photo of the day

back on deadlines today..post work soon

talent

here is a song by a relatively unknown songwriter (from a mass appeal POV) he did write a song that became very famous for willy nelson...I posted this because the reaction from the guy behind him is a s real as it gets.

Ulysses deriding Polyphemus - Homer's Odyssey, 1829

This painting by turner has one of the best painted skies ever created by a human. One must see it in person. I would trade every single piece of art made since 1900 (except for a few dalis) for one square inch of the sky in this painting. I cannot believe abstract expressionism ever became a movement when this painting already exisited, did they not know they were doomed to failure from the get go?

notes from turner show

Went back to the Turner show today. I will probably see the show about ten more times. I am a man obsessed, now... These notes will seem like gobbly gook as I write them in "gardega code."

artist of the day---Turner

I went to the met yesterday to check out the turner exhibit. I always like turner but never really mentioned him as an influence or inspiration. To see his work in person is a miracle to behold--- walked out of there a different person. He is one of the greatest artists who ever lived and he puts any abstract expressionist to shame. I never met an artist work that was so in line with my ideas of what painting is. The light and spiritual energy is as good and better than many of the old masters. I am going back today to take notes. his work was criticized often for being too "indistinct " it was viewed this way because he was so far ahead of his time. It puts me to shame how hard he worked in his lifetime.

buried in work will post updates tonight.