2.11.06

Artist?

So, I'm almost done with this painting. We had to take an artist- in my case Maurice Vlaminck- and copy one of their paintings in complementary colors. Vlaminck is one of the premiere fauvist painters. This means literally, the Wild Beasts. Thick lines, bright colors, lots of paint, lots of texture characterized these works. His work started out looking more childish like Gauguin. He had little art training, but after time developed a style closer to Van Gogh or Cezanne (very Cezanne) and sometimes Matisse. The Fauvist movement was short lived and his paintings became more subdued and orderly. I painted "Cornfield". This doesn't mean much to you since you can't see the original. I don't have a picture of that one. But here it is...my newest painting. I'm really starting to come into my own and I'm quite proud of it!

4 comments:

greensing said...

i want to hang your paintings on my walllllllllll!

Katie said...

Ooh! Ooh! me too me too!

Anonymous said...

Looks like you'll need to start getting prints of your stuff. You've got fans all over the country.

Love you!

Anonymous said...

By the way, the previous "anonymous comment" is Michelle. :)