tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post1503898656100773612..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Arrest of a PropagandistJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-88334607735750320002013-07-16T20:55:58.335-04:002013-07-16T20:55:58.335-04:00I don't think there is any real difference bet...I don't think there is any real difference between the "fine" artist and "illustrator".The quality can be there or not, either way.The teacher Kimon Nicolaides has sane and practical things to say about this.<br />"Subject matter is not as important as you think.The subject is only a means of exchange....Time and circumstances affect it as they do all other things.It must not matter to the artist what subject matter temporarily proves convenient.The subject which is proper for you is that which gives you sufficient impulse to go on to a real creative effort."<br />When Michaelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel he was doing an illustration job for a very rich, demanding client but was no less inspired.<br />Also from Nicolaides,"The bad feature of commercializing your ATTITUDE to your work is that your end becomes a picture rather than an experience.It is equally bad ,however ,to become a conscious amateur,a dilettante.The serious student [r.e. artist]is one who wants to go ahead for the simple reason that he [she.] feels a pride in growth.".I think all our good "artists" and "illustrators have this attitude weather they're doing it for magazines or an uptown gallery or a Renaissance pope,or just for themselves.Artists deserve the chance to eat and have families Price tags are as unstable as subject matter and on that level [not intrinsic value] your work is worth what you can get for it.<br />Mozart wrote practically nothing that wasn't for money [he really needed it] and I don't think anybody would call him a hack.<br />Art has a wonderfully subversive quality of letting you say something for yourself even if its sort of for somebody else.<br />Sorry I was so long.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804071889180124114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-77245636990548702013-07-15T04:21:09.313-04:002013-07-15T04:21:09.313-04:00I love these storytelling paintings, because there...I love these storytelling paintings, because there is so much to find if you are looking for it. Thanks for this Repin example.Kunst Kommt Von Könnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05323920236419237319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-63824444572993510372013-07-14T22:58:10.438-04:002013-07-14T22:58:10.438-04:00Interesting to see an evolution of an idea. Now, ...Interesting to see an evolution of an idea. Now, I wonder if the final painting had been done by Rockwell, would it have been considered an illustration? Why would this last version, especially in light of the details you give, not be considered an illustration? I ask only because I don't really understand why people say illustrators are not fine artists.. and here's a fine artist essentially illustrating. Or am I all wet? In any case, still fascinating. GinaAgravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785880148733272394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-70967510524613389342013-07-14T13:06:42.308-04:002013-07-14T13:06:42.308-04:00Fascinating sequence! As I looked at each one more...Fascinating sequence! As I looked at each one more closely, I noticed that the unidentifiable bundle perched on the ceiling beam above the accused's head is present in every rendition. I wonder if it's important. In the final version, the uniformed officer holding the accused seems to be looking up at it. More contraband, perhaps? Maybe the biggest secret of all? That it's in every version, even the sketchiest, suggests to me that it was important.<br /><br />Love to see these process sequences! Thanks!Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805115670543125139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-45917302431915366412013-07-14T11:02:45.101-04:002013-07-14T11:02:45.101-04:00Repin has always been one of my favorites. Repin has always been one of my favorites. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412392973898601135noreply@blogger.com