Paintings

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by be-bop

Far be it for me to criticise anyone effort's in art but I don't get this kind of abstract painting, anyone want to explain what I'm missing?

I's hard to explain - I'm not fuly sure I understand why stuff works or doesn't. There's something about them that seems to convey something raw - an emotional state, or sense of action, or concept without actually stating it. That bottom picture, for instance, to me seems to suggest some kind of wild natural phenomenon - like a forest fire, or some kind of tumult. There's a sense of raw power and energy to it. Whilst the top one suggests a kind of order or natural pattern, but on a massive scale - like some kind of celestial event, or the corona of a sun.

But different people will see different things. It's like it hits at an emotional rather than intellectual level - at the same time, we naturally, as humans, seek out pattern and meaning and will each see different things because of it.

[bbro]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I's hard to explain - I'm not fuly sure I understand why stuff works or doesn't. There's something about them that seems to convey something raw - an emotional state, or sense of action, or concept without actually stating it. That bottom picture, for instance, to me seems to suggest some kind of wild natural phenomenon - like a forest fire, or some kind of tumult. There's a sense of raw power and energy to it. Whilst the top one suggests a kind of order or natural pattern, but on a massive scale - like some kind of celestial event, or the corona of a sun.

But different people will see different things. It's like it hits at an emotional rather than intellectual level - at the same time, we naturally, as humans, seek out pattern and meaning and will each see different things because of it.

I like this explanation.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by bbro

I like this explanation.

Probably because you don't have one of your own, other than what most painters have. That's gut feelings, painting emotions, putting feels on canvas, which is really what art is about, but many people don't accept as a real answer. Only you can decide if it expresses what you wanted it to. The paintings you did you weren't happy with, might be because your mood/feelings changed, a nagging problem was resolved.

Maybe this is why I think art critics are pretentious twits. You paint something that expresses your feelings, and when I look at it, the painting will either resonate with my gut or not(at the moment), so there's no way I can say it's good or bad, right or wrong.

Of course there's the whole, it's a Picasso it must be wonderful, bullshit. If a famous artist does something way out in left field, it's ground breaking, whereas if you do it, what the fuck, not following the rules.

Damn the torpedoes, paint on, paint on!