been a while, here's some new arts

[picasso]

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elements 1, study

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Snow

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cousin Jim

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page 48

[picasso]

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#5

[soonerboy_odanorth]

M~

I dig #2 of the original post... Snow.

I'm gonna do my best to get a little "arty" here... and say...

It is very violent and terrorizing in the things that are not spoken in the quiet of the composition. Like a holy ghost...

[def_lazer_fc]

im digging #5. the black really makes it

[picasso]

very interesting.

[picasso]

im digging #5. the black really makes it

had a sudden but brief Pollock lapse.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

Also, I take it that #5 in its entirety is the work?.... I love the reality bent on its artful ear.... Within the composition the abstract portrays depth that almost literally appears to be staring the viewer in the face... and the perspective causes the viewer to wonder... If I walk right to the center point of the abstract, do I see depth... or the flat reality of a white-washed wall of knotted pine...

At least that is my limited scope...

Good stuff.

[OU4LIFE]

Thorpe was the MAN.

as for the post above this one...well....*blink*

[Okla-homey]

In No. 1, the odd juxtaposition of asian elements with a quintessentially American subject in the form of the visage of an Osage brave is very interesting.

[OU4LIFE]

what is wrong with you people.

I don't know, but I bet it's hard to pronounce.

[picasso]

Also, I take it that #5 in its entirety is the work?.... I love the reality bent on its artful ear.... Within the composition the abstract portrays depth that almost literally appears to be staring the viewer in the face... and the perspective causes the viewer to wonder... If I walk right to the center point of the abstract, do I see depth... or the flat reality of a white-washed wall of knotted pine...

At least that is my limited scope...

Good stuff.

I had this piece up for exhibit earlier this year and I had two different people tell me they saw faces in that thing. heh.

and Homey's right, I've got a thing for Japanese print making.

[NormanPride]

Yeah, the Japanese print combined with the Osage brave was a nice mesh of two worlds. Both very spiritual and natural, they complement each other well while simultaneously being completely alien to each other.

I really dig Page 48. What was the inspiration behind this? To me it looks like someone giving a brief demonstration on traditional hunting or war methods.

[picasso]

Yeah, the Japanese print combined with the Osage brave was a nice mesh of two worlds. Both very spiritual and natural, they complement each other well while simultaneously being completely alien to each other.

I really dig Page 48. What was the inspiration behind this? To me it looks like someone giving a brief demonstration on traditional hunting or war methods.

that's the way the old folks recorded their history. ledger drawings and winter counts (or records).
This particular ledger is real and depicts a warrior counting coup on a soldier, or white cracker furry chested soldier person.

[TUSooner]

Page 48:
the childish imagination "juxtaposed" (what a word) against the mature man, who represents the reality that the child could not yet imagine

EDIT -- Or what picasso said. :)

[OUDoc]

I like the relationships. I mean, each character has his own story. The puppy is a bit too much, but you have to over look things like that in these kinds of paintings. The way he's *holding* her... it's almost... filthy. I mean, he's about to kiss her and she's pulling away. The way the leg's sort of smashed up against her... Phew... Look how he's painted the blouse sort of translucent. You can just make out her breasts underneath and it's sort of touching him about here. It's really... pretty torrid, don't you think? Then of course you have the onlookers peeking at them from behind the doorway like they're all shocked. They wish. Yeah, I must admit, when I see a painting like this, I get emotionally... erect.

[picasso]

Dogs playing poke her?

[Oldnslo]

Page 48:
the childish imagination "juxtaposed" (what a word) against the mature man, who represents the reality that the child could not yet imagine

EDIT -- Or what picasso said. :)

Curiously enough, this is exactly what I thought. And then I read Pic's explanation.

[Lott's Bandana]

I had this piece up for exhibit earlier this year and I had two different people tell me they saw faces in that thing. heh.

and Homey's right, I've got a thing for Japanese print making.


What, there isn't a face there?


I'm like Silent Bob with this stuff....

[Lott's Bandana]

Oh and....


Thorpe was the MAN.




....this.

[Okla-homey]

In truth, #5 reminds me of the area of that corner of my Aunt Margaret's linoleum floor after Uncle Art removed the gas water heater that had been scorching it for 20 years.

sorry Pic. I love you man. <belch>

[picasso]

hey, that heat is hard on the linoleum. same as underneath the coffee pot on the counter at the oilfield warehouse!

Homey knows what I was going for. same as Uncle Art.

[OU4LIFE]

Bruce would say that #5 brings many of his latent homosexual tendencies to the surface and helps him reconcile his hatred of his father.

or something.

[StoopTroup]

I thought #5 depicted a story of one man's quest to convince people that a hole in one was what made life complete?

[OU4LIFE]

are you contending that a hole-in-one doesn't?

I humbly submit that once a man is born out of that hole, he spends his entire life trying to get back in it.

circle of life friend. ;)

[picasso]

whoa, that's really heavy Ogre.

Hairy's right, I've nearly made a hole in one and I still feel jipped. in life too.

[OU4LIFE]

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elements 1, study

It's no Garcon a la pipe, but it's aight.



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cousin Jim

this should be mine.

or better yet, a nice color of Rod Shoate

[sooneron]

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He's desperate and looking for further depth from life, his is a yearning that has man lamenting his existence. No?

[picasso]

eh, he's probably just cold.

[picasso]

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4695/135/121/1179051783/n1179051783_30222780_7427877.jpg
"#6" 65" x 36"

[KC//CRIMSON]

If you squint a little you can clearly see a full head and shoulders of a man with a mohawk. He's looking slightly down and at an angle. See it?

[picasso]

If you squint a little you can clearly see a full head and shoulders of a man with a mohawk. He's looking slightly down and at an angle. See it?

no, you can't squint. you have to let your eyes become unfocused. that's when the real horror begins!

[KC//CRIMSON]

no, you can't squint. you have to let your eyes become unfocused. that's when the real horror begins!

Heh. Seriously though, I've had two people see it since I posted it. He takes up a third of the painting and is just slightly left of center.

[picasso]

well it's not intentional and I can't see it even with two glasses of gin and tonic in my system.
you better put down the peyote.

[KC//CRIMSON]

well it's not intentional and I can't see it even with two glasses of gin and tonic in my system.
you better put down the peyote.

Yeah, I know it wasn't intentional, but it's pretty cool. Almost like a hologram.:cool:

[picasso]

is it a profile shot? you need to outline it for us uncreative types.:D

[KC//CRIMSON]

is it a profile shot? you need to outline it for us uncreative types.:D

He's looking straight at you but down and to the right a little.

See the lone little yellow spot in the center of the panting that looks like a tiny kite? That kite is on the right end of his left eyebrow? See it yet?

[picasso]

you just blew my mind Kramer. I'll check back tomorrow when me gulliver is less weighty.

[olevetonahill]

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4695/135/121/1179051783/n1179051783_30222780_7427877.jpg
"#6" 65" x 36"

I dont see a dude wit a Mohawk
but I do see a dude wit sunglasses and Frankenstein coming up behind him .
You folks need to learn how to appreciate Art :P

[Crucifax Autumn]

I see a hastily cleaned mustard spill, but I'm more of a reader than an art appreciation guy!