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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
Thank you for such positive feedback. |
Oct 19th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
I never saw the similarity between Dang and Dali until you pointed it out, even though I've been a fan of both for decades. I'm not bothered that Dang may have been influenced by Dali. He learned from the master. After reading your comment, I reviewed the art of both. Dali seems to paint mostly in the foreground whereas Dang uses perspective to take advantage of the whole canvas. I don't feel Dang has sacrificed creativity to Dali's influence on his art. In any case, Dang's a pretty good painter for a nuclear physicist. 🙂 |
Oct 17th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
You may have been joking, buy I like the idea of a Phoenix! |
Oct 13th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
I don't mean to bombard you with surrealist painters, but there is one more I think you will enjoy. Nguyen Dinh Dang is a Vietnamese nuclear physicist who happens to be an internationally recognized painter. His surrealism is more edgy than Chaval's and more challenging but just as rewarding and equally as humbling. I often use spare time to browse both of their works to soothe my savage breast. |
Oct 11th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
May I recommend a contemporary surrealist painter whose work I enjoy very much: Michael Cheval. He's not only imaginative, but he also paints very realistically, blending his skill as an artist as he listens to his unconscious. |
Oct 10th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I agree with Peggy and you that the woman should have a degree of transparency. That, of course, is to the taste of the artist. Personally, I would have a darker sky and the light in the window to emphasize the haunted effect. The image has so much potential that the variables are almost endless. Nice work. |
Oct 7th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
You did such a good job on the colors! They are so powerful that they dominate the image. Unfortunately, all of the news coverage of fires lately has influenced my thinking to see fire, especially with what appears to be fire along the bottom edge of the composite. Because of this, for me, the birds are kind of lost. Keep the colors. They may come in handy at a future date, |
Oct 7th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
I didn't see the man as a victim. I saw the women as victims bringing the man to justice for his sexual abuse--hence the title #MeToo . . . ." |
Oct 6th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
I had a lot of fun placing the mannequins so that their body language would convey confidence and contempt, but your observation about the man being the only one with a face delighted me. Though a completely unconscious move on my part, I guess that adds to the confidence and contempt. It's said that artists listen to the unconscious aspect of their thinking. I guess I was listening. What you saw never occurred to me . . . consciously. |
Oct 6th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Reply |
An allegory usually has a hidden meaning, but I guess the meaning here is not so hidden. I guess I used the wrong word. I like what Kirsti said about the man being the only one with a face. Though a completely unconscious move on my part, I guess that adds to the creepiness. It's said that artists listen to the unconscious aspect of their thinking. I guess I was listening. |
Oct 6th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
I had a different reaction to your composite because I looked at it before I read your and Kirsti's comments. Please do not take my artistic point of view as a sign of disrespect for your mother-in-law. My initial reaction was that this is a variation of Magritte's tree-and-horse imagery. I enjoyed the surrealism very much. I also saw Dali in this image because the various shades of browns and blues in the painting are the hues that Dali frequently used. I was immediately drawn to the painting because of its surrealistic background. Knowing, now, your respect for your mother-in-law, I can see the love in your work. |
Oct 6th |
| 54 |
Oct 23 |
Comment |
The texture is so wonderful in this composite that I hope you can elaborate a bit on just how you achieved it. The girl on the couch is much more powerful than the soft image she portrays. She's a terrific choice for the couch. I don't know if you are familiar with the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds," but you're dangerously close to duplicating his theme by placing too many birds and losing the soft effect of your image. I've taken the liberty of editing out some of the birds, moving the one in the sand, and cropping the image a bit. You have a terrific artist's proof here worth tinkering with a bit. |
Oct 4th |
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