MEANWHILE BACK AT THE
KnitKnot Tree
KnitKnot Tree
before it snowed
I took this pic and just LOVE the reflections of the branches on the car window.
I took this pic and just LOVE the reflections of the branches on the car window.I am quite obsessed with reflections, one of many obsessions we have as artists eh!
Talking about Obsessions
artsWOM had a blog entry about people having an obsession with death in art. I am thinking yea! along with pain, happiness, flowers, landscapes, faces, still life's, dolls, colours, naked women, naked men, swirly globby delish brushstrokes, horses,knitted trees lol!
I don't really see that death in art should necessarily signify being fixated on it and morbid (that is a western view perhaps). Like a lot of things that artists depict it is part of the human experience and given as much or as little attention as any other subject that fascinates artists.
Where are all the Famous Women Artists?
Since this is women's history month here is a painting called "Judith Slaying Holofernes" by
Artemisia Gentileschi , a famous artist in her day.
Artemisias comments about the painting (some argue it was motivated by revenge due to being raped, some say not).
Could it not be argued that depictions of death in art can often be about something else, a metaphor rather than just a fixation on death itself?
I don't really see that death in art should necessarily signify being fixated on it and morbid (that is a western view perhaps). Like a lot of things that artists depict it is part of the human experience and given as much or as little attention as any other subject that fascinates artists.
Where are all the Famous Women Artists?Since this is women's history month here is a painting called "Judith Slaying Holofernes" by
Artemisia Gentileschi , a famous artist in her day.
Artemisias comments about the painting (some argue it was motivated by revenge due to being raped, some say not).
Could it not be argued that depictions of death in art can often be about something else, a metaphor rather than just a fixation on death itself?
