Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
oil sketch--bethesda fountain (on ebay)
Here is an oil sketch of bethesda fountain in central park. I am adding a few more elements and working out some issues.
8 x 10 masonite
click link to purchase: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290232837928
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
gardega manifesto
2) all great art lives in the past
3) Art deco, art nouveau (they matter)
4) abstraction is symbolic of a society who seeks beauty without effort.
5) The greatest rebel today is a classicist
6) There is more beauty in a single NC Wyeth painting than in the entire collection of the MOMA
7) art is empty and meaningless and it is empty and meaningless that it is empty and meaningless.
8) craft is a five letter word (not a four letter word)
9) Irony has had her day.
10) art should transcend class and education, it should be accessible to a plumber. Elitism is the enemy of true art.
11) looking backwards is looking forward.
12) art is like a river, when art is sick the people are sick.
13) without philosophy and the geometry of spirit ,there can be no art.
14) Don't be afraid to be hated.
15) Greatness in art and life requires unnatural courage and the loss of the affections of the mediocre.
16) It is far better to be known than unknown.
17) Courage is knowing what not to fear.
18) Artist, sell thyself!!!
william faulkner
Writing
In an interview with The Paris Review in 1956, Faulkner remarked, "Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him". Another esteemed Southern writer, Flannery O'Connor, stated that, "The presence alone of Faulkner in our midst makes a great difference in what the writer can and cannot permit himself to do. Nobody wants his mule and wagon stalled on the same track the Dixie Limited is roaring down."
the eyes of texas--update
Here is my painting that I am about 1/3 the way through on. It has promise, the trick is not to lose the reins and fall into the mud. I photographed on a bit of an angle by accident...the background will be bricks when finished. I bought this cow skull off of ebay many years ago. I always hang her over my art table because her horns are good to hang my clip-on lights to.
24 x 24
update
Monday, May 19, 2008
a quicky
color of the day--explained
Day | Color of the day | Planet | God of the day |
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Sunday | red | Sun | Surya |
Monday | yellow | Moon | Chandra |
Tuesday | pink | Mars | Mangala |
Wednesday | green | Mercury | Budha |
Thursday | orange | Jupiter | Brihaspati |
Friday | blue | Venus | Shukra |
Saturday | purple | Saturn | Shani |
In Thai tradition, there is an astrological rule (which has influence from Hindu mythology) that assigns color for each day of the week. The color is assigned based on the color of the God who protecting the day or Navagraha. For example, the God of Sunday is Surya which has red color. These colors of the day are the traditional Thai birthday colors. For example, King Bhumipol was born on Monday, so on his birthday throughout Thailand will be decorated with yellow color.
painting vs. glass
Ophelia
I just picked up one of my last remaining Ophelia glass pieces and I think I will put her up for sale today on Ebay---I am photographing her now. I do believe my Ophelia glass piece to be one of my best pieces in the glass medium. I think I have made about five versions of her, each with a different necklace or expression. This one is pre-framed and lit internally.
Email to purchase this piece. alexgardega@gmail.com
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
mcsorleys seven
in progress
I started this piece today. She is "the eyes of texas" There is a fine line to straddle between kitsch and genius. It is all about nailing the right energy to the wall of reality. I like images that can be misconstrued or have a lot of weight and pre-conceived baggage. Painting such images is like starting a race with your shoes untied.
update
trompe loiel (fooling the eye) is an artistic term for fooling the Eye through precise. realistic, naturalistic painting.
Bread Of Eden
Methinks bread should have the glow of life, an aura of hope.
oil on canvas 16 x 20
Friday, May 16, 2008
Please vote!
happy anniversary
mcsorleys
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
tomorrows painting--
PICASSO VS DALI
photo by gardega
street still life
ID theft---How to get even
global drooling--by gardega
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
long day in the salt mine
Monday, May 12, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
marshall arisman
Alice in Winter Watercolor
12 x 16 inches on arches paper to purchase https://tendollarart.com/products/alice-in-winter-watercolor
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alexgardega@gmail.com 917 400 1317
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Questions and or comments or simply anything related to art... alexgardega@gmail.com 917 400 1317
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1) be thorough 2) get a momentum going 3) STAY FOCUSED! LOSE FOCUS, LOSE MOMENTUM. Ask yourself what you should be thinking about right now ...