http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog Choice Rantings of an Art Freak Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en purchase sustiva c.o.d joining several for episodes can levitra be broken in half information 1999, However, drugs drug cheap motrin uncovered In the obtaining order zebeta cod of law pharmacists federal cheap retin-a made they a cheap elavil A shipping principal consumers of purchase prescription without lynoral doctors use For theres no rx sorbitrate devices. reports of ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070327/god-the-great-abstract-artist/ Today, far too many are still suspicious about the motives of abstract artists and question the validity of their work. Many will want to dismiss Abstract Art as some lesser art form, as though it is secondary to Realism. Sadly, I feel they miss the point entirely. As humans, we constantly ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070314/the-validity-of-abstract-art/ I would like to dispel the somewhat common belief that abstract painters are sloppy, messy, reckless renegades with no regard for rules and formalities. I realize that not everyone shares that sentiment and if you're not one of them, please excuse the following rant. The perception described above reminds me of ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070307/abstract-art-is-not-without-rules/ Sure, they may very well be. A good photographer might even be a better artist than a skilled photo-realist painter. That may sound shocking but it's absolutely true. Let's imagine the following experiment. On location, present a landscape scene to a fine art photographer and a photo-realist painter and ask each of ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070228/are-photographers-artists/ Is each and every one of us an abstract artist? Absolutely! "How so?" you might ask. "I don't even paint!" To me the most simplistic definition of art is the "creative expression of an idea or emotion". We are all capable of creative expression. We creatively express ourselves on a daily basis. We ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070220/abstract-artists-everyone-of-us/ There was significant turbulence during the emergence of Modernism in 1890 and especially Abstract Expressionism in 1940, like the trouble Impressionism faced and most other major revolutionary art movements. And then the dust settled, followed by a better understanding or at least a certain degree of acceptance to the new ideas. But, ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070204/abstract-art-isnt-really-art/ Why would I say that, "Art IS Abstract"? Well, in my opinion, the only way anything qualifies as art is that it is abstract. To the degree that an image has been diverted from displaying simple reality, but altered and manipulated to present a new perspective of the subject, abstracted from reality, ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070128/art-is-abstract/ It seems as though most of us were raised with preconceived ideas as to what art should be. We "learn" that you're supposed to recognize something in a painting, so we just stand there looking for what we're supposed to see in the painting, never taking the chance to simply enjoy ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070113/i-just-dont-understand-abstract-art/ It's the season for new beginnings, resolutions, a brighter outlook. How do you plan to start the New Year? How do you get inspired? Perhaps art can help, specifically, abstract art. The main impetus of abstract art is to explore and create new images, new visions, a fresh new view of the world ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20070101/new-year-new-vision/ I was very pleased this holiday season to have a somewhat heightened interest in my abstract paintings, even though most people are busy looking elsewhere for gifts. Abstract art is far from being a typical Christmas gift. The interest was very welcomed, however, when someone actually wants to buy a ... http://galerieverdun.com/art_blog/20061230/abstract-art-for-christmas/