As regular visitors will know I like painting birds. The following are a collection of paintings I like but once again are impressionistic rather than photo realistic. I'm not about to get into the argument about photorealism - each to his own.
Abigail Larson
Dean Crouser
Peter Nilsson
Robin Berry
Vickie Nelson
Gerard Hendriks
Peter Williams
Morten E Solberg Snr
Jean Haines
Susan Crouch
Sarah Yeoman
Lars Kruse
Bev Jozwiak
Gerard Hendriks
Cemal Selimgl
Of the above artists Gerard Hendriks, Robin Berry, Morten E Solberg Snr, Bev Jozwiak, Jean Haines and Lars Kruse are the ones I know most about. I'm not a great fan of Jean Haines, despite her being flavour of the moment. When I look at paintings like the example above I am reminded of the story of the King with no clothes. I'm a big fan of Gerard and Bev Jozwiak and also think Morten E Solberg Snr is terrific. The others, whom I know little about, are also excellent although I realise this is a matter of personal taste. What I would suggest is that they are not looked at solely as paintings of birds, but the use of colour and various other techniques, and whether the various approaches can be applied to other subjects. If I've misspelt any of the artists names I do apologize to them. Many of the above appear on Facebook, which is a treasure trove of paintings of all types.
11 comments:
I like all these paintings Peter, what excellent work...although I do have to agree with you about Jean Haines! Although I can see it is a kingfisher, I personally think more detail is needed, but hey that's just my humble opinion (at least I could see it was a kingfisher, sometimes I can't make head nor tail of her work, takes me ages to see what it is meant to be)!!!
What a fabulous collection of bird paintings, Peter! My favourite is the top one, but all are very inspiring. I agree with you and Ann about JH.
Thanks Ann. I'm not alone in my views about JH but she does have a large following Still you can......
Thanks Judy. Not sure which ones I like best although Gerard Hendriks is tops for me.
Some really lovely paintings Peter. Thank you
Thanks Yvonne. It's fascinating to see how so many different artists do things differently.
Another super selection Peter, thanks.
Thanks for comments Mick.
Have you seen Karl Mårtens work? He's a Swedish/American with an interesting approach to watercolouring birds. http://www.karlmartens.se/
You can see his techique on the following YouTube video, it's in Swedish, but worth watching, especially towards the end of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaoDh37ZRVs
Thanks for a great selection of inspiring pictures. I am totally in agreement about JH's work and it shows in this group how weak her work is compared to the other artists here. I love Karl Marten's work too.
Thanks David and `anonymous' (I don't normally accept `anonymous' comments) I apologize for not acknowledging your comments before now.
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