Glory (2022) Acrylic, ink, and paper on canvas.

      • sock@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        id buy it but if i was able to afford it youd be pricing it too low. its fire kinda gives me super surreal starry night vibes maybe im crazy

        • SomeoneElseMod@feddit.ukEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Seconded. I’d love to own this but there’s absolutely no way I could afford it. It’s beautiful - and I get the starry night vibes too!

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I’m not usually into abstract art, but this is hitting me just right, I like it a lot.

    Thanks for sharing and good luck.

  • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    Good luck! I’m no art critic but there’s something really compelling about this for me, both close up and even as a tiny thumbnail. Hope it does well, but either way, be proud!

  • livus@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Gorgeous. Sort of feels like it’s about light, are you influenced by Turner?

    Either way very cool, good luck!!!

    • restingboredface@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Very much about light. But interesting thought about Turner… I hadn’t thought about that before. I usually think of contemporary abstract artists first when I think of my influences but Turner’s work is so amazing and the only thing I ever do that is remotely representational is landscapes so that actually tracks.

      You’ve given me some great food for thought! Definitely want to revisit some of his stuff and see if it sparks any new ideas! :)

  • Tb0n3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    49·
    1 year ago

    Where is the skill in this? It’s just a bunch of colors smeared on newspaper the white pages.

      • restingboredface@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        100% to this. I am far from any kind of expert, having cobbled together some competency through individual classes and reading on my own over the past 14 years. In formal classes you learn about how to use light and dark values to guide the viewer’s eyes around the work, and keep them engaged with careful composition. Using specific textures, line weights and and colors can reinforce a mood, style or subject matter.

        I dabble in many media so I’m still a novice in most art styles so I don’t succeed in thinking these things through with each piece, so some are more “effective” than others. But at the end of the day I paint because I enjoy it and I create things that I like to look at.

        There will always be people who prefer hyper realistic art because their view is that that style is the highest skill and its what represents art to them. That is the great thing about art-everyone can find something they like.

      • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I do think there is also the possibility that people who don’t do art wouldn’t be able to appreciate it. For example what if the colors are just hard to create? Similar to musicians, general public can appreciate some music but musicians will hear and be able to identify difficult techniques more than the general. Same goes for food flavour and chefs.

    • Waldowal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Think of it like music. A song is just notes and lyrics. A song can be created by a beginner or a life long musician, and they have almost equal opportunity to create a hit. But that doesn’t mean everyone likes it. People experience it differently. And some people like shitty music.