ART FOR ART'S SAKE

In response to:GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:43:46 +0100

Thank you Sandra. Enjoy your weekend too.

I shall try to keep off the computer.

That is why I am answering all comments today, before I go to bed.

In response to:GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:18:10 +0100

Yes, many people don't stop to chat. We always stop to chat with neighboors maily when we walk the dog.

have a nice weekend!

I liked your picture very much!

sandra :)

In response to:RESTING

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:29 +0100

Yes, you are right.

As I said the other day, his paintings bring out things that photographs never can - although there is a great deal of very good photographic art.

In response to:RESTING

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:33:03 +0100

:) Yup, even that...LOL...GBHs...XXX

In response to:RESTING

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:32:24 +0100

Or perhaps all three!

In response to:RESTING

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:44 +0100

And, one more thing...you simply couldn't paint like him today...the clothes, the settings, the whole ambience of that era has vanished...I doubt whether he's even considered to be a great artist by a lot of artists and critics nowadays....I do like a lot of other styles of art but Waterhouse struck me as very special....GBHs...XXX

In response to:RESTING

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:25:18 +0100

I keep saying the same thing, Colin...lovely or beautiful or excellent...LOL...and same here, one of these apply...:) GBHs...XXX

In response to:A STUDY

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:29:42 +0100

I deleted and came back but I was here to be sure. The Flower Picker was one of my favorites.

In response to:A STUDY

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:12:38 +0100

"A STUDY" ?

I don't remember you then.

In response to:A STUDY

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:11:25 +0100

Nope, didn't for me...just see her as picking a flower from a tree in a field...:) Doubt if she took the whole tree's flowers...LOL...plenty left for others to see...GBHs...XXX

In response to:A STUDY

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:17 +0100

It poses the question: Was she stealing the flowers?

Wouldn't it have been better for her to leave them to grow naturally and give pleasure to other passers-by?

In response to:GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:34:12 +0100

It is very much like a photograph - but better.

Its attraction is all in the composition.

I like the little touches, like the doll on the chair.

In response to:GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:25:10 +0100

Just lovely, and you feel as if you're there...the odd thing is, he avoids twee...:) There's an atmosphere about his work that comes through the paintings...he can transmit emotions wonderfully...GBHs...XXX

In response to:GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:05:36 +0100

Yes, we all used to do that.

Nowadays many people seldom chat to their neigbours, except husbands out front washing their cars.

In response to:GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:53:29 +0100

This reminds me my former house. We used to talk to neighbors like in this picture.

Sandra :)

In response to:A STUDY

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:54:25 +0100

This was my first blog header way back when I joined in 2007 as Sweetladyjane.

In response to:A STUDY

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:28:48 +0100

Pretty pic and nice composition...GBHs...XXX

In response to:IN THE SPRING TIME, THE ONLY PRETTY RING TIME

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:16:27 +0100

Enchanting picture, but I do think she should wear a vest - she'll catch her death!

In response to:IN THE SPRING TIME, THE ONLY PRETTY RING TIME

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:06:33 +0100

wonderful!...:) GBHs...XXX

In response to:ADONIS

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:58:15 +0100

Yes, I am learning sometihng new ever day.

In response to:ADONIS

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:37:12 +0100

just lovely...:) And great story to it...GBHs....XXX

In response to:ARIADNE

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:50:17 +0100

Absolutely beautiful...GBHs...XXX

In response to:ESTHER

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:16:58 +0100

Oh, to see us as others see us...:)) Hmmm...but photographs must show us ourselves...:) GBHs...XXX

In response to:TRISTAN AND ISOLDE

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:41:23 +0100

You are right. He has a wonderful technique and brings everything beautifully to life.

In response to:TRISTAN AND ISOLDE

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:31:33 +0100

I am learning so much from his paintings and the commentaries.

In response to:ESTHER

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:16:12 +0100

We all have a good side and a bad side.

And what we see in the mirror is not how others see us, as the image is reversed.

In response to:TRISTAN AND ISOLDE

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:14:53 +0100

Another wonderful painting. His paintings make you feel you could reach out and touch the characters.

In response to:TRISTAN AND ISOLDE

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:24:49 +0100

brings it to life, doesn't he...:) You can imagine him picturing it in his mind's eye and then putting it on canvas...they are very much illustrations, but so alive...GBHs...XXX

In response to:ESTHER

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:50:28 +0100

:) Very nice portrait, but difficult to tell how accurate the likeness because full frontal..side views are often incredibly different...I've seen amazing looking men and women side view on and when I see them full face, they're not half as good looking...very strange...:) But, it's very nice portrait, and interesting in that it is distinctly a painting rather than one of his completely realistic paintings that he normally does...if that makes sense...LOL...GBHs...XXX

In response to:AESCULAPIUS

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:27:16 +0100

This has a very different feel about it...similar to After the Party...much more muted tones than normal...Lovely pic nonetheless...GBHs...XXX