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A Portrait by Picasso

03 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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art, Arts and Entertainment, Germany, Pablo Picasso, Paint, Picasso, SAC Capital Advisors, Visual Arts

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Portrait of Paulo, the Artist’s Son, Pablo Picasso, 1923 (Photo credit: Wikipaintings)

Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973)

Yesterday, searching through works by Picasso, I found this portrait.  I went looking for it today and could not find it until I watched a short video by Philip Scott Johnson.

I therefore looked at several works by Picasso.  Many show distortions and metamorphoses.

The video is very revealing.  It is like a key to a mystery.

This is such a short post.  I apologize.

picasso peace© Micheline Walker
April 2, 2013
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

05 Saturday May 2012

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Barbizon School, Charles Jacque, Corot, En plein air, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Nantes, Painting, Visual Arts

  Nantes

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (July 17, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was the leading member of the plein air Barbizon school.  

 

Woman with a Pearl, by Corot

I so love the colours he uses. Look at the water in Nantes.  He has created a patch of light by using a greenish blue with mauve hues.  It matches the sky.  Also note the serene ambiance and the discreet place he has given the little boat. 

Among paintings, few have the monochrome quality of Corot’s “Woman with a Pearl.” And few portraits depict so beautiful a woman as Corot’s lady.  It may be that Corot saw the beauty of this woman’s soul and let it shape her face.

I hope you have a lovely weekend, filled with beauty.  

Brahms Symphony No.3 Poco Allegretto
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Big, Rhythmic Things: the Art of Paul Price

03 Thursday May 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Canada

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Canada, Group of Seven, landscapes, Newfoundland & Labrador, Paint, Paul Price, Velveteen Rabbit, Visual Arts

  
“The Oregon Cost,” by Paul Price
Bayberry Hill Studio and Gallery
(please click on the paintings to enlarge them)
 

I was just browsing the internet in search of sites that feature artists who have guided my own short career as an artist. Anna Syperek gave me the encouragement that led me to take paintings to Lygthesome Gallery. However, one day, I decided to show some of my paintings to Dr Price, my ophthalmologist and an artist. Well, he also made several helpful comments.

In an online interview, Paul stated the following:

I like to paint big, rhythmic things. I like bold colours – like that poem, like the landscape itself – something that people can’t walk past. I don’t want them to be able to walk past.

Paul Price

He lengthens the days, the weeks, the months… 

Paul has a profession. It must be difficult for him to find the time and energy to paint. Yet very few artists are more devoted to their art than Paul, and very few are more productive. Dr Price lengthens the days, weeks and months to produce yet another beautiful Canadian painting.

Back to animism

However, although he seems to have been influenced by the Group of Seven, Paul Price does not paint Algonkian landscapes. He paints Newfoundland and Labrador, but not Newfoundland and Labrador as they are. Paul paints Newfoundland and Labrador as he sees them. His landscapes and seascapes are conditioned by a personal vision visited upon landscapes and seascapes. His paintings are not simply representational, but re-presentational, as I used the term in my recent blog on “The Velveteen Rabbit and animism.”  Paul’s paintings reveal a creative mind.

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In Antigonish, Paul lived in a very large old house, perhaps a former inn or auberge, located by the ocean. I never walked down to the beach side of his property, but I would presume, a sailboat was at the ready. But he came to my “dinners,” and I remember his pouring me a glass of wine so I would sit at my piano and play my very own “songs without words.”

Paul’s biography is on websites that feature painting: oils, watercolours, prints, etc. from his abundant collection.  Paul is very eclectic.  In fact, he does not always paint landscapes.  Moreover, the works of other artists are exhibited in his Gallery.

I may never see Paul again, but I wish to salute a gentleman who has already stretched his life beyond the years afforded him by destiny.

My love to Paul and my love to my readers.

“Belkers Woods,” by Paul Price

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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May 3, 2012
Mendelssohn Songs Without Words
Op 19 No. 1 Andante con moto Sweet rememberances 
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In Praise of little-known Artists

10 Saturday Mar 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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André Gide, art, Beethoven, Compact Disc, Dunnock, fur-trade, Kristiana Pärn, Shopping, Steffan Johnson, Visual Arts

 church near Borth y gest Beach Porthmadog

 by Steffan Johnson

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Hedge Sparrow

Steffan Johnson (click)
http://steffspainting.blogspot.com/
 
Beethoven: Rondo in C major C-Dur; ut majeur Op. 51. N. 1, Louis Lortie 
please click on title to hear the music) 
 

My last two blogs have featured artists I discovered through various searches on the internet: Kristiana Pärn and Steffan Johnson. I found Steffan Johnson in the “rising artists” section of Art.com, not Kristiana Pärn whose work I was familiar with. So I thought that before continuing writing the blog in progress, I would stop and praise these rising artists who cannot possibly be making a living from income generated by their art, except reproductions. But their art is affordable, and buying art is still one of the best investments one can make.  However, buy something you like and can enjoy for years.

I will not speak at any length about our singers who are making millions and some billions, singing songs that are often the creation of a composer. I will let them enjoy their fortune, all the more since there are exceptions to every rule. I have applauded the success of Susan Boyle and was delighted to see Adele Adkins receive Grammy awards she deserved.

Many of us cannot afford to buy original artworks, however inexpensive they are. Life is extremely expensive. However most of us we can afford to download a song and even buy a CD.

But how will artists make money?  Buying reproductions may help or purchasing one of a limited number of prints is also a fine way of supplying artists with the money to buy the material they need. As well, having a good manager can be helpful, but hiring a professional is expensive. So, by and large, the situation of these people is a “porte étroite,” André Gide‘s “narrow door,” or Strait is the Gate (1909).

Many books have also become too expensive. I was looking for a very recent book on the fur trade and the voyageurs and also wanted to purchase a collection of old chansons, but I realized that I simply could not afford what was not even luxurious. I am a scholar, a musician and an artist, but was led to retire prematurely.  That story may be told in a forthcoming blog. I am writing a novel in which my main character has faced similar difficulties. I just can’t find an appropriate conclusion.

But for the time being, I am featuring a little-known artist in a blog.  It may not help him, but it will help me.

                                             Robin

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A Watercolour painting, by Micheline

26 Sunday Feb 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art

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Flowers, Micheline's paintings, Visual Arts, Watercolor painting

Artist: Micheline Walker

Since I am learning to do new things, such as putting photographs of my paintings in my computer, I thought I would blog about it.

Painting flowers and so-called “nature morte” are my personal favourites as an artist, but lately my main artistic activity has been to recite the names of the various colours contained in the little tubes of paint.

I realize it is difficult to tell, but the above painting shows hibiscus flowers. For me flowers are like an idea which I develop.

Technically, this is a watercolour painting with little touches of tempera.  I used heavy acid-free “paper.”  In fact, the paper is cotton.

Short of a name, this small painting has a number: 186, given by the camera.

So let this be a very short blog.  I hope you enjoy the painting.

  • Frescobaldi:  La Follia,Toccata II, Leonhardt (harpsichord)
  • Froberger:  Suite X en La Mineur, Blandine Verlet (harpsichord)
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February 26, 2012

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