Posted on 03/06/2006 8:18:41 PM PST by tbird5
Very well done indeed. I particularly like the last one. It isn't easy to do portraits. Thanks.
***"Thomas Kinkade was a Nazarene, a member of the Church of the Nazarene." ***
***"was" Wonder what he is now?***
Maybe, after the shenanigans he is pulling, he found he hadn't reached sinnless perfection after all.
It appears to be called the candlelight house. There must be a LOT of candles in there. Definitely a fire hazard. :)
Finally, somebody defended a true American original artist, Andy Warhol.
I would add that it is not just ovals he could draw. He had a very good hand overall, and a keen sense of color.
Wow! Barbara Bush looks PISSED OFF!
>> I feel far too hesitant to say, "That is done with skill and beauty, it accomplishes what the artist wants to accomplish, it brings out something good about God's creation -- but it isn't art." <<
>> If you say Kinkade doesn't fit the definition of the preceding paragraph, then I guess our contexts are too unrelated to carry much more conversation. <<
I don't think Kinkade is done with much skill -- that's why I mentioned my grandmother's work. He uses a very common technique for mimicking the chaos of natural forms -- using the chaos of the brush bristles. He doesn't attempt human forms, not because they are inconsistent with his themes, but because his poor skill in creating them would reveal that his "art" is a simple trick.
No prob... Its very difficult to "decontextualize" when hopping from one thread to another.
Just remember, though: One woman's senseless act of destruction is another man's Dadaism. :^)
(Still kidding)
Yup. That, too, is a mark of a genius.
Wow. Thanks. I've read some your essays and consider that quite a compliment.
bump
Kinkade's made a lot of money at what he does. That is my point. He'll never have to worry about the cost of materials and he'll never be a starving artist.
Having said that, I doubt he'll ever do anything different, or evolve his work. His is art for the masses. No chances taken; none lost.
That's comfort in a comfort zone.
you are right - but then, the personalities of artists, like writers, craftsmen, chefs - always come thru in their work - which is why we can recognize the artist when we see their work -
and Kinkade is - not that I'm including him in the artist column - a pseudo artist/master con man - who's (ugh) personality comes thru loud and garrish.
;o)
how do you assassinate something that isn't there? -or is at a level beneath the possibility of assassination?
Kinkade gives a very good impression of an old fashioned flim-flam man - "limited editions" my hiney. He's not even honest about that....
"Christian" means more than just a word.
Why do people tend to take someones profession of "I'M a Christian" as whole cloth.
Being a Christian is like having humility. The minute you think you have it - you've lost it. ;o)
It's in the actions, not the protestation,,,
LOLLOFLHHO
Little ole lady laying on the floor laughing her hiney off)
Thanks for the chuckle of the day!
Rockwell would modestly refer to himself as merely an "illustrator" - but his work, up close an personal, tells a different story -and if you have ever seen some of his unpublished, non-illustrative work, you would know he was an artist of the Old Master category -
I know he (Rockwell) was. I deliberately used his self-effacing description of himself as an illustrator. I paired him with N. C. Wyeth, famed for his illustrations of books, because was another "illustrator" who was the equal of many masters.
agreed!
I have one of the books with his 'illustrations' - fabulous - and an old publication of Hiawatha which he illustrated
perhaps you have alwys been a little sick in that way
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