tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post8932453787417403075..comments2024-03-27T13:36:52.463-07:00Comments on Barbara Muir Paints: The tradition of abstractionBarbara Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01342757136485853833noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-66355779270942504712009-11-05T08:45:52.130-08:002009-11-05T08:45:52.130-08:00Hi Elizabeth,
Thanks so much. Love your Christma...Hi Elizabeth,<br /><br />Thanks so much. Love your Christmas cards. The mouse with the tree made of cheese is super! Do you sell your cards? I could definitely see myself sending those out. Funny.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />BarbaraBarbara Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342757136485853833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-56854414784150155592009-11-05T08:40:03.489-08:002009-11-05T08:40:03.489-08:00Hi Liza,
I am really lucky in my family and frien...Hi Liza,<br /><br />I am really lucky in my family and friends. The smallest group of us can make a party with some cake and champagne and lots and lots of laughter. I've realized at this stage in my life (not a big change, but I used to worry that I wasn't serious enough) I enjoy laughter to an almost ridiculous extent. Which is why I love teaching because my fellow profs are so funny, and of<br />course young people corner the market on humour.<br /><br />You are totally right about the paintings. I admire that too. In my own work it seems to happen when I am completely unconscious of what I'm doing. All of those teachers who tell us to think about what we're doing before we paint, do not work for me.<br /><br />xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoBarbaraBarbara Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342757136485853833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-38972049850545712162009-11-05T08:34:45.926-08:002009-11-05T08:34:45.926-08:00Hi Eldon,
You always get me thinking. Yes and on...Hi Eldon,<br /><br />You always get me thinking. Yes and one person's perfection, is definitely not another's as we know.<br />I am leaning towards the abstract. I can't go there. Maybe it's those forced exercises with squares and lines when I was at art college, but I really admire other artists who are loosening up big time.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />BarbaraBarbara Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342757136485853833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-22964361117628105552009-11-04T06:20:17.947-08:002009-11-04T06:20:17.947-08:00Love these, Barbara!Love these, Barbara!Elizabeth Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08733386945501359383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-50776767550346191592009-11-04T00:06:48.325-08:002009-11-04T00:06:48.325-08:00Hi Barbara,
Happy belated Birthday from me,too! W...Hi Barbara, <br />Happy belated Birthday from me,too! Wish, I had known...<br />That's what fascinates me when I see paintings, I really admire - the seemingly easy and loose handling of the brushwork creating a striking likeness with the "real" thing! <br />I envy you for being able to go to that gallery and see such wonderful art!! Thank you for sharing.<br />Love your drawings, as always!Liza Hirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024630462493582644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-58352320191038265732009-11-03T19:58:14.325-08:002009-11-03T19:58:14.325-08:00Hi Barbara, nice sketches as per usual.
I think I...Hi Barbara, nice sketches as per usual. <br />I think I read somewhere a long time ago that the beauty of something lies in the distortion. Perfection may lie in something that's something less than perfect.<br />Whadda ya think? Might even apply, I guess, to about everything now that I think about it.<br />EWeldon warrenhttp://eldonwarren.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-64573240872377983432009-11-03T18:12:42.478-08:002009-11-03T18:12:42.478-08:00Hi C.J.
What is up?
xoxoxoxoxoBarbaraHi C.J.<br /><br />What is up?<br /><br />xoxoxoxoxoBarbaraBarbara Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342757136485853833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-78252300476885965232009-11-03T17:12:10.477-08:002009-11-03T17:12:10.477-08:00So there!So there!Christopher M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04901140801927214863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-67157940107877412272009-11-03T14:53:29.115-08:002009-11-03T14:53:29.115-08:00Hi Catherine,
Well Science can be helpful though....Hi Catherine,<br /><br />Well Science can be helpful though. I do love Matisse. That line is so <br />jubilant. Love him. Thanks for the birthday wishes. I did have a super day. I don't know Hockney's book, but I love his work, and I'll look for it. It makes perfect sense that all of us have been trying to figure out how to do this art gig properly forever. What's funny is the changes in the definitions of what is good and what is bad. <br /><br />My son is not a sulker, but I was talking to him on Skype late at night, and I cheated and drew him without his permission. He doesn't live at home.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />BarbaraBarbara Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342757136485853833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-11880864528008530742009-11-03T14:48:12.201-08:002009-11-03T14:48:12.201-08:00Hi Criff,
I think you already have -- more than o...Hi Criff,<br /><br />I think you already have -- more than once. Let's let bygones be bygones. You do make me laugh. Sorry. I needed some work for the blog, and you were there. Wait! Isn't that how this whole thing started?<br /><br />XOXOXOXMommyBarbara Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342757136485853833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-24038843840338327322009-11-03T14:46:30.874-08:002009-11-03T14:46:30.874-08:00Hi LeSan,
Yes the hoodie. It's not a bad sho...Hi LeSan,<br /><br />Yes the hoodie. It's not a bad shock, just a reassuring moment, when you get that you right now are the artist who matters. You LeSan, are Monet, van Gogh, Matisse, Lynn Donoghue, whoever you want to be as an artist -- but you are the one who counts.<br /><br />By the way I wish you would show us your artwork.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />BarbaraBarbara Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342757136485853833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-56746149124426336462009-11-03T05:53:08.695-08:002009-11-03T05:53:08.695-08:00Hi Barbara
So typical. My son skulks around in his...Hi Barbara<br />So typical. My son skulks around in his cave (back room) and prefers not to be seen or heard!<br />I love analyzing those old paintings. Have you read David Hockney's book "Secret Knowledge, Rediscovering the lost Techniques of the Old Masters. It is absolutely fascinating reading. It is his theory on how the masters from the 1400's used lenses and mirrors to draw and paint "photographic" likenesses. We know that Vermeer probably did it, but his idea is that the method goes further back and he provides proof. It was artists like Matisse who rebelled against the need to use science to draw.<br />Happy belated Birthday!Catherine Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05461798205529014264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-66036231034672312102009-11-03T05:25:46.171-08:002009-11-03T05:25:46.171-08:00Ah! So rude.
I'll get you back. One day....Ah! So rude.<br />I'll get you back. One day....Christopher M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04901140801927214863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855482737695202500.post-63929926736362339632009-11-02T21:09:58.040-08:002009-11-02T21:09:58.040-08:00ah, the hoodie. That explains it. LOL
It is somet...ah, the hoodie. That explains it. LOL <br />It is sometimes a bit of a shock when you look at paintings up close isn't it? The willingness of the eye to fill in the details is a powerful thing. <br />I often accuse my husband of the same thing. LOLLeSanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07939320676822416742noreply@blogger.com