Sunday, October 30, 2011

Painting by Walton Ford 'The Island' #art #painting #jeremyholton

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BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has acquired a major new work by Walton Ford, an artist winning international acclaim for his highly detailed, monumental watercolors of exotic birds, reptiles and mammals. In 'The Island', Ford presents a writhing pyramidal mass of Tasmanian wolves (thylacines) grappling with each other and a few doomed lambs. The violent extermination of the thylacines, which were hunted to extinction in the early 20th century, calls into question who is hunter and hunted in this savage tableau

Friday, October 7, 2011

Painting by Martin Eder "Ein Jahr ohne Licht - Une Annee sans Lumiere" #art #painting #jeremyholton

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This is a really strange and disturbing painting.  The disconnected hand on the left girl's hip, the greying of her hand, the way in which her lower body and her left leg don't quite connect with her body.  The red (blood0 on the right girl's hand and the area of confusion at the rear of the animal.  All set off by their faces.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Painting by Wei Dong "Lust and war" #art #painting #jeremyholton

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I love this painting by Wei Dong called "Lust and war" it is so cheeky and made me laugh, I wonder if Google will delete it because of the crows foot?

Pablo Picasso painting "Sleeping Peasants" #art #painting #picasso #jeremyholton

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A Picasso painting I actually like!
Sorry I am doing most of my posting in Google+ where I have over 1,000 artist friends and I keep forgetting to post the images here