Did not realize the painting looks like a weird combination of Van Gogh's several works in the beginning. Just someday when I was cleaning up the room, I found it in the conor. And begin wandering whether it represents my homage to Van Gogh or just kind of plagiarism- be it consciously or unconsciously.
Still remember how impresssive it was when I first saw the Starry Night of his, even though it was just a fake one. I was studying star watch during that time and I knew he got it-the beauty of night. Not a single picture of high tech could compete with his works which told me more about the sky than all the others.
Never doubt that one of the main reasons to push me to do oil painting is Van Gogh but now I feel a bit sad about the similarity between mine and his. It's already a sad thing to copy nature on the canvas, what's more, is to copy somebody's. (And, the saddest thing is it is not as good as his.......)
Van Gogh's passion to painting natural scenes moves me, but what can move me from his style of painting? Nature itself?
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It looks quite fine to me : )
I see Van Gogh and something else
(maybe you, but not the part I know)
in this oil painting.
We're all descendants of Nature, beauty,
cultures and maybe of some artists,
aren't we?
I guess I can see the sadness
mentioned in your artwork.
But I see some happiness, or
maybe more accurately,
lightness, as well.
I am not sure whether it comes
from you, the painter, or me,
the viewer, or the cosmos.
"It is a mystery," a quote from
the pastor of my church.
It is a mystery.
It's all about "description," just in so many different kinds of ways. Chatting with sketch teacher in one afternoon, we reached to the conclusion. I can describe objects in front of me directly, or describe what I feel about the objects, or what i think about it, or what it impresses me, or what it inspires me, or what it reminds me of...anything in any way.
just haven't found my own way yet, and most of the time, cannot see beyond it. a statue is a statue; a flower is a flower and nothing more. so it's more than description; it's a matter of seeing. I was told it long time ago, but I just didn't "see" and still can not "see" well.
Weifen:
Thanks for visiting my PChome newspaper. I left a reply there for you.
Should we write e-mail to each other? Feel that there are a lot to catch up. My e-mail is cwc28@cam.ac.uk.
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