"A painter should paint not only what he sees before him, but what he sees within himself."
-Caspar David Friedrich
(1774-1840)
Caspar David Friedrich, "Monk by the sea", 1808-10, oil on canvas.
Sunday
"Beauty is an awareness in the mind."
"The goal of life is happiness & to respond to life as though it were perfect is the way to happiness. It is also the way to positive art work."
"The way of an artist is entirely a different way. It is a way of surrender. He must surrender to his own mind."
"Make happiness your goal."
-Agnes Martin
"The goal of life is happiness & to respond to life as though it were perfect is the way to happiness. It is also the way to positive art work."
"The way of an artist is entirely a different way. It is a way of surrender. He must surrender to his own mind."
"Make happiness your goal."
-Agnes Martin
Thursday
Paul Cezanne, "The murder", 1867-70, oil on canvas.
Paul Cezanne, "Still life with apples", 1875 - 77, oil on canvas.
Paul Cezanne, "A modern Olympia", 1872-73, oil on canvas.
James Ensor, "The fall of the rebel angels", 1889, oil on canvas.
Paul-Emile Bennard, "Harvesters", 1888, oil on canvas.
Edvard Munch, "The voice", 1893, oil on canvas
James Abbot McNeil Whistler, "Nocturne in black & gold, the falling rocket", 1875, oil on cavas
Paul Cezanne, "Still life with apples", 1875 - 77, oil on canvas.
Paul Cezanne, "A modern Olympia", 1872-73, oil on canvas.
James Ensor, "The fall of the rebel angels", 1889, oil on canvas.
Paul-Emile Bennard, "Harvesters", 1888, oil on canvas.
Edvard Munch, "The voice", 1893, oil on canvas
James Abbot McNeil Whistler, "Nocturne in black & gold, the falling rocket", 1875, oil on cavas
Rembrant van Rijn:
Self-portrait in a cap, laughing.
Self-portrait in a cap, open mouth.
Self-portrait in a cap, frowning.
Self-portrait open mouthed, as if shouting.
Self-portrait leaning forward.
Self-portrait, bareheaded.
Self-portrait with high, curly hair.
Self-portrait in a fur cap, in an oval border.
Self-portrait as a young man.
Self-portrait as the apostle Paul.
Self-portrait with a gorget.
Self-portrait with plumed cap & lowered sabre.
Self-portrait with a gorget, laughing.
Self-portrait with a gorget & helmet.
Self-portrait as an officer.
Self-portrait with raised sabre.
Self-portrait in a velvet cap & plume.
Self-portrait with dead bittern.
Self-portrait with a sunflower.
Self-portrait @ the age of 34.
Self-portrait as a Burgher.
Self-portrait in a soft hat & embroidered cloak.
Self-portrait leaning on a stone sill.
Self portrait with Saskia.
Self-portrait drawing at a window.
Self-portrait at the easel.
Self-portrait as a begger.
Self-portrait drawing in a sketch book.
Self-portrait in a cap with the face dark.
The artist in oriental costume, with a poodle at his feet.
Artist in his studio.
An artist draws from a model.
A painter at his easel.
Self-portrait in a cap, laughing.
Self-portrait in a cap, open mouth.
Self-portrait in a cap, frowning.
Self-portrait open mouthed, as if shouting.
Self-portrait leaning forward.
Self-portrait, bareheaded.
Self-portrait with high, curly hair.
Self-portrait in a fur cap, in an oval border.
Self-portrait as a young man.
Self-portrait as the apostle Paul.
Self-portrait with a gorget.
Self-portrait with plumed cap & lowered sabre.
Self-portrait with a gorget, laughing.
Self-portrait with a gorget & helmet.
Self-portrait as an officer.
Self-portrait with raised sabre.
Self-portrait in a velvet cap & plume.
Self-portrait with dead bittern.
Self-portrait with a sunflower.
Self-portrait @ the age of 34.
Self-portrait as a Burgher.
Self-portrait in a soft hat & embroidered cloak.
Self-portrait leaning on a stone sill.
Self portrait with Saskia.
Self-portrait drawing at a window.
Self-portrait at the easel.
Self-portrait as a begger.
Self-portrait drawing in a sketch book.
Self-portrait in a cap with the face dark.
The artist in oriental costume, with a poodle at his feet.
Artist in his studio.
An artist draws from a model.
A painter at his easel.
Friday
Titles (2007-08) :
Austria for Ostriches
The ubiquitous grid
Interface
Transextramodernist
Bourgeoise Triumph
The market likes my look
Butter Milk
Crippling Doubt (I)
Haunting Doubt (II)
OK me too
Guarded by a sleeping deer
Expanded Field
Kindred Spirit
Paris Bar
Radical Twist
Viewing the deep snow
False History
Eat my skin
Prince Eddy & his dwarf
Distant Thunder
Habit painting
Papa ideal
By the way
Replica
Learning curve
Slipping glimpser
Autovandalismo
Love darkness
Austria for Ostriches
The ubiquitous grid
Interface
Transextramodernist
Bourgeoise Triumph
The market likes my look
Butter Milk
Crippling Doubt (I)
Haunting Doubt (II)
OK me too
Guarded by a sleeping deer
Expanded Field
Kindred Spirit
Paris Bar
Radical Twist
Viewing the deep snow
False History
Eat my skin
Prince Eddy & his dwarf
Distant Thunder
Habit painting
Papa ideal
By the way
Replica
Learning curve
Slipping glimpser
Autovandalismo
Love darkness
Tuesday
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