eKat
climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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HolyMcGuillicutty, FortMental!
RAD!
eKat
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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FortMental that is a big piece.
Good job very impressive.
The 'Stand" never ceases to amaze.
Say is that venetian plaster on the back wall in pic behind easel?
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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Some of my favorites.
I've been fortunate to get a lot of contemporary art exposure from my brother.
justthemaid's work is really beautiful. Hope you get a big show some day.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2011 - 07:50am PT
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Mental, nice work, looks the same. Master copies are fun to figure out how they did it.
Jeff m. I was about to post Magritte. By far the smoothest painter I've seen in person. The MOMA in SF has some of his work in their permanent collection. You can't find any brush strokes standing a foot from his paintings and his colors are spot on. Going to check the other artist you named.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2011 - 08:05am PT
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Another artist linked to the band Tool
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FortMental
Social climber
Albuquerque, NM
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There are lots of artists/painters that have unbelievable technical ability. Dali comes to mind. His paintings are all disappointingly small, many no bigger that an 8 X 10 sheet of paper. Which is just amazing; his paintings look like photos, smooth as silk, razor sharp edges:
Then there are the photorealists. Amazing technical abilities, but their paintings are huge compared to Dali, typically 3 ft. X 4 ft. and larger. These paintings are photographic when viewed from a distance, or on a monitor. And working from a photo is also a whole different animal....
But for sheer extraterrestrial technical abilities, no one even comes close to the master:
Painting, on-the-fly, directly on top of wet stucco, on an unobservable scale, AND compensating for foreshortening is a feat of technical prowess that has yet to be equaled in the 350 years since the Sistine Chapel was painted. Never mind the fact that Michaelangelo illustrated dozens of muscles in his typical figures, far more than figure artists of his time or since.
Oh... and he carved a pretty mean sculpture too:
...but that's just one man's opinion!
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Pate
Trad climber
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Diane Arbus 1923-1971
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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Spider...I've always liked Shag's stuff too. Retro.
I always thought that Michealangelo's study of the Libyan Sibyl had what appeared to be a climbing pose. As homage I did one in charcoal back in'94.
I have a few more in the works too.
Hangs on the wall here at the hut.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Nice family album there, pate.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2011 - 11:16am PT
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Here's a few of my own...
A couple in progress...
This last series of rain made me paint...
Please throw vegetables at will, but no tomatoes. I hate Tomatoes.
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Justin,
Really like the 4th and 5th one posted! 6th in progress is really interesting as well.
Hope it rains a bit more. :)
Tiki - I knew you saw rock climbing in everything (a familiar affliction), but even in Michelangelo, eh?
Good stuff all, and amazing undertaking Mental. Down to mixing your own paint!
The frame recreation is off the charts obsessive!
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2011 - 11:46am PT
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Thanks Nate, I hope it rains at about 8,300 feet to melt that snow.
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FortMental
Social climber
Albuquerque, NM
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It takes a lot of cojones to go your own way, artistically, TJI. I was just toproping, but you guys are leading!
Nice charcoal drawing, TJ! Charcoal scares me.
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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Dali comes to mind. His paintings are all disappointingly small, many no bigger that an 8 X 10 sheet of paper. FortMental
Gotta agree. For a painting that looms large in the 20th century psyche, I too was a little disappointed at the small size of The Persistence of Memory
Yet another fuzzy point and click photo..........
This guy's pretty cool. A good friend of my brother's. He's burning a thousand framed and empty canvases. This was up in some swanky place in mid town.
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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Hey thanks FM.
You know it Nater, look at architecture the same way!!
Here is a sign from bitd.
Justin, I like the last one dude....gotta finish it.
Ya know perhaps we can colla-beer-ate on beer labels ;)
You guys still brewing??
That was done under stress aand done fast.
Mixed media on Illustration Board.
This one turned into a logo. Watercolor on Illustration Board.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2011 - 06:12pm PT
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Jerry that beer label is classic. We need to brew some, haven't in a while but some fugg looks good to drink.
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nita
Social climber
chica from chico..waiting on spring days..
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I'm a big fan of Chiura Obata's art..I also love the Supertopo artists. Matisse..mtnmum..Miss L.. Jeannie..Annie Cashner and all S.T's. Great photographers .
Tiki, I forgot about that.
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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Of course Nita that last one was used by Patagonia for a catalog right?
TFPU.
Justin, Thanks. How about 'Shuteye Stoat' (tm).
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