Ophelia ~
 

the Water Nymphs-Waterhouse
 

Love of Artists:Surreal Illustrator Catrin Welz Stein
 

Catrin Welz Stein 2° SURREAL ILLUSTRATOR
The Music and the Magic

As a child I loved to draw and liked to be creative.
I almost was born with a pencil in my hand.
I knew I wanted to do something related to arts.
I have graduated from Graphic Design in
Darmstadt, Germany and then worked for
different advertising agencies in Germany, USA
and Switzerland. I stopped working in agencies
after becoming a mother, and after a short time
of being self employed I decided to quit work until
my children grew older. Because of my children
(4 and 6 years old) I can go through childhood
again and I can enjoy the world of fantasy and
fairy tails. I like to look at childrens books and let
them inspire me. „Where the wild things are“, from
Maurice Sendak is a favourite book of all of us.
Through the children books I rediscovered the love
to illustration again.

As a professional graphic art designer I
often had to make compromises for the clients.
There were a lot of rules in visual communication
and I often felt that I could not express my whole
creativity. Now I enjoy creating art that does not
explain itself from the beginning. My images have
a dreamlike and surreal quality. They speak from
inner feelings which we often hide in our daily life.

In 2009 Catrin started to create digital images by
collaging old illustrations and photographs. At the
same time she discovered online social networks
and her private images were then open to the public. T
he positive responses Catrin got there were her motivation
to go on with her art until now.

Greco

Love of Artists: Painter Vladimir Kush
 

Vladimir Kush

Vladimir Kush is a Russian-born surrealist painter and sculptor, although he prefers to refer to his art as metaphorical realism.

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Love of Artists: Painter Vilhelm Hammershoi
 

Vilhelm Hammershoi: A collection of 120 paintings (HD)

"Danish painter, Vilhelm Hammershoi is best known for
his genre-painting consisting of quiet interiors, in muted
colours/tones of blue and grey, containing isolated figures
that have their back turned to the viewer. His rooms
are sparsely furnished, suggesting a quiet melancholy
or introspection. Although Hammershoi is considered
to be an exponent of Symbolism, there is equal argument
for suggesting that he was simply interested in portraying
beauty in the ordinary, rather than making any complex
statements. His art has a mystical, timeless quality about
it, but it also enables the viewer to take a nostalgic journey
into the past.

Influenced by the composition and tonal variations of
Dutch Realist genre painting from the likes of
Jan Vermeer, and also by the American Post-Impressionist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Hammershoi's most familiar
subject is his wife, painted in their tidy apartment. He also
produced a number of landscapes, but these are considered
of less importance. His reputation is undergoing something
of a revival, and he is now considered to be one of the best
genre painters from Scandinavia."



*The music is sensual, quiet, and as subtle as Hammershoi's
paintings...unfortunately I have no credit for the music. If anyone
here is familiar with this music or its composer, do post.

Greco

Love of Artists: Military Veterans
 

On the Front Lines: Military Veterans at
The Art Students League of New York


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Animations ....
 

The Pearce sisters:



http://www.aardman.com/work/

Pineapple Calamari:



http://www.trickywomen.at/en/artisti...asia-nalewajka

The Saint of Dry Creek:



https://storycorps.org/

Printed Rainbows:



http://www.gitanjalirao.com/

Symphony no 42:



http://rekabucsi.tumblr.com/

World of tomorrow:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/Ne...148310-414.jpg

http://putlocker.ac/watch-world-of-t...locker-v1.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Hertzfeldt

Love of Artists: Spiritual Painter Nicole Mizoguchi
 

Visionary Artist Interview: The Spiritual Art of Nicole Mizoguchi


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Love of Artists: Visionary Painters
 

Vessels of the Divine :: Spotlight on Visionary Art | The Bloom Series


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Pandora-Waterhouse
 

Love of Artists: Dreamer Nellie Marks Nakamarra
 

Aboriginal Artist Nellie Marks Nakamarra 1017

Artist: Nellie Marks Nakamarra
Dreaming: Travelling Through my Country
Painted in Alice Springs 2011

Dreamer as Painter...Painter as Dreamer

Respect.

I recommend viewing this video muted

Greco

Love of Artists: Dreamer Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
 

Aboriginal Artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa -1516

Dreamer/Artist: Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Dreaming: Tingari
Painted: Alice Springs 2012

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Love of Artists: Singer and composer Joni Mitchell in the Artist thread...smiling
 

JONI MITCHELL documentary teaser


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more of Joni...
 

Joni Mitchell 2014 Interviewed by Travis Smiley


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Love of Artists: Painter Diego Velazquez
 

Diego Velazquez: A collection of 133 paintings (HD)

His complex artworks with realistic subjects, infusing life onto the canvas, made him
one of the most admired painters in Europe during the 17th century, or rather the
Spanish Golden Age. Not only did he possess a god-gifted talent to capture life into
paintings, but he was also capable of giving them a true feel. Diego Velazquez
was, undoubtedly, the most significant Spanish painter who popularized Western art in
his own naturalistic style, playing with brushstrokes and color palettes. His stunning paintings
were typically a blend of both bright and dull color schemes, especially blacks, greys, reds
and blue-greens. The royal Venetian paintings, belonging to the 16th century, played a
major role in drawing him towards visual impressions, evident from the numerous masterpieces
he created during his entire life. What added to his popularity of using unique techniques
and different styles in painting portraits was his employment as a leading artist in the royal court
of King Philip IV, who refused to get his portrait painted by no one else except Velazquez. His
paintings mostly depicted religious themes and cultural subjects, though he composed innumerable
portraits that talked of the members of the Spanish royal family, significant European figures, as
well as the common man.

Greco

Love of Artists: Painter Edward Hopper
 

Edward Hopper: A collection of 236 paintings (HD)

"No one captured the isolation of the individual within the modern city
like Edward Hopper. His imagery of figures within urban settings go well
beyond their role as modern cityscapes, exposing the underbelly of the
human experience. So while his oeuvre officially falls within the rubric of
Realism, it offers a far more evocative look at life between the World Wars.
Indeed, by providing a minimum of action, stripping away almost any sign
of life or mobility, and adding dramatic means of representation with striking
lighting schemes in claustrophobic spaces, Hopper suggests something of the
psychological inner life of his subjects, leading the way towards Abstract
Expressionism. He injected significance, and the weight of the individual's
existential being in the modern metropolis or in country life, into what
otherwise might appear to be straight-forward images of everyday life."

Greco

My favorite, thank you.

Love of Artists: Pianist Roberto Bravo & Painter Felix Mas
 

Roberto Bravo González. " Cavativa ". * Imágenes de Felix Mas *.


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virtuoso
 

Love of Artists: Sculptor Anna Rubicam
 

An artist measures her face inch-by-inch. 3 weeks later, it's a stunning masterpiece.

London-based stonecarver Anna Rubincam creates a portrait from start to finish -- all shot within a span of three weeks.

Used with permission from Eyes and Ears. Learn more at http://omele.to/2rbqmSU.


this sculptor's skill, purpose, focus, strength and passion...stunning.

Greco

Love of Artists: Sculptor Roxanne Swentzell - Santa Clara Pueblo
 

Roxanne Swentzell - Living Portraits of New Mexico Artists


Roxanne Swentzell, The Things I Have To Do To Maintain Myself

Artist Roxanne Swentzell shares why she created this work of art and what it means to her.


Roxanne Swentzell, winner of the Living Treasure award

"Santa Clara Pueblo sculptor Roxanne Swentzell is
one of the past winners of the Living Treasure award
given annually as part of the Native Treasures art festival
in Santa Fe. In this video, Roxanne is seen during the
opening of the sculpture exhibit Courage and
Compassion: Native Women Sculpting Women, and
also speaking about the Pueblo
diet during the FUZE.SW Food and
Folklore Festival held in Santa Fe in Sep."

(f)

Greco

William Godward...beautiful
 

Something a bit different/Love of Artists: Painter Pan Yuliang's true story in film
 

A Soul Haunted By Painting 1/9

"A Soul Haunted By Painting" is based on the true
story of Chinese painter, Pan Yuliang, whose work
was celebrated in Paris yet rejected at home..."

"Pan Yuliang is played by Gong Li, China's best
known movie star. Directed by Huang Shuqin, a
woman famous for highlighting the influence of
tradition on gender issues, among the movie's
themes is the debate over the use of live, nude
models for painting, and issue first raised in the
1920s and still unsettled in China today."

Greco

Love of Artists: Painter Pan Yuliang
 

A Soul Haunted By Painting 2


A Soul Haunted By Painting 3

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Love of Artists: Painter Pan Yuliang
 

A Soul Haunted By Painting 4


A Soul Haunted By Painting 5

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Love of Artists: Painter Pan Yuliang
 

A Soul Haunted By Painting 6


A Soul Haunted By Painting 7

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Love of Artists: Painter Pan Yuliang
 

A Soul Haunted By Painting 8


A Soul Haunted By Painting 9

It gives me great pleasure to share
this artist's life story.

Greco

Rossetti's Muse~http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth...hirlandata.jpg

Love of Artists: Painters Pre-Raphaelites
 

The Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Revolutionaries
(BBC Documentary) Part 1

My favorite Dante Rossetti who was also a Poet.


Part 2

Love of Artists: Painters Pre-Raphaelites
 

Part 3

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Love of Artists: Painter Rothko
 

The Power of Art: Rothko

Narrator: Simon Schama

one of my favorite artists

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Love of Artists: Painter J.M.W. Turner painter of truth
 

The Power of Art - Turner

Narrator: Simon Schama

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Love of Artists: Sculptor Michelangelo
 

Biography: Michelangelo - artist and man

of course they downplayed the fact that
Michelangelo was homosexual..a lover
of male beauty...I've enjoyed sharing
some of my favorite artists with you

next up Leonardo

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Love of Artists: Painter Leonardo Da Vinci
 

Leonardo DaVinci (Full Documentary)

a bit dramatic but some facts within it

I began this thread 5 years ago and have
enjoyed sharing with all of you.

Greco