#painter 2021

[brightstoneman]

 I've never been to England so I'm not too sure exactly familiar with the weeds that grow in their countryside but I do watch a huge amount of English mysteries and crime series and I pay attention to the flora and fauna as I watch these videos. It's always fun to identify familiar plants in foreign places.

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[mote-historie]

Tatiana Chernykh, Pot of Wildflowers, 2021.

[blondebrainpowered]

Artist Jonathan Harris and his painting titled “Critical Race Theory"

It’s a hauntingly effective image. A blonde figure stands, back to the viewer and paint roller in hand, covering up the images of Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, and Malcolm X with strokes of white paint. Critical Race Theory (2021) has been embraced as a powerful reminder of the importance of teaching and preserving Black history.

The canvas is the work of Detroit artist Jonathan Harris, who, since taking up painting full time nearly four years ago, has dedicated himself to making work expressing his lived experience as a Black man in the U.S. Critical race theory, which examines the ways in which racism is embedded in our nation’s legal systems and policies, has been circulating in academic circles since the 1970s. But it began making headlines, especially in conservative media, in 2022 as some local lawmakers sought to proactively ban its teaching.

[fickes]

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

[sai-aeko]

The Final Strum

2021

Yayu 雅宇

[xpuigc-bloc]

Gray Squirrel in Cherry Tree

Nancy Cherry Eifert

2021

[arinewman7]

Provence

Danielle Mckinney

Acrylic on canvas, 2021

[aleksauwu69]

-My God, you're painting useless pictures again....What nonsense!

-Now, if you drew me, it would automatically become a masterpiece!

-Approximately... LIKE THIS?)))

[coconuttyglittersmurf]

Sometimes you just gotta draw your comfort blorbos 💖

[limbics]

selection of eyes from Tea Party 2018 - 2021

oil on ceramic and glass

[uinferno]

... she proceeded to paint a picture of what they’d just experienced. A view in the first person, looking out at the landscape below. In front of that, their hands on the bar of the ride’s cab. Except in this, their hands overlapped.

It wasn’t a very good painting.

Considering the experience of the one responsible, that won’t surprise you. But for a person who’d first picked up a brush twenty-three days earlier, it was quite remarkable—in the same way that the drawing of one eight-year-old might be better than that of another.

Regardless, here’s the thing: art doesn’t need to be good to be valuable. I’ve heard it said that art is the one truly useless creation—intended for no mechanical purpose. Valued only because of the perception of the people who view it.

The thing is, everything is useless, intrinsically. Nothing has value unless we grant it that value. Any object can be worth whatever we decide it to be worth.

And to these two, [the] painting was priceless .

~Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

ugly art, anatomically wrong art, no proper values art, uninspired art, half-finished, artblock-filled art is still art. your self-hatred has no power in removing what is. there’ll be no burial for what’s not stopped breathing

[brightstoneman]

Karen at DAA encouraged me to work on light and color by taking a extra class dealing with just that topic. After the first lesson we were supposed to do several one-hour studies using some of my favorite painters. We are instructed not to concentrate on rendering but larger geometric shapes mainly trying to reproduce the different elements of color and shape. Apparently I struggle with knowing when to stop and of course I continued to work on rendering in detail although I feel like I've made a rather big jump in not working on the detail in the background but mainly focused in just a few areas. I must say I rather enjoy this looser way of painting. Now the trick is to knowing when to stop. I could definitely work on this painting for several more days but I'm going to move on to another one. My partner and I have been birdwatching a lot this spring and are very anxious for the Blue Herrings to return to our wetlands along the river.

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[xtrablak674]

Trevor, 2021

In 2019 I sat for a shoot with Ajamu Kojo Chioke Walker previously he had done a portrait of me, The Iconoclast (2014?) as a trade for a piece of mine that his wife wanted. Now I can't recall the context for this particular shoot. He told me he wanted to shoot me nude and I just wanted to make sure I was in good shape for the shoot, so I did all the usual preparation that I do to get myself ready for an event or circumstance.

I have supported Mr. Walker's work for years, attending quite a few openings and even purchasing a piece of his which hangs in my home. There were some series that I loved and some that I was lukewarm about, but I did love how serious he was about his work it reminded me of how I was in the prime of my artistic career. It also fit my general needs of not turning down opportunities especially one where I could be memorialized in a painting by a professional Black artist.

I recalled he wanted the window blocked out which I did with this yellow sari fabric that I had. He also wanted my framed Sarafina three-sheet in the picture and we moved it to other side of the apartment. As with any shoot we did a few other shots prior to the final image upon which the painting was based.

I think the Underoos were added to the shot also. We also changed the angle of the bed and he actually shot from the hallway outside of my apartment. From my overly-decorated front door I can see this must have been during the winter holiday season because I have the snowmen that I made at the Census on my front door.

I have done a few visits to Mr. Walker's studio but haven't been to his latest studio and due to our falling out as friends, I have actually never seen the final painting in person. After my inheritance I did think for a moment of purchasing the piece, but then I remembered I was fussing with Mr. Walker about adding just a little curve to my side to make my ass seem bigger, he didn't comply with my request.

I do love the name of the piece simply "Trevor, 2021" and since its a photo within my home it does feel like me, my books, my artwork, my home decor etc. In 2024 I am pleased that I have been documented in a painting twice, one of which I own and another that I do not.

I am generally indifferent about the end of the friendship because there was no clear reason behind it. I have learned that we all have different journeys and sometimes our journey overlaps with others for a time but then you part ways, this is a part of life that I have learned to embrace.

[Photos by A. Walker]

[the-purple-painter]

Hmmm imagine this getting reblogged. Could be by me.

btw the thing she couldn’t ignore was someone calling her out for saying anti-depressants/hormone therapy are only perscribed by lazy doctors

[sai-aeko]

ryo takemasa

Illustrator artist

Autumn Leaves Path

2021

[antonio-m]

“Male nude”, 1974 by Carlo Maria Mariani (1931–2021). Italian painter. oil on canvas