Blue Ribbon
posted by painter at
9:32 PM
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
About Me
- Name: painter
- Location: Florida, United States
I mean by a picture, a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was, never will be - in a better light than any light that ever shone - in a land that no-one can define or remember, only desire - and the forms divinely beautiful" - Edward Coley Burne-Jones Thomas Groth is an uncommon figure artist. A classically trained draftsman, Groth works in pastel, oil, charcoal or prismacolor. His paintings recall the lush colors and figure work of the Pre-Raphaelites. The figures exist neither in the past nor the present; they are archetypes occupying a timeless world. Here is a world of tranquility, harmony, dreams and dreamers. Figures of sensuous innocence live here - geishea, mermaid, angels and daydreamers. The art bids one to stop for a moment, to push pause and then move on refreshed-a respite in an often overloaded, time-poor world. Groth's references points are primarily late 19th and early 20th century painters and movements including J.W. Waterhouse, Robert Henri, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Newlyn School.
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2 Comments:
I like the detail, it really comes to life when you enlarge the picture ... so this one is by Thomas Groth? ♥
Hi Dianne,
All of he art is by Thomas and he poems are by LaRue.
We collaborate and hopefully touch the viewer/reader.
Thank you for your thoughts and your blog.
-Thomas (Painter)
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