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Art

Went to the Glenstone museum over the weekend. It’s the largest private contemporary art collection in the United States. Very interesting mix of contemporary art, landscape design
This looks great ...on my list!
 
Art is meant to meant to stir up emotions and inspire!

True art will always make you feel something, whether it's good or bad...

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So what emotions does this portrait conjure up?

Is the artist a misunderstood genius or just someone who takes a lot of psychedelic narcotics? 🤔
 
Art is meant to meant to stir up emotions and inspire!

True art will always make you feel something, whether it's good or bad...

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So what emotions does this portrait conjure up?

Is the artist a misunderstood genius or just someone who takes a lot of psychedelic narcotics? 🤔
There is some art that tries too hard. This is an example (my opinion, of course).
 

Poster for 5th Summer Olympics, held in Stockholm in 1912.

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Painted using gouache I should think. I'm part way through a couple of attempts of portraits of Dame Judi Dench from stills taken from Portrait Artist of the Decade the other week. One I'm doing in regular gouache and the other in acrylic gouache - both in black and white because I'm hopeless at skin tones.
 
Art is meant to meant to stir up emotions and inspire!

True art will always make you feel something, whether it's good or bad...

View attachment 232099

So what emotions does this portrait conjure up?

Is the artist a misunderstood genius or just someone who takes a lot of psychedelic narcotics? 🤔
Seems to me it's a reference to homo sapiens being descendants of aliens, apes or a hybrid of both (hence the hair where the alien has none).
 

Painted using gouache I should think. I'm part way through a couple of attempts of portraits of Dame Judi Dench from stills taken from Portrait Artist of the Decade the other week. One I'm doing in regular gouache and the other in acrylic gouache - both in black and white because I'm hopeless at skin tones.
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Left acrylic gouache, right regular gouache. I'm sure Judi would be thrilled if she saw her ape-like features in the one on the right, but it's early yet. I decided on a still of her trying to decide which portrait to choose as her favourite.

Note how difficult it is to get rid of the white of the acrylic sort. Unlike regular gouache, that always remains water soluble, acrylic gouache sets.
 

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