Ok, you can pick 10 paintings past or contemporary -which???

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0520086112/002-3942527-6824858?v=glance&s=books

gorgeous images Osso - I'd never seen most of them so I really enjoyed those links, Thanks.

Your choices, Osso, are exactly what I would choose. His Berkely and Albuquerque series (most of his works in the early and mid-fifties) are among my favorite all-time pictures. He is, at times, better than even deKooning. Color, composition, ability to benefit from "accidents" are all such inspirations. I am less enamored of later Ocean Parks series, even though they are great, especially for their subtle colors, resulting from glazing.

The Berkeley series is large, but not all in one place online...
that I could find.

ohh!
Back from hoilidays and such a good thread!

My passion seems to only encompass Brett Whiteley at the moment.
Although, Giacomo Balla's Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash
Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash
reminded me of when I was young and my father knew an artist, who encouraged me to draw one day while he was taking to my dad. I ruined the picture I was drawing (of a dog) and had drawn his legs a few times to get them right. I mentioned that it was bad, and he showed me that work. Never forget that. Left a big mark on my mind.

Back to Whiteley (I would happily own any of his works):

The Balcony


Woman in bath, 1964


To Yirrawalla, 1972


Lavender Bay Wharf (bad scan on a website) but it is so simple and beautiful.


I also love Napoleon's Coronation in the Louve (also another at Versailles) for something gigantic and traditional...
That's it for the moment for me. I am sure I will think of a few more soon.

Oh! You are so right! Thank you for showing us those.

They remind me of Cecily Firestein's work a bit, but different.

Well, this starts my day out well, I really like those...

Cecily Barth Firestein

yes, it is very free like her work... interesting. I had never heard of her.

I don't think she is very well known. Diane of a2k and I met in real life on a visit I made to new york a couple of years ago, and she and another friend toured galleries and a museum with me. She and I just happened to walk in to what is was then called Phoenix gallery, a artist co-op type of place on 57th Street, where Firestein had a show that covered a couple of rooms. I wanted to own about six of the big pieces... which look very good when you see them in person.

I don't covet every single work in that fourteen page display on the link, but I like a lot of them.

I noticed they were relatively well priced... not too expensive. But still too much for me. It is always nice to know the artist. To meet other artists or art lovers.

Too expensive for me too, but really well priced and accessible.

I have another artist....
Charles Blackman... this isn't my favourite image, but he has others in this Alice in Wonderland (and other series) that I would love to own.
I know there are limited edition prints of some of his works, as I know the artist that pulled them...



just a joke how much they are!

ohhh...
There is so much beautiful work on that site!
Charles Blackman

now I have kidnapped the thread!

mmmm, I like those too...

not kidnapped - just showing us some interesting stuff that we'd never have come across otherwise enjoying ....MORE!?

Vivien, I suspect that you--and Florence Goodstein-Shapiro--would consider this Diebenkorn a MAGNIFICENT abstract landscape. To me it is enthralling. http://collections.sfmoma.org/OBJ4420.htm

yes it's gorgeous - I like Florence's work very very much too

link to site

luscious landscapes - I hope we're allowed to put a link.

I love his Berkeley series.... and that particular one very much.

that Diebenkorn image is beautiful.
This artists work is also beautiful; he used to mainly paint with his fingers. They are chunky and expressive... his name is Fred Williams.


excuse the logo in the corner.
another link
Fred Williams

I like his work too...