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- Giotto, Andy Goldsworthy, Brigitte D'Annibale, Markus Zusak, Dickens
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- I'm a visual artist. A dabbler, really.
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Thanks for telling me bout those artists. I love Rembrandt for his facial expressions, so I'll have to check out Giotto. And the others--I love the incorporation of nature and odd materials. You need to meet my friend, Christina. She's an artist who loves that kind of stuff. Actually, I'm featuring one of her paintings in my first edition of Glimpses (my new ezine--I think I told you about it). She adds burnt materials to the canvas.
Giotto was an early Renaissance painter. He did frescoes mainly. Italy, mainly. I just love his style and facial/bodily expressions. His work looks primitive to our 21st century eyes, but it was really cutting edge for the day. There was really no such thing as shading and perspective before the Renaissance, so Giotto's advancements in making objects look three dimensional is pretty impressive.
Andy Goldsworthy: A Scottish sculpture who uses only natural materials. Many of his sculptures are created them right on the spot with what he finds lying around (after spending a few days walking the land, studying it and observing the interaction of flora and fawna, etc.) What this results in is an often transient and here-today-gone-tomorrow kind of art. It's amazing what the guy does with icicles! And leaves! And yeah, it's all gone when the ice melts or the tide comes in.
Definitely watch Rivers and Tides if you're interested in Andy Goldsworthy, nature or sculpture.
Brigitte D'Annibale is a mixed media artist based in Kanua'i. (Hubby and I recently vacationed there, which is where I discovered her.) She mainly paints with oil on canvas, but she always adds an off-beat element. Tin weather stripping, a piece of sheet music, drift wood... cool stuff that adds a lot of texture to the piece.
All the pieces that I saw had a real vintage Hawaiiana look to them. Travel posters, hula girls playing vibrant ukelele's under palm trees, that sort of thing.
But totally different than your stock Hawaii wall art. They beckoned me to come drink in Kaua'i (Hey! I was already there and having a great time. I'm sold.)
Hope that answers you adequately, Heather.