I first saw a photo of Night on the Edge of town, which I also love, at the time when I was standing with the Women in Black in opposition to our folly re Iraq. I knew this wasn't related to the painting except in my own eyes. The experience and the painting worked together, not as one being about the other, but in a kind of one two punch.
It amazes me how my pictures, and those of all artists, can serve to trigger the creativity of viewers. Reading the comments by Miklos, Diane, Osso, Dyslexia, Vivien and others, gives me additional grounds to enjoy my own works (reflecting what I called, obscurely, "the mutual causation of intersubjectivity"). Actually, it isn't completely accurate to call them my own works. When I watch the actual process of their creation, I see very clearly that more than my efforts contribute to their final character--this is in addition to the "character" created by interpreting viewers.
Miklos, I'm finally learning how to scan photos into my computer. Next, I'll figure out how to post them on this or another thread.
And, I was so pleased that you said the paintings have POWER; that's one of the principal goals of my approach. Visual punch is central. I recognize the virtue of nuance or subtlety, and wish I were better at achieving them, but initial aesthetic impact, is most critical for me.
Letty has provided a moving poetic interpretation of Dys and Diane's painting of the ascending crows.
unfettered, feathered magi,
> > Ancient child of nestling
> > Wafts the air of unrepentant
> > Skies of rebirth testing.
> > Not a single quill is tied
> > To earth's maternity.
> > Always looking upward to your
> > Skyline of the sea.
Thanks, Letty
Ah, J.L. it was indeed a pleasure to be so inspired.
Letty, your poetry soars like the crows. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Diane and Osso, It was so easy to write poetry until Cav died, then it was difficult to do.
I wish you could post your Venice painting, Osso. That is quite inspirational.
At your command, my dear. That is, if I can find it on Photobucket.
Market at Twilight
Venice
On writing poetry after losing Cav - I hadn't been back to the Haiku thread(s) until just recently; I'd sort of lost heart for a while.
diminished by the river
Of the moon reflecting light,
The cutout of the flower man
Waits silently for night.
His blossoms sigh in bas relief,
He holds them close in soul
but water in a gentle laugh,
Sings mysteries untold.
One word is the best recognition that Letty can have, Osso.
Thanks. <smile>
Such talent. Osso catches the hour with subtle colors; I only "felt" the moonlight until Letty's "moon reflecting light."
And Letty is so free with language. She could write poems on demand--effortlessly (apparently).
Ah, JL. I wish that were true. It's always beauty that elicits the cue.
yes lovely - both
Osso I'd love it if you pm'd me your Photobucket site if it isn't private? I'd love to see more of your work. Or post some here? or on a separate thread?
I've been busy creating a new gallery site for myself and term has ended and I'm going to get on with PAINTING!!!!!
I like 'Night on the Egde of Town'
It looks kind of sketchy and nice
