Art: the wierd and the wonderful ...

[WhiteCrowNZ]

As I've mentioned somewhere I don't really like modern art, but I do like art.

The episode Vincent and the Doctor really reminded me how as a child I really was very much into art - loving to draw, and knowing probably more than I do today about the lives of painters.

As an adult I've gone down the line of "oh I know what I like" route. Wellington has some nice galleries, I do kind of wish though I'd taken time to tour the ones in London though.

So anyway a thread to throw up art that you like ...

[WhiteCrowNZ]

Renoir - Luncheon of the Boating Party



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luncheo..._Boating_Party

I really like this picture, and would love to get a copy for the house. Very colourful, warm and slightly dreamlike.

[WhiteCrowNZ]

This is something by a NZ artist - it's currently for sale at a local gallery, which means I walk by it every day, and have come to absolutely love this picture. Alas my wife hates it, and besides it's more than we can really spend on a picture.

But I'd love to own it.

I don't know what it is about this one picture. It's by an artist called Martin Welch, and whereas I like his other stuff, this is one I really like. Possibly helps she looks a bit like a girl called Julia I used to fancy like crazy.

It's called "We Bleed Together" ...



By sure good luck we caught a art program last night with the artist, Martin Welch, who was doing a portrait of Lucy Lawless on the program. Interesting ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQxmz2bJv2Y

And some other of his artwork is ...

http://www.exhibitionsgallery.co.nz/...aintingid=1871