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Your opinion is solicited on the following piece of artwork
- Thread starter Skwim
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Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
Well, maybe I was wrong. All I know is that I've lived in Salt Lake City all my life and have never seen this painting, and I'm pretty familiar with LDS art.
It's trite, at best. Otherwise, utterly forgettable.
gnomon
Well-Known Member
It's wonderful.
A wonderful display of ignorance. Just love how he put Madison behind the Constitution held by Jesus. An exclamation point on stupidity.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
This picture is right up there with Thomas Kinkaide or however you spell his cloying name (no disrespect meant for the dead but hey, at least he can't paint anymore of those ridiculous non existent pseudo-Tudor cottages with bizarre light effects anymore!). I think someone else mentioned this as well.
It sort of reminds me of when I was in an antique store once in Germany, and the clerk pointed out a very ugly and crude little shelf, and said, "It's a great price, and it's from the 1500s!" as if the very antiquity would make it more appealing to me. I looked at it for a bit and then concluded, "I don't care how old it is. It's ugly, and just goes to prove that people with poor taste have been around a long time."
This particular painting or whatever it is is right up there with this stuff:
It sort of reminds me of when I was in an antique store once in Germany, and the clerk pointed out a very ugly and crude little shelf, and said, "It's a great price, and it's from the 1500s!" as if the very antiquity would make it more appealing to me. I looked at it for a bit and then concluded, "I don't care how old it is. It's ugly, and just goes to prove that people with poor taste have been around a long time."
This particular painting or whatever it is is right up there with this stuff:
Bob Dixon
>implying
Can you post a bigger picture of this painting? I can't really make out what's going on here.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Road Warrior
Seeking the middle path..
Thanks for the links, Bob. I think Jon McNaughton is proof that not all artists are liberals.
While I do not fully support the religious beliefs behind either art piece, I do appreciate the expertise needed to complete the works. In some respects, I like the Cthuhlu work better. For one thing, it challenges one to think outside the box. Obviously it preys on one's fears, therefore it generates greater emotions thus creating more excitement.
What I really like about it most is technical; it is difficult to create a good painting. McNaughton has done that, regardless of one's beliefs. It is even more difficult to alter, effectively, a good painting as the Cthuhlu work displayed. The alterations and attention to detail were excellent. Very well done.
Me Myself
Back to my username
Thanks for the links, Bob. I think Jon McNaughton is proof that not all artists are liberals.
While I do not fully support the religious beliefs behind either art piece, I do appreciate the expertise needed to complete the works. In some respects, I like the Cthuhlu work better. For one thing, it challenges one to think outside the box. Obviously it preys on one's fears, therefore it generates greater emotions thus creating more excitement.
What I really like about it most is technical; it is difficult to create a good painting. McNaughton has done that, regardless of one's beliefs. It is even more difficult to alter, effectively, a good painting as the Cthuhlu work displayed. The alterations and attention to detail were excellent. Very well done.
I must debate that. I know I would have been very able to do the ctulu alteration, but the original painting? not in a couple of lifetimes
Road Warrior
Seeking the middle path..
I must debate that. I know I would have been very able to do the ctulu alteration, but the original painting? not in a couple of lifetimes
Really? My skills at photoshopping are primitive, but I found the alterations and detail fascinating. the reflection in the blood? The words on the book? Those who have a detailed mind are intelligent and I respect it. People can blather all they want, but being able to actually do something in great detail earns my respect regardless of whether I agree with them or not.
Me Myself
Back to my username
I mean I visually like the painting. I am not in awe, but I know it is awesome ability with, well, paint
About the photoshop, yes, it is fairly easy. My photoshop teachers would probably be able to do it too.
Road Warrior
Seeking the middle path..
I mean I visually like the painting. I am not in awe, but I know it is awesome ability with, well, paint
About the photoshop, yes, it is fairly easy. My photoshop teachers would probably be able to do it too.
Sorry if I misconveyed, but I'm not in "awe" of the artwork for their meaning, but in the expertise it took to make them.
I'm not envious, just admiring. I can do a lot of things, but playing music and artwork are not among my skills. I'd love to take a watercolor painting class one day and I am sure I will, but those skills are currently beyond me. I can build things and solve things, but creating great works of art or music is not in my within my current abilities.
religiousfreedom
New Member
I don't know what to think.
Skwim
Veteran Member
Then how about a gut reaction?
brokensymmetry
ground state
Alright. That was a horrifying experience.
Skwim
Veteran Member
All that and more. Good call.
