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  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    I love the art of David McKean...
    He's worked a lot with Neil Gaiman, so, as you can imagine it's quite dark...

    Beautiful though...

    http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    urbanhippie wrote:
    I love the art of David McKean...
    He's worked a lot with Neil Gaiman, so, as you can imagine it's quite dark...

    Beautiful though...

    http://www.mckean-art.co.uk/

    Lovely stuff. Was 'Mirrormask' worth seeing? It got mixed reviews.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Never seen it...

    Not sure if I'm gonna bother with Stardust either....I always prefer the books....:)
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Never seen it...

    Not sure if I'm gonna bother with Stardust either....I always prefer the books....:)

    Did he do that as well?

    Stardust was good, not great. Too brightly coloured, romanticised, not dark enough. I saw the book the day afterwards and was surprised to see that the 'tone' of it was entirely different: black, gothic, dark. Like the film should have been.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Did he do that as well?

    Stardust was good, not great. Too brightly coloured, romanticised, not dark enough. I saw the book the day afterwards and was surprised to see that the 'tone' of it was entirely different: black, gothic, dark. Like the film should have been.
    Please, please read the book...
    In fact read ANYTHING by Neil Gaiman, the mans a twisted genius.
    Esp, Smoke and Mirrors or Fragile Things
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Please, please read the book...
    In fact read ANYTHING by Neil Gaiman, the mans a twisted genius.
    Esp, Smoke and Mirrors or Fragile Things

    I will! Thanks for the 'heads up', as they say across the pond.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    I have a painting of this guy http://www.roblagrouw.nl/
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Mark Rothko

    http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/classic1.shtm


    sometimes i look at rothko and think to myself what the.....?


    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I also enjoy illustration, especially Maurice Sendak:

    'Where the Wild Things Are'

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0060254920/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-5112839-7653455#

    OMG!! i so so love where the wild things are. tis one of my favouritest books ever. :D:D


    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    and William Blake:

    http://blake-dev.lib.unc.edu/exist/blake/archive/object.xq?objectid=s-inn.b.illbk.02&java=yes

    i'm more a fan of the red dragon and the woman clothed with the sun.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    catefrances wrote:
    sometimes i look at rothko and think to myself what the.....?

    I like the fact that the Abstract Expressionists were making paintings that purely make you feel; not representative of concrete things but feelings. I've seen the Rothko room at the Tate Modern in London and man, it's dark, brooding, oppressive. That's what he meant, imo.




    catefrances wrote:
    OMG!! i so so love where the wild things are. tis one of my favouritest books ever. :D:D

    Me too :D I did an A Level art project on it.




    catefrances wrote:
    i'm more a fan of the red dragon and the woman clothed with the sun.

    I need to check that one out. Will do now!

    EDIT: Yeah, that's pretty cool too.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I like the fact that the Abstract Expressionists were making paintings that purely make you feel; not representative of concrete things but feelings. I've seen the Rothko room at the Tate Modern in London and man, it's dark, brooding, oppressive. That's what he meant, imo.

    sounds like my kind of place. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    sandro botticelli, people. this is, i think, my favourite painting.

    btw, that is the head of holofernes judith's attendant is carrying on her head. i love how judith isn't shown joyously triumphant. i love the folds in the gowns. i love the colours. and yeah he deserved to lose his head. :D:p


    http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/botticel/p-bottice2.htm
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  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    I love this guy's art...
    He's responsible for Alien...
    It's sooooo surreal.
    http://www.giger.com/Home.jsp
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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    This is my favorite painting. When I found it at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, I wept in front of it...I had never seen it before. It blew my mind.
    http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/07/27/arts/27rebe_CA1.html
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    TrixieCat wrote:
    This is my favorite painting. When I found it at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, I wept in front of it...I had never seen it before. It blew my mind.
    http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/07/27/arts/27rebe_CA1.html

    yeah, thats what the dutchies do, getting you stoned and crying...;)
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Linda wrote:
    yeah, thats what the dutchies do, getting you stoned and crying...;)
    You all get us silly Americans every time.
    I am sure I wasn't stoned when I went into the museum though. I wanted to get a clear experience. I was by myself at the time too and was paranoid enough as it was! lol
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • sweetpotato
    sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    i haven't read thru this whole thread, so forgive me if someone already suggested it, but doesn't this belong in the Art forum?? :confused:
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    catefrances wrote:
    sounds like my kind of place. :)

    You'd love it.

    You've really got to see Rothko's stuff full size before you 'get it'.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i love stieglitz's photos of georgia o'keefe's hands

    http://kent.altervista.org/_altervista_ht/stieglitz_hands_and_thimble_.JPG
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    sweetpotato wrote:
    i haven't read thru this whole thread, so forgive me if someone already suggested it, but doesn't this belong in the Art forum?? :confused:

    Would have put it there spud, but you can't edit, so I figured AET was a better option. :)
    NOPE!!!

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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Here's our latest non PJ purchase. On it's way to MasterFramer. :) It's another one by Collin Bogle. Truly awesome in person.
    http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o1/DeniseHoward/inharmony.jpg
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