now that's a sweeet scribble sir! i really like the heavy right side with riel. keep it riel... LOL.. i get it! LOL... i'm messin' with you. i got it without thinkin' too hard. ;) nice sketch. i do wanna see one of these suckers with water colour sooner or later okay? i keep thinking of the time they executed him. what a way to go eh? sucks. *sigh*...
as i was doing this drawing a young boy watched over my shoulder. i explained the ideas of perspective to him and he responded by saying " your drawings look like they have been ripped" i think he was talking about the lines. thats a new perpective alright.
It always gave me this surreal feeling like it was a nice shiny representation of something staid, political, official....and boring. Translated and packaged for all ages. The other statue makes me think. This one, if I didn't know any better, looks and feels like any other. There's no sense of social, cultural, or political unrest. Just a guy in a suit.
I will try my hardest never to overlook the wisdom offered by the innocent observations of children. I am constantly surprised by things kids say. They have a unlearned (untainted/unbiased) view of how things work, and (maybe not so accidentally) stummble onto great ideas. I think the water colours was a great idea ( iloved those sienna-looking ones you showed, but how about a "ripped" paper collage? It could be a great metaphor, and certainly could emulate your distinct use of lines. Have you ever seen Chuck Close's hand made paper collages?
Oh ya, and Justin, have you done any intentional collaborations with your shovel painting kid? Sometimes I colour with my kindergarten class, and they blow me away. It's like they are master abstract expressionist, all with a degree in colour theory and non-representational composition.
that's my feeling about this statue, too. it makes people feel good about our history with louis... as if we didn't steal his people's land and hang him for treason.
and I never realized the connection between him and your work, David. The orange and blue piece, and some of your other abstracts are constructed similar to some of his portraits, a sort of breaking up of fields with different colors.globs, with little globs, and littler globs.
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now that's a sweeet scribble sir! i really like the heavy right side with riel. keep it riel... LOL.. i get it! LOL... i'm messin' with you. i got it without thinkin' too hard. ;) nice sketch. i do wanna see one of these suckers with water colour sooner or later okay? i keep thinking of the time they executed him. what a way to go eh? sucks. *sigh*...
go
greg,
i have a perps watercolour drawing up at the gallery right now.i will post the after the show is over.
long live the perps
as i was doing this drawing a young boy watched over my shoulder. i explained the ideas of perspective to him and he responded by saying " your drawings look like they have been ripped" i think he was talking about the lines. thats a new perpective alright.
Now that's what I'm talkin' about!
yep, that's some fine scribbl'in
Hey Dan
I was recently at the art gallery for an panel discussion on High vs Low art/Public art and the two Riel statues became a big source of debate.
Great Drawing.
who won the debate? ;)
love this drawing.
now give us the "other" louis. the imprisoned, tortured one.
as i said to you in our convo about this very topic, each statue represents a truth about him. both a statesman and a victim.
I never really liked this statue.
It always gave me this surreal feeling like it was a nice shiny representation of something staid, political, official....and boring. Translated and packaged for all ages. The other statue makes me think. This one, if I didn't know any better, looks and feels like any other. There's no sense of social, cultural, or political unrest. Just a guy in a suit.
Ripped!
I will try my hardest never to overlook the wisdom offered by the innocent observations of children. I am constantly surprised by things kids say. They have a unlearned (untainted/unbiased) view of how things work, and (maybe not so accidentally) stummble onto great ideas. I think the water colours was a great idea ( iloved those sienna-looking ones you showed, but how about a "ripped" paper collage? It could be a great metaphor, and certainly could emulate your distinct use of lines. Have you ever seen Chuck Close's hand made paper collages?
Oh ya, and Justin, have you done any intentional collaborations with your shovel painting kid? Sometimes I colour with my kindergarten class, and they blow me away. It's like they are master abstract expressionist, all with a degree in colour theory and non-representational composition.
I submitted a painting for the Double Visions show that was a collaboration. unintetional, I follwed his scribbling on a canvas.
Macs,
i have five lobchuck drawings that could become one collage. i will keep you posted.
good call renemaphone.
that's my feeling about this statue, too. it makes people feel good about our history with louis... as if we didn't steal his people's land and hang him for treason.
Ahhh, Dan! Rip some blank paper, save your Bill drawings for the collection. (look up Chuck Close).
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/museums/photogallery/chuckclose/jud.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/museums/photogallery/chuckclose/chuckclose5.htm&h=350&w=390&sz=24&tbnid=6ZsEGOgQyP3PbM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchuck%2Bclose%2Bpaper%2Bcollage%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
chuck close rules....
and I never realized the connection between him and your work, David. The orange and blue piece, and some of your other abstracts are constructed similar to some of his portraits, a sort of breaking up of fields with different colors.globs, with little globs, and littler globs.
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