9 days of art in teignbridge

[jopsy]

today dh, lily and i went to some of the artists residences to meet the artists and see their work
i love art, dh has grown to put up with it!
lily just at it!
she was more impressed by the alpaccas we saw at one of the farms
some of it is fantastic and some of it is dreadful-but they all make you think!
here's a link for you to suss out the artwork

http://www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk/nin ... index.html

[The Grock in the Frock]

i like art v.much dahli beeing one off my fav,but most of all the pre raphs,the only thing i was good at at school was art and took an o level,my teacher wanted me to go to uni to study it,but the parents couldnt afford it .i would like to understand some modern art but a lot of it just looks like shit to me who do you like?

[Chantal]

Well there's certainly a mixed bag there! I'm with you Grock re the modern art, in fact a lot of it is not so modern but still crap. I love art but prefer art that looks beautiful rather than the fevered twisted imagination of the artist. I know this is a "boring" view but tough, it's my view. I can't imagine what sort of person would prefer half a pickled cow or Tracey Emin's dirty knickers to a work by Turner or Constable. Each to their own eh

[Johnboy]

Hi Chantal,
People who stand there and keep extolling the virtues of some modern bit of crap are called 'Art Snobs'. I visited a place in Sussex last weekend and all the paintings in the house were like that and the person was extolling the value and how much they were worth. I, in my usual fashion, said 'well if I were you I would find somebody else with a twisted mind and flog them all to that person and when you have the money in your hand go and buy some real art'
fortunately the rest of the assembled company agreed with me 'cos otherwise I would have been shown the Red Card. I said to another person who was saying it was such rubbish and we were looking at a picture with an eye at the top of this almost torso and one at the bottom. I was told it was one eye looking in the past and one looking into the future. I said I thought he was looking up his own fundamental orifice to see if his hat was on straight!! Would you believe these so called works of art had cost her close to three quarters of a million quid. They are an investment but you don't have to like them however much they cost.
At home I have a painting done by my eldest daughter when she was eight and this is a wonderful painting of a Chaffinch which is almost exact in every detail
which even though she is my daughter it is wonderful.
I have it framed and hung in my bedroom. To me that is worth more than any of the rubbish I saw last weekend.
JB.

[Weed]

Johnboy

Your story reminds me of the tale about the Emperor's new cloths I have to congratulate you on your bravery to speak the truth.

I too managed to get an 'o' level in Art at school and when the time came and I had the choice to stay on into the sixth form my parents said I should leave, get a job and earn some money...how things have changed.

It was only four years ago that I picked up a paintbrush again....I am not brave or patient enough to do watercolour, I dabled in Oils but they took so long to dry and now I wave an Acrylic loaded brush around like a dimented idiot...good fun though

My tag at the bottom says it all...

[jopsy]

well we went to see more today
i purchased 2 ceramic tiles-in the bargain bucket!
and a beautiful lady-also a cheap piece.
i also signed up for a pottery class with my fave artist tatti dennehy-i start 2 weeks on thursday!! am v excited
i have an art degree-but i prefer real art-paintings and sculptures
we have seen some real tat, but some really nice stuff too
i met a lady today who lives 5 minutes away but her work was v pricey! she paints flowers and adds textured papers-a fab sunflower could be purchased for a mere £350!! dh said 'no!' funny that
we have completely different taste in the art we like
lily liked the stuff she could touch and climb on which was much more tactile! she also saw 4 free range guinea pigs and 7 cats!
a nice day had by all...

[oldherbaceous]

Sorry to lower the tone of you intellectual folk, but when i was young i used to love painting by numbers.
So glad you had a pleasant day Jopsy, i bet your D.Hs taste in art is better than yours.
Sounds like Johnboy knows what he likes.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

[jopsy]

rolly likes manly spikey stuff.
his taste is more geometric
i like curves!
as for you painting by numbers-we all have to start somewhere

[Tigger]

Well OH - I thought you'd mention those Rupert annuals with the water paint pages. How wrong can I be?

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Jopsy, i love curves too.

Tigger, when i got the hand me down Rupert annuals the water paint pages had already been done.
I'm sure your not wrong very often.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

[Tigger]

Same here OH. I only got them from jumble sales and all the best bits were done.

[oldherbaceous]

Tigger if i ever find an old Rupert annual that hasn't been done i'll share it with you.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous

Theres no fool like an old fool.

[jopsy]

i have 15 old rupert annuals many in mint condition-i'll not let you spoil them

[oldherbaceous]

Jopsy if you ever see two suspicious people with paint brushes hiding in the bushes out side your house, it will be me and Tigger after your Rupert annuals, so watch out.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

[richard p]

weve got several origional oils hanging round the house, either landscapes or seascapes, all came from car boot sales, i think the dearest was a fiver. i dont see the point of a painting that you need to guess what it was supposed to be, to me it suggests that the dauber couldn't paint properly if they tried.