Friday, November 27, 2009

Expressing Creativity Beyond the Canvas


 Creativity comes in many forms.



This is a view of the blood, sweat and tears of the past summer.
(Or should I say, the past 3 years...)

I love art. I also love my boat...
Allow me to introduce our boat and home, S.V. Nyon. 
Isn't she pretty?



On a side note, the yellow deck was my idea.
Our artist friends love it, our sailor friends think we're crazy.
But that's okay. We never had beige walls when we lived on land.
Why should it be any different with a sailboat?
Canvases come in many forms.
I'm proud of this masterpiece.


We call it our labour of love.

These lovely photos were taken by Julie Crouzat

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Exploring Melancholy




 
William Blake 
Illustration to Milton's “Il Penseroso”
c. 1816-20



Melancholy, 1891
Edvard Munch
Oil on canvas
72 x 98 cm



 Melencolia I
Albrecht Dürer
Engraving
1514

 

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Fantastical Landscapes

I feel a kinship. Something in this artist's work reveals a part of me to myself.  He creates floating, whimsical landscapes one wants to get lost in...  They seem at once familiar, yet oddly dreamlike... this dicotomy makes the eye want to wander aimlessly over the  cascading and intricate sculptures... 

I feel giddy when I look at Chris Natrop's work.