Landscape Artist of the Year

[Amateur]

On a recent showing of the above tv program a contestant submitted a sample of her work.
One critic announced, It's amazing.
It expresses power of the surrounding scenery, oozes vigour, identified itself in a sympathetic way........or world's to that affect.
The picture was a red blob painted into a purple background.I
I kept looking but I couldn't see the forest or the lake in the painting that was in the view they were supposed to paint.
I watch with Interest these artists painting scenery and also portraits on the program but I can guarantee one thing.
There will be some excellent paintings depicting the actual scenery or person being painted, but the winner without doubt will be the artist who sloshed white paint all over the canvas, sticks a red sploge in the middle and a big yellow round thing in the sky.!!
I can see it now,
"Wonderful dahling. The strength of the brush stokes. The intensity. Marvellous."
Is it me?
It must be?

 

[Nigel Burden]

I'm watching the late Bob Ross at the moment. He makes it look so easy, but the results are amazing for twenty five minutes work.

My late brother was a graphic designer/artist, and I used to do line and wash illustrations of fungi. Neither of us could subscribe to what you've just described as art. The pile of bricks, the blue canvas.

The art world is weird.

Nigel.

 

[Amateur]

Watching Bob in action and the way he talked you through his painting was like he was giving the viewer a personal tutorial. Wonderful.

 

[doctor Bob]

Apparantly he was in the army and vowed on leaving never to raise his voice again. I thing he's great, love the chatter.

 

[Nigel Burden]

Yes, one of my favourite programs. There was a scene he did a few days ago where he started with three or four burnt umber or similar colour painted vertically down the canvas. I thought "what on earth is he going to do now." twenty minute later there was a scene looking into a forest. The stipes picked out the background light through the trees.

Nigel.

 

[mikej460]

We watched the first episode of Rick Stein's Cornwall today and I was very impressed with Kurt Jackson's work. He's not an amateur but wow Exhibitions - Kurt Jackson scroll down for examples.

 

[Blackswanwood]

I really like Fake or Fortune (Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould). It’s really fascinating how they piece the clues together and sometimes shows what a murky place the art world can be.

 

[Nigel Burden]

One could say that the forger is more talented than the original artist.

Nigel.

 

[Droogs]

Some fun filled Bob Ross facts:
He learned to paint on a local community college course while stationed in Alaska in the USAF
Like Van Gogh, he never sold a single painting
Most of his painting are held by Bob Ross Inc and they are fundraising to build a gallery
Each painting seen being done on the show is in fact only 1 of 3 done for each show
He made 31 series and each had 13 episodes

so there you go

 

[Ollie78]

This is funny, I went to art college.

Most of the people there could draw and paint to a very high standard some better at sculpting etc but all skilled.

The ones who specialised in fine art area were not better artists but better "explainers" or "salesman" for their work. It was very much part of the skill of it.
There is an element of "emperors new clothes" once one critic "simply adores it" or whatever, then no one else is brave enough to call it rubbish even if thats what they think.
Personally my view is that if its awesome then that is enough, you should not need to explain the work, it either resonates with you or not.

I wouldn`t give you £20 for a Mark Rothko.

Ollie

 

[Droogs]

was he one of your lecturers then Ollie78. I wouldn't mind a Bob Ross

 

[disco_monkey79]

I wouldn`t give you £20 for a Mark Rothko.

Ollie

Ditto Sean Scully. I'd be the first to acknowledge my ignoramus credentials, but he seems to have gone from mildly interesting graphic designs, to simply peddling roughly-daubed stripes.