Urban Impression

[Billy]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

To be frank, I also cannot understand the paitings. Can you see something from the drawing?
What did you mean when you said this, Billy?

I don't know how to judge the beauty of the paintings and what the painter want to express.

[warch]

Its been my experience that often painters are not intending to express one exact thing, particularly when their images are more loose or abstracted. Many are hoping their work inspires an emotional response, personal reflection and curiosity- viewers make the meaning, based on what they bring and know. Of course, sometimes you know alot about the context in which something was made, sometimes not so much!

I wonder if the landscape is based on a real, recognizable place, or references a work of poetry or other literature. I wonder if the multiple panels tell a story, what the calligraphy says. And I wonder if there is some sort of cultural symbolism attached to the series of 4 plants depicted. Seasons? Blessings?

[Billy]

Originally Posted by warch

I wonder if the landscape is based on a real, recognizable place, or references a work of poetry or other literature. I wonder if the multiple panels tell a story, what the calligraphy says. And I wonder if there is some sort of cultural symbolism attached to the series of 4 plants depicted. Seasons? Blessings?

The first landscape is really based on Jigong Mountain. The four plants present four personalities.

[Billy]

Maid-in-Waiting. She became old and still served in the Place. She sit on the chair alone. The olny task is to wait for the death.

I agree with the others, the Maid in Waiting painting is beautiful. The colors are so delicate and feminine, and they become even more so when applied in a wash like that. I especially like the abstract quality of the chair, how the three-dimensions are laid flat, not from lack of skill, but for artistic purposes. (and people thought Picasso did it first)

Billy, is your description of the painting based on the writing on the upper right of the painting, or does that say something else?

[Billy]

Originally Posted by TheDormouse

Billy, is your description of the painting based on the writing on the upper right of the painting, or does that say something else?

My words were based on the painting. The Chinese ink drawing is very different the western canvas.

[wolf]

That is very beautiful. the explanation makes it possible to understand the hunched sadness of the woman.

The small number of brush strokes makes a very powerful statement.

Do the strokes which form the chair also form a word in calligraphy? It looks as though it might ... if it does, what does it say?

[Nightsong]

Gee Wolf just when I think you are a gun totting bad ass with the educational background and career that gives you all the more reason to shoot people you go and say something deep. Though I do agree with your thoughts on the painting. I am always amazed how a few simple strokes convey so much.

[xoxoxoBruce]

God Damn....that's a depressing painting. The old maid schoolmarm that never had time for children of her own, the old soldier that preserved other's lifestyles so well he had no life, the reward for years of selfless dedication is emptiness.

[Billy]

I cannot believe that you like this drawing so much. I also don't know if the chair presents something. Maybe the drawer knows it.

The following is the lotus in four seasones. The first is a bird singing on the green lotos. The second is the flower of lotus. The third is the fruit of lotus. The fourth is a bird singing on the sapless lotus.

[404Error]

Perhaps I'm just not as *cultured* as Wolf and Bruce but these paintings look like ink blot tests to me.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Nightsong

Gee Wolf just when I think you are a gun totting bad ass with the educational background and career that gives you all the more reason to shoot people you go and say something deep.

I'm not a real doctor, but I do have a Master's Degree ...

What can I say, I'm well-rounded.

I also crochet doilies. Keeps me balanced.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by wolf

Do the strokes which form the chair also form a word in calligraphy? It looks as though it might ... if it does, what does it say?

wolf. it isn't chinese word. it say nothing , just use some simple strokers to describe a chair. nothing more

[wolf]

You're fine, just so long as you don't claim to see movement in still pictures, and oh yeah, never tell about the dismembered body parts, especially sexual ones. Or blood.

Although sometimes that's the "popular" answer. I can't tell you on what cards though. The psychology mafia will come after me ...

[wolf]

It is still beautifully rendered.