artist and/or photographer
my favorite painting or photos, actual or style? well i 'm probably going to date myself, seeing as i studied art history way back in the 70s and photos well i like taking them.. i never really thought about a photographer before...
my favorite artist would of course be my mom.. for a person growing up with nothing, in a abusive house, i seen the pictures (photos, sketchs and paintings) she created, even at the very young age of 13. she always had an eye for color and textures. i'm sure thats where i get it from. of course her grandfather was a cabinet maker.. and her uncles were draftsmen and engineers of sorts.
as far as famous painter, sulptures and or styles.. i really love a few.
i like impressionist probably the best. imagine the artist thinking, i want a lake in this spot, and just putting a bunch of small strokes in a lot of differant colors.. somehow when you look farther away it looks like a lake. i've never understood how that worked, but it does. looking close up, sometimes its hard to imagine what ever it might be. but from far away it gives such a dreamy romantic view on life.. don't cha think?
i also love the rensesance era of artist. the weighty, round, beautiful women of micheangelo and raphel. now there was age where the men enjoyed real women. people enjoyed such a hedenistic life, finding pleasure in all aspects of life, food drink and sex. there are many nudes and all full figured women and well endowed men. yes, people were not afraid to be themselves in those times. no 100 pounds models put on pedistals, in fact a women would have been considered sickly at that weight. i must admit, this time i love the realism of it.
thirdly, i always loved the paintings of georgia o'keefe. i love the way she showed such detail in a simple thing of nature. i always loved flowers, and she did them so well. the fact that people say they look like parts of a womens body?? well, i have to agree, but that's not why i like them. i simply enjoy flowers.
In photography, i think i love the more realist shot. you know, the old woman on the rocker, relaxing in the sun, going unnoticed but taking in everything around her. simple is best. the more unobtrusic the photo, the better. a rather artistic view there too. but that what i like . the photos of a simple life, taking without their knowing it, by someone wanting us to know the ppl without intruding on them.
my favorite artist would of course be my mom.. for a person growing up with nothing, in a abusive house, i seen the pictures (photos, sketchs and paintings) she created, even at the very young age of 13. she always had an eye for color and textures. i'm sure thats where i get it from. of course her grandfather was a cabinet maker.. and her uncles were draftsmen and engineers of sorts.
as far as famous painter, sulptures and or styles.. i really love a few.
i like impressionist probably the best. imagine the artist thinking, i want a lake in this spot, and just putting a bunch of small strokes in a lot of differant colors.. somehow when you look farther away it looks like a lake. i've never understood how that worked, but it does. looking close up, sometimes its hard to imagine what ever it might be. but from far away it gives such a dreamy romantic view on life.. don't cha think?
i also love the rensesance era of artist. the weighty, round, beautiful women of micheangelo and raphel. now there was age where the men enjoyed real women. people enjoyed such a hedenistic life, finding pleasure in all aspects of life, food drink and sex. there are many nudes and all full figured women and well endowed men. yes, people were not afraid to be themselves in those times. no 100 pounds models put on pedistals, in fact a women would have been considered sickly at that weight. i must admit, this time i love the realism of it.
thirdly, i always loved the paintings of georgia o'keefe. i love the way she showed such detail in a simple thing of nature. i always loved flowers, and she did them so well. the fact that people say they look like parts of a womens body?? well, i have to agree, but that's not why i like them. i simply enjoy flowers.
In photography, i think i love the more realist shot. you know, the old woman on the rocker, relaxing in the sun, going unnoticed but taking in everything around her. simple is best. the more unobtrusic the photo, the better. a rather artistic view there too. but that what i like . the photos of a simple life, taking without their knowing it, by someone wanting us to know the ppl without intruding on them.
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