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#11
RE: Paintings
October 6, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Gotta love the Wyeths:

Andy:

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And Jamie

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#12
RE: Paintings
October 6, 2015 at 1:47 pm
Charles Allan Gilbert's All is Vanity [Image: 220px-Allisvanity.jpg]


Also,

I love M.C Escher

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He's the real M.C

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RE: Paintings
October 7, 2015 at 3:42 am
Love the Borris Vallego bodies of work! No-one does Conan like Borris.

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#14
RE: Paintings
October 7, 2015 at 1:37 pm
I also like paintings by Gilbert and George who finally made crucifixion portrayal painting in it's place with impact of Christianity on society.

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#15
RE: Paintings
October 7, 2015 at 6:54 pm
Lol wtf I sorta like it sorta think..... cool concept but looks amateur.
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#16
RE: Paintings
October 7, 2015 at 7:16 pm
Anything not by Jackson Pollock.

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#17
RE: Paintings
October 7, 2015 at 7:17 pm
William Blake does some good stuff.
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RE: Paintings
October 7, 2015 at 7:48 pm
I really like the work of Eyvind Earle.  He was hired by Disney to do the backgrounds for early animation, such as Cinderella.  He was a very prolific painter, he created hundreds of oils and serigraphs.   What I like about his works is his use of color and shape.  His landscapes (such as quiet solitude, below) show trees with very simple, circular shapes, but oh, the use of color is amazing.  He uses spots of bright color balanced perfectly with dark and light areas.  
And if you visit the page that hosts this painting Eyvind Earle site he also includes a verse . . . I don't know if he wrote the poems or borrowed them, there is no attribution.   The verse that goes with Quiet Solitude is: 

And as trillions and trillions of leaves fill the air 

A soft emerald green makes the earth soft and fair 
And a trillion more flowers than I can imagine 
Burst open and laugh at earth's brilliant medallion 
So let's reach up higher then ever before 
And add to the joy of tomorrow once more 

(If you go to the gallery and click on the picture you will get a larger version)

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#19
RE: Paintings
October 7, 2015 at 7:49 pm
Now that is cool. I'm glad I'm sober.
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RE: Paintings
October 7, 2015 at 8:24 pm
What about the dude who did the YES album covers?
He was pretty rad.
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