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* came about after finding her favorite song after 40 years on You Tube; a beautiful new version of a old classic coming back with a vengeance: You Tube: Mar Azul-Cesaria Evora - Marisa Monte.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5OQ37VA1yI
best seen on black
*"Saudade" a feeling very hard to translate and harder still to paint. It is a feeling that is aroused in the tropics and once left for other climates returns periodically and there simply is nothing one can do about it except let it be and enjoy it as one would a fine vintage wine. Each year i paint several "Saudades" and each time they come out differently. The song of same title expresses the mood perhaps better than I could in my paintings, but we all bring our own baggage wherever we travel so hers obviously is different, yet, there is this ..............?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_7BV-IuyKI
p.s. my painting is best seen on blackj
*the music to this postcard may be heard and seen on You Tube: "Cesaria Evora @ Marisa Monte" best seen on black
*from a set titled: "degenerate art" Shown at the Mill House Gallery in 1983
posted as per request.
p.s. should there be enough interest, will scan and post entire set.
*Magda, going over her script.
*from a selection of sketches, drawings and portraits of people known to artist, their dreams, anxieties and life styles as perceived by artist. Sketchbooks are the diaries artists carry in their heads until put on paper, they are made entirely from the stuff we carry in our heads, they are not copies of other people's art and are not made to please anyone except artist who may or my not use them in future for the making of art. They are neither good or bad; I don't even know if they can be categorized as art, all i know they are revealing to what we feel within ourselves and what we think of those that have influenced our art. The portraits are not as they or the world sees them but as we perceive them to be. In short they are nothing but impressions of them at the moment which can often change within minutes or hours. There are some of course who never change for the better or worse. When viewing set, should anyone be interested in the character or image drawn, you are welcome to question them in my comment box and I will gladly answer your queries.
Thank you!
p.s. I am posting them with the intend of publishing several hundred of them in a art book with notations on how some of them evolved into paintings, most of which appeared subconsciously.
one of several portraits of SS Oberfuhrer Dr. Victor Brack who in 1947 was condemned to die for the murder of several thousand people. /from my own recently found notes on my "Doctors of Death" project, a translation of a letter Dr. Brack send to Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, June 1942. which was read at his trial and was the grounds for his death sentence.
Dear Reichsfuhrer! Allow me to remind you that it has been over a year now since we discussed the sterilization of some two million jews, so as to render them incapable to reproduce yet utilize them for labor. At that time you liked the idea but objected to the cost and time allocated to this enterprise. I am now happy to report to you that my staff ,working diligently came up with a new process which will accomplish the same results in the shortest of time and at a fraction of the cost, I am now talking about castration via X ray a method proven at various concentration camps, in short we can now sterilize thousands of Jews in the shortest time, Considering the present labour shortages I urge you to act quickly, so we can proceed. Let me assure you that my physicians and the entire medical staff is at your disposal. Should you, dear Reichsfuhrer decide to apply my castration method, kindly instruct Reichsfuhrer Bouhler so he may notify all departments of the approval of project. Heil Hitler, Yours truly. Victor
Victor Brach was found guilty of "crimes against humanity" and was hung on june 2, 1948
* vanished-banished-abandoned, from a friend betrayed, so starts a letter written by a "politico"* from his central American prison, sentenced for trumped up charges in the early 80's. He writes: "between crawling on my knees in my cell, praying to Jesus, hoping he hears my plegaria; yet it is the devil who keeps me company and answers me"
."politico" /political/ prisoners in Central America during the witch hunt years were treated worth than criminals.
For this painting have borrowed a family heirloom,carved pewter crucifix which can be seen in left corner when viewing on black
*from artist wife's collection of prints, posted with her permission, best viewed on black.
p.s. none of our portraits or prints have ever been shown anywhere before!
*three panels intended to be shown together; have tried several times to photograph together as intended to be shown but my camera for some reason left outside panels blurred.
Part two, above: "out of the bloody arena of past lives has grown a tree, facing it, there stands a mirror showing the conscious and the subconscious, but which is which? In the arena we see the ego drowning in quick sand,"
p.s. best seen on black
*part 3, no longer seeing what is on the screen, he only hears the blood chilling song, titled: "The ride of the Valkyries" and what he sees and feels is the blood letting of long forgotten days of his childhood, and what should have been called "Apocalypse now"
p.s. did a series of paintings in 1980 titled: "Apocalypse" wanted to have the gallery play that horrific tune at opening, but was advised against it for it did not go with the wine and cheese being served.
* the kiss is a difficult subject to tackle for it requires movement and above all emotion. When very young I used to admire the works of Norman Rockwell who did the covers for Colliers and Post magazines; could hardly wait to see what's next, until I saw his "kiss" perfectly executed to the last detail, except it lacked the "feeling" after that he lost me and I dedicated myself to learn how to "express feelings" over anatomy and details, to this day I am practicing the "flow of feelings" and some day I just maybe get it right.
* inspired by a recently received poem titled: "It's easy to invent a life" by Emily Dickinson
"It's easy to invent a Life-
God does it every Day
Creation-but the Gambol
of His Authority-
It's easy to efface it -
The thrifty Deity
Could scarce afford Eternity
To Spontantannety-
The Perished Patterns murmur- /murmuran/
But His Perturbless Plan
Proceed-inserting Here-Sun-
There-leaving out a Man-
p.s. my painting is best viewed on black
*el libro contiene 86 illustraciones y va ser publicado por mi en una edicion limitada a unos 100 ejemplares en diciembre de este ano. Para un vistazo bien montado vea You Tube: *youtu.be/ZivK8PmxPWQ
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Kim Douglas Wiggins, contemporary American painter and sculptor best known for his expressionist landscapes and historical imagery of the American West.
Taken from the ‘American Art Review’, 2007.
*interior of my humble studio where some of my fondest paintings were made between 1966-1973
privately owned
p.s. best seen on black
*self-portrait as a mule rummaging through paintings accumulating in the garage.
the above painted from a recent photograph taken of me looking at hundreds of paintings stacked up against the walls of my garage and the the exact words I supposedly said when viewing all those paintings.
*this allegory is based around a legendary Spanish style of story telling, known in the Catalan language as "aventis", blending, fact, fiction, and myth to tell its epic tales. I have rendered the above in the style popular with artists of the 60's called "arte macanudo", it is best viewed on black.
*Esta alegoria se base del estilo leyendario espanola de contar historias, conocido en el lenguaje Catalano como "aventis", mezclando hechos, novela y mito para relatar suscuentos epicos.
literally translated: who carries the luck? but in taurine colloquialism referring to 'loosing control" a very dangerous situation to find oneself in, for the bull instantly takes the initiative, gaining confidence in his thrusts and the use of his weapons /horns/, if not to late it is best to let him go, loose the tempo and star to "sculpt" a new series from another sector of the ring, unfamiliar to the bull.
PS from my notes on bullfighting
*the colors in this set were made from dicarted tea bags, coffee, blue berries and other natural substances.
*this set is inspired by the nameless fine artists of the day who paint tirelessly the murals of the barrios of Los Angeles. Many of their murals are of the scope of Picasso's Duernica. All of their "brush strokes" which I am imitating in this set are done with commercial spray cans rather than brushes. Most amazingly, i am told that some of these modern masterpieces take less than 15 min. to execute.
My inspirations are best viewed on black