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Graeme Decarie
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It's nice to see a woman with guts and muscle. Real men like a challenge.
Graeme Decarie
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I don't approve of women painting.
BethAnne
Rebellious mystic from Alberta
And that's why women paint
That's hilarious!
Ditto ... some people just can't understand without a strong mother ide'L ... Holi Mariah ... the other wind!
That would be a good confrontation
You've hear of well go Ozed? It happens and after some people don't understand much ...
Graeme Decarie
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I quote Albert the Alligator, "A woman is just a woman. But a good cigar is a smoke."
I checked out some of Emily Carr's stuff. Doesn't look real, does it? She must have bad eyesight.
I checked out some of Emily Carr's stuff. Doesn't look real, does it? She must have bad eyesight.
Mendalla
Happy headbanging ape!!
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Look up "post-Impressionism" you heathen.
revjohn
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Graeme Decarie [FONT=Open Sans said:
Well, your Art History is a bit of a weak point.
That said, I'm not a big fan of Carr's work either. I have always preferred Tom Thompson. "Snow in October" is probably my favourite of his works. Although the more time I spend up here staring at Icebergs them more I find myself gravitating toward Lawren Harris. Harris's use of line and colour are reflected very heavily in Creation as it drifts by on the Labrador current. "Icebergs Davis Straight" 1 and 2 are almost a daily feature here.
Of course, if you want realism, Robert Bateman is probably the leading Canadian candidate. Glen Loates has some good stuff also.
If you aren't a big fan of shadow Alex Coleville is interesting. His work creeps me out simply because there are few works that include shadow. Everything sort of floats and light just falls weirdly.[/FONT]
Mendalla
Happy headbanging ape!!
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Harris is probably my favorite Canadian artist. I also have a soft spot for A.Y. Jackson but that's because he indirectly helped pay for my last semester of library school. Grandad (who studied painting with Thompson's brother George) sold a Jackson and gave some of the money to his grandchildren.
Graeme Decarie
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As you will note from the portrait to the left, I am a gifted artist. I knew a United Church minister who was probably the best authority on painting I ever met. Phil McCreadie left the ministry about 1970 to open The Framinig Gallery in Toronto. He turned out to be a superb judge of paintings and a very successful businessman. His last charge was, I think, at Eaton Memorial in TO.
He was also a magnificent preacher who talked five of us YPU boys into entering the ministry. Four of us made it. I, alas, flunked out of high school, and had to settle for being a mail clerk at Bell Tel.
He was also a magnificent preacher who talked five of us YPU boys into entering the ministry. Four of us made it. I, alas, flunked out of high school, and had to settle for being a mail clerk at Bell Tel.