Art, with a capital A, or not

[rhowaldt]

hey hhh :)

Gaudi and Durer are awesome indeed. i do love Keith Haring though, but to each his own :)

[rufio]

gave you mystical visions while you were a child

few finished artworks ever "moved" me. I was more interested in the tools n techniques employed & I zoned out (daydreams, not visions) messing with spirograph and the little hobo dude you dragged iron filings across his face by waving a magnet. Oh, and the "drip paint onto paper riding on a motorized wheel" toy ("Spin-Art" by Wham-o?)

bookmarked: variety art blog
http://thisiscolossal.com

bookmarked: html5 canvas-based procedural drawing tools
http://bomomo.com
http://super-sketchy.com
http://muro.deviantart.com
http://webchemy.org ( more features in installable version, available via http://al.chemy.org )

so "generative art" probably best describes my current/recent interest

[machinebacon]

^ Interesting set of links, thanks :)

[Verändert]

Francis Bacon. I love Francis Bacon. If you are in medieval art and El Greco is not your cup of tea, you have to visit the Isenheimer Altar in Colmar, France. Want decent Art for your home ? Grab some issues of Derrière le mirroir.

Finis

[hhh]

@baconator, sorry for the delay in responding... Thank you for restoring my old uername!

@wux & rho, thanks for the warm welcome!

No, rho! Bad rho! You are NOT allowed to like Haring! Bad dog! Sit!
http://www.haring.com/!/art-work/218#.UtwyFu1Oly4

Cheers to the warm welcome, mates! Now, I have a testing partition ready to go, time to get me some of this BBQ...

[dkeg]

hey hhh, sorry I missed your introduction of sorts. Welcome. glad to hava ya.

[ivanovnegro]

Oh, hhh, an old friend, how could I miss to say hello to you.

Welcome to the griller's house!

[simgin]

Awesome Necrobump :D
I think most people forgot about this thread, well I did.... Every time i see some nice wallpapers, that soeme of you guys use, I think of paintings.

Recently I saw an Art Documentary called "Art of Scandinavia", on BBC. In the Norwegian episode there was a painter that is sadly not so known, but damn he can paint. Rusty might have heard of him, Peder Balke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_Balke. He specialized in painting the rugged scenery in the furthest northern parts of Norway. https://goo.gl/BYYeeR I must admit some of them would make damn fine wallpapers too. They are quite dramatic in the rustic way, well enjoy :)


Cheerio

Simon

[rhowaldt]

ha! saw that artwork and thought "this reminds me of..." - couldn't find the name, then saw Google images gives me suggestions for Turner and Caspar David Friedrich... - yeah, those guys :D
really cool stuff indeed!