Paul S. Hartley
Well-known member
Hello,
I recently posted a link to some of the artwork by Ron Kingswood, an artist I admire greatly for his strong compositions and novel use of space. It occurred to me that many of you will have favorite artworks by artists old and new, well known and obscure.
It would be very helpful to open up a discussion regarding why a particular piece of work affects you so much - maybe the composition, colours, the species, the posture, the place etc...
Obviously we would need to see the picture or have a link to it.
So to start things off (hopefully):
I propose 'The Clearing' by Ron Kingswood see http://rosefredrick.com/Clearing_painting.html
This is an amazing painting which I love for its apparent simplicity. The composition is bold, stark, deliberately imbalanced and very successful. The eye is drawn to the bird and there is nothing to distract except the openness of the cold landscape. The solid dark shape reminds you that nature is an abstract form, full of bleak mystery and wonder.
Although this is not a 'view down the 'scope' for even through the 'bins it retains intimacy. For me, the picture evokes that sense of 'first sighting' we are all familiar with.
Id love to hear from anyone else with a favorite painting. And if Ron Kingswood is reading this - Ill send you my address so you can forward me the picture for Christmas!!
Hope to hear from some of you soon.
Paul H.
I recently posted a link to some of the artwork by Ron Kingswood, an artist I admire greatly for his strong compositions and novel use of space. It occurred to me that many of you will have favorite artworks by artists old and new, well known and obscure.
It would be very helpful to open up a discussion regarding why a particular piece of work affects you so much - maybe the composition, colours, the species, the posture, the place etc...
Obviously we would need to see the picture or have a link to it.
So to start things off (hopefully):
I propose 'The Clearing' by Ron Kingswood see http://rosefredrick.com/Clearing_painting.html
This is an amazing painting which I love for its apparent simplicity. The composition is bold, stark, deliberately imbalanced and very successful. The eye is drawn to the bird and there is nothing to distract except the openness of the cold landscape. The solid dark shape reminds you that nature is an abstract form, full of bleak mystery and wonder.
Although this is not a 'view down the 'scope' for even through the 'bins it retains intimacy. For me, the picture evokes that sense of 'first sighting' we are all familiar with.
Id love to hear from anyone else with a favorite painting. And if Ron Kingswood is reading this - Ill send you my address so you can forward me the picture for Christmas!!
Hope to hear from some of you soon.
Paul H.