VIS 340 Gregory M. Gómez

In Pursuit of Personal Preferences: 3P 3

http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com

Deception Pass

Acrylic on panel

24 x 30 inches

2014
If this wasn't a painting it might almost look like someone cut up paper and glued it to the canvas. Or it was sown into the canvas. It has a very block like linear layout. Notice how the line are all horizontal? I like the very simplistic approach to color and shading. Take the cloud for example. Have you ever seen a could that the grays were separated? Why no, surly not. and yet there is a representation of depth and layers within the separated shades of gray.

http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/ceal-floyer/gallery/1488

Ceal Floyer
Solo, 2006

This is not a painting but it is silly and considered to be art. It is very simplistic but it gives me the idea that perhaps if you took a shape it could be replaced with only slight variations in the meaning. Well for sure the meanings would be different. However a viewer might be able to understand the original meaning as well as the new interpretations. It is also funny because culturally (in america at least) who hasn't sung into a hair brush as a microphone? Perhaps this is a broad statement but it puts the viewer into a lot of thoughts. Where as some of the other painting are more about technique this piece of art is more about content.

Koenig & Meyer 'Proline' mic stand, 22mm mike holder, hairbrush

http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/ceal-floyer/gallery/1488

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/adam-davies/#.Vclw8xNVhHw

http://leftbankartblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/thomas-hart-bentons-america-today-mural.html

Detail, Instruments of Power panel of Thomas Hart Benton's America Today Mural, 1930–31, egg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels.

DH_Woolworth_SummerDay_16x8

Dian Horowitz

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/diana-horowitz/#.Vcl5DxNVhHw

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/james-everett-stanley/
Derrick
James Everett Stanley
12x10

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/william-scully/#.VcmT1RNVhHw

William Scully

Muddy River, Emerald Necklace: Banks

16 x 24 inches

oil/linen

2010

http://www.nancyfriese.com/painting_b1.php

This is beautiful. I love the idea of painting water. What is scary is that it is hard enough to paint objects as it is but to paint something that is never really still, that is a magical feat. For sure no one would be fooled by the notion that this is real but perhaps a little bit of idealized realism is in play. Maybe, maybe not. Also the colors, while rather drab, are very much vivacious.

List of sites to visit for week of 9/25/15

Museums:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/

http://www.leopoldmuseum.org/en

https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/

Artist Blog:

http://hyperallergic.com/236411/painting-everday-objects-in-all-their-glory/

http://www.artorbiter.com/artists-curate/

http://leftbankartblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/roger-tibbetts-making-and-meaning.html?spref=fb

http://seancheetham.blogspot.com/

http://eye-likey.blogspot.com/

Galleries: