Agree @tassieguy. I like the colors and movement, however I have never been a fan of blank, expressionless faces. I do like the mixing of realism with a surreal/dream like element that invites the viewer to explore inner feelings.
It's very earthy, yet very feminine. A few wee brushstrokes, just notations, indicating features on the faces might have added something. But I'm guessing that the artist didn't do that because she felt it would interrupt the rhythmic flow of arcuate shapes that occur throughout the work and draw attention away from other elements such as the leaves and fruit - all composed of acuate shapes. Each little curlicue she painted adds to the rhythmic dance she wanted to convey.
It's a charming, engaging painting and the more I look at it the more I like it. So, I changed my "like" to an "awesome". It's a painting I would buy if I were decorating a house, or just because I like it so much. It doesn't pretend to anything grand - it's just quiet, unassuming and charming.
Stunning! Colour and values are awesome. And it's a beautiful composition. I love the way the artist has caught the light on the trees and rocks. This is realist landscape painting at its best.
This is an interesting one. I like it a lot. I can't find much about De Jongh online, but this would have been painted sometime in the mid1600s. It's artfully composed, and I find it interesting because it seems to me to have two conflicting influences. It is reminiscent of the landscapes of Claude Lorrain, even though it doesn't have any classical allusions such as ruined Roman temples (although there is the vaguely classical looking arch attached to the ruins). And yet, with the small figures in a big, dramatically lit landscape, it seems to look forward to the German Romanticism of painters like Casper David Friedrich even though he was not born until over a century after this was painted. So perhaps De Jongh was a bit ahead of his time.
When you look at the sheer scale of the scene, it's quite amazing. I wouldn't have known how to capture something like this, even with a camera. He's managed to portray the full towering scale of the grand cathedral against the puny stature of people in the doorway, get sufficient close-up to show the pageantry and costumes, and then the seemingly endless procession stretching away. (Oxford comma included.) Crisp architectural detail to boot. It brings to life an era.
The precise architectural detail is amazing. I didn't know that Canaletto had painted in England. We usually associate him with view of Venice and the Grand Canal.
The precise architectural detail is amazing. I didn't know that Canaletto had painted in England. We usually associate him with view of Venice and the Grand Canal.
Who's we? Who's Canaletto? I thought that was an ice cream.
It is nearly a year since I started this thread and first posted a Daily Inspiration Image. I feel this is an appropriate time to sadly bring this to an end as I am out of energy for searching for suitable images and for doing this every day. If anyone else wants to post images here then be my guest! Otherwise, enjoy the images and I hope you liked seeing them!
After a year, I think you've earned a break, @Richard_P. It's been a great thread that we've all enjoyed, and perhaps learned something from. I only did the Weekly Question thread for about 6 months and I learned how difficult it is to keep coming up with stuff. Good on you for sticking it out for a year. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into the thread daily.
I think it's a great idea to leave it open so folks can drop something in from time to time.
Big THANK YOU @Richard_P for your efforts in doing this for everyone’ enjoyment and education. It became a ‘go to’ thing to do most every morning, and aptly named ‘The Daily Inspiration’.
I'm extremely grateful for your dedication to the thread this past yaer, @Richard_P. 365 different paintings, all with a lesson to share and another tool to open our minds! Thank you!!
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Women of the Wood - Tracy Savage
It's a charming, engaging painting and the more I look at it the more I like it. So, I changed my "like" to an "awesome". It's a painting I would buy if I were decorating a house, or just because I like it so much. It doesn't pretend to anything grand - it's just quiet, unassuming and charming.
Mark Boedges
The Coat of Many Colours - Louis Ginnett
Gaetano Chierici
Girl in blue arranging flowers - Frederick Carl Frieseke
Ruins On A Hill - Claude de Jongh
Westminster Abbey with a procession of the Knights of the Bath - Canaletto
Portrait of Marie Krøyer and Peder Severin Krøyer - Peder Severin Krøyer
Michael Morgan
Ramón Tusquets Maignon
Joe Hush
Adolf Reich
I think it's a great idea to leave it open so folks can drop something in from time to time.
I have enjoyed many of the works and it has opened my eyes to artists that are new to me.
Thank you for the posts,...some great works have been posted.