Welcome to a place of quiet light. You've found a place that is just the opposite of a fast forward world. Here are images that bid one to stop, breath and spend some time. Press "pause." Every so often I'll post a painting of mine or add thoughts, images and tips. Please add your own poems, art, photographs, thoughts. "To live simply takes a complicated heart." -LaRue
Labels: mermaid, Museum, oil painting art, pre-raphaelite
posted by painter at
8:51 PM
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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I agree, a painting seems less intimate in the vast space of a large gallery or a museum but still it is wonderful to be able to see these works of art which would normally not be available for us to see.
Though we are unable to get too close for reasons of security it is still a pleasure to see the real colours, layers and textures.
I found this when I attended the Renoir exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, I was amazed at the difference between the real painting and its photo representations.
But dear Painter you must have a feeling of personal satisfaction to see your beautiful mermaid displayed at the museum. :)
I have found that exhibitions at smaller galleries have been more enjoyable and the art is more accessible.
xoxoxo ♡
It's true that galleries give paintings a different feel, but that's not always necessarily a bad thing I think as different settings may change your perspective on an artwork.
Also, now more people will get to see it :)
Yes museums certainly have their place and I have certainly spent my share of hours in them.
That having been said, there is still something cold and elitist about the whole affair. I think that commercial galleries are perhaps the most problematic. In their quest to exude "quality" they often scare off a casual browser via a pompous attitude.
Let us share the beauty whether it be in a poem, a painting or a computer program.
Cheers,
painter
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