就畫這窗外的風景吧

大部分的畫家畫風景, 最後基本上都會索定在類似 impressionism 那種光景中, 既有七分清楚又有模模糊糊難得糊塗的感覺, 或許那就是最舒服, 最安全, 最settle的距離, plus光,影的可見度吧?

http://wallacewatercolors.com/Painting_5.htm

http://wallacewatercolors.com/Painting_25.htm


http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_46e7b3fd0100cl35.html


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http://www.artisticimagesofprescott.com/2004/collection.php?artID=48&pID=155


Bill 大概是一不可多得的, 能夠勾畫出風景和情緒細節的畫家吧。

難怪有一次, 在一畫展上碰到他時, 他告訴我說, 他曾經有一位顧客, 指著自己家窗外的風景, 要求他說, " 你就給我畫張這風景吧。"


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當然如果同時能夠把人物溶入, 那就又上到了另外一個高度了。


While, we have these two greatest Western Artists in history:

Charles M. Russell (1864 - 1926)

http://hoocher.com/Charles_Marion_Russell/Charles_Marion_Russell.htm

瘋狂的浪漫派, 大手筆

Indian Women Moving Camp

曆史記載上說他的太太作為他的business manager, 對他的成就做出了不可低估的貢獻。

小道則傳: 他太太是一shrewed頭腦精明的, cold blooded Business Woman.  


Frederic Remington (October 4, 1861 -- December 26, 1909)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Remington




http://www.remington-art.com/remington%20biography.htm

      In the summer of 1879 he met and began wooing Eva Adele Caten, and in the fall of 1884 they were married. The couple tried the wearying Western frontier life for a time but quickly opted to move to the city of Brooklyn, New York. Due to some bad dealings in business and difficulties in life, she left and returned to her father’s home.
      Remington then went and wandered in the desert for several weeks, a kind of purging of the soul. After which, he returned to claim his wife and all his rightful responsibilities.
       Shortly after Remington’s arrival in New York, he solicited work with Harper’s Weekly using his portfolio of western sketches. He then set out to prove himself as an artist. It was during this time that Remington’s art career bloomed and developed into one of the most prolific artistes of his time. ...

http://www.bbhc.org/wgwa/remington.cfm

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I went to China for a visit. One day, saw an artist, who painted a bird on a branch, which had only occupied a small area of the paper, but left the rest of majority of that paper completely empty.

I asked, "Why do you leave such a big area of blank here?"

" where does the bird fly, Otherwise? ", the artist answered.

--- from an artist

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He's a great artist and teacher. I have bought many of his works, and would love to look at him, while he's working on his painting.

One time, someone asked him, " How long does it take you to paint this picture?"

" A life time." he answered.

--- from a collector

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