Is anyone else interested in art?

I am, not that I can do it, I can barely draw a bath. But I mean real art as opposed to crafts, the stuff you go to see in galleries or gets featured on telly. Some art I really can't get on with, like a lot of modern art, cubism, abstract and surrealism. I like painting to be more figurative, but theres also a difference between what I want to look at in a public space like a gallery and what I want to look at, at home. At home I prefer something more gentle, I don't want to be challenged at home, I want something I can relax with, something I can keep looking at and maybe lose myself in and see different things each time I look at it.

I quite like some of the impressionists, like Monet and Van Gough, although I've also seen to many bad copies of both and that puts me off a bit. I like Bruigel the Elder, his pictures are so detailed.

I love some of the Renaisance greats like Carravagio, his use of shadow is amazing, you wouldn't think that a dark space in a picture could say so much. Tintoretto too, I love the realism. But I don't think I'd want to live with either of them, I think they need proper gallery space to appreciate them properly

To have at home I like landscapes, or some animal pictures, I have a lovely portrait of a bull, I don't want people intruding into my private world and I'm not a fan of portraits, but I would love to have one done, just to see how somebody else see's me and what they'd choose to enhance.

I went to a gallery with someone the other day to show them some lovely pictures, the lady uses leaves and makes forest scenes from them, he looked at them and said 'why don't you go to B&Q and get some wall paper and cut a square off that and frame it'. I was mortified, the artist was in the shop. It just seems some people have no taste, but also the way in which we look at things is so different.

  • I enjoy art. I draw, paint and sculpt. I do enjoy visiting galleries and appreciating other artists work. There is a huge variety of styles and mediums, not to mention topics, though I can find some of the themes a little disturbing at times.

  • I do not participate in the creative arts.   But I certainly enjoy them.

    I like Dutch painters.  I like Joan Miro,  i like Basquiat, Bacon and Klimt.

    Those and many, many more. 

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  • Have you considered working with art ai systems? Starryai.com offers a subscripton service but you can also get 5 points per day. It costs 1-3 points to create an image depending upon what you want. The AI system offers a number of artistic styles to choose from. A user will tell the AI what they want via a detailed verbal prompt. 

    I am not an artist but I've created several graphic novels using Starryai.com and Adobe.com. The latter is subscription based only 

  • Yes, there's something about the Masters, I  feel it rather than understand it. I think it's like a gift in them from God coming out in their work. 

  • I quite like pre Raphelite work, but like Monet so much of it has been over produced and has lost something, I love the richness of the colours and the fine detail of the painting, but again I'm not sure I'd want to live with them. Theres something in them that gives me pause and a slight ick, but I'm not sure why?

  • I do love Van Goghs work. In march we were in York and discovered an exhibition it was an immersive experience of his work.  So beautiful,  his paintings were projected around the church with music and explanations of his work and life in audio as well. 

    Then we wore those virtual headsets where you were taken into the paintings and were walking around the fields,  went into the restaurant with the snooker table etc. It was so emotive. 

    Van Gogh has always been my favourite artist and after that experience he is now my husbands as well. 

  • I love those colorful buttons. 

  • I can't go to big exhibitions, I tend to go to the local community art places nearby, there's some modern I see, but it's too bright and pointy for my taste, it's good, the artist is very talented, but it's not my thing. I also don't like a lot of the post Soviet industrial poster art much either, again, it's very good, but does nothing for me. It's a bit like Banksy, I think he's great, but when you take it out of context, to me it looks wrong, it loses some of it's power.

  • My wife and I go to the Tate Modern several times a year. Not all of it is just a splodge on the corner of the canvas. Sometimes I can even appreciate that if they've chosen a nice colour.

    There was a poster here that I hope comes back one day that does the most amazing paintings and photos. It's a shame they won't see this thread.

    Even the modern artists, when you see a comprehensive exhibition, you realise they were very talented 'normal' artists too, when you see their non-modern early works.

  • Hello,

    I went to see an exhibition last year at the Barbican. It was a showcase of Alice Neal, an American artist and I loved it. She was a strong woman who refused to be cowered and once asked the FBI agents who interviewed her over her communist party links to pose for her!. I had to bite my lip at one point to stop myself bursting out laughing at one of her paintings as I loved her humor.  Please do look her up.  

  • I like art and crafts. I wonder if some of them can combine. I cut up some plastic piece's. Slid them around on a tray then added some buttons.