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Post by Fire Monkey on Jan 7, 2012 7:57:00 GMT -6
OK, Bridget asked if I was doing any art of late, well, I just finished something I have been working on so I figured I would post it, but first I should post a photograph which inspired it. This photo is by Sandra Cisneros and when I saw it I knew I wanted to paint a similar picture, so while the concept is not mine, the painting is. So here was my inspiration: I called my picture "Promise" because the clouds are like a promise of the foliage which will come.
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Post by Brigid Briton on Jan 7, 2012 8:07:43 GMT -6
Lovely, Tim! Thanks for responding so quickly. I really have missed seeing your paintings. Your take on Sandra Cisneros' photo is much more upbeat. Hers has a certain melancholy and the clouds look much more foreboding. In yours, the sun is just on the verge of breaking through (or rising above) the clouds. Leave it to Fire Monkey to see the brighter side! Great job.
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Post by Fire Monkey on Jan 7, 2012 8:36:44 GMT -6
Well, I like to try and see an up side to life although I can be quite dark at times. I'm glad you liked it. Clouds are not my best subject matter but the concept of clouds almost looking like the leaves of the tree was just too good to ignore.
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Post by diannet on Jan 8, 2012 0:15:10 GMT -6
That first picture is brilliant! I love it! The second one is good too! It's just I love the first one! If you love clouds maybe I can let you into a secret...my poem The Ram...it was a cloud... I didn't have a camera so had to write the poem!
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Post by Fire Monkey on Jan 8, 2012 14:48:44 GMT -6
Yes, the photo was quite something - that is why when I saw it I was inspired. The art of photography is partly a skill at watching for the right moment and knowing something will be watch taking and partly a question of waiting and luck - if there is nothing worth photographing then you can't take a picture worth taking and if you don't have the artistic skill to recognize what is worth taking then you will fail. Only when luck and talent come together can you get great pictures and that photo is one of those.
The art of painting [in whatever form] still requires vision, but at least you don't have to wait or get lucky, but you do have to be able to communicate the picture in your head. For me, clouds are hard - I can never make them seem quite right. Oddly, I do fairly well with water [well, most water] but this is as good as my clouds tend to get.
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