tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post2122452833297777445..comments2024-03-12T18:18:10.646+13:00Comments on How the hell does this work?: House ArtTwisted Scottish Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-44506112175141270952011-12-16T15:33:34.824+13:002011-12-16T15:33:34.824+13:00TC: If you're referring to that glorious maste...TC: If you're referring to that glorious masterpiece know as "The Wings of Love", then you're probably correct.<br /><br />I was a mug.<br /><br />But I still, in some small shameful way, think it's <i>nice.</i>Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-91475839723187783862011-12-16T15:19:37.673+13:002011-12-16T15:19:37.673+13:00re that first piece of art you bought it reminds m...re that first piece of art you bought it reminds me of the famous saying attributed to P.T. Barnum.THE WINE GUYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733085464695722440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-75188312625447290272011-12-16T13:48:53.890+13:002011-12-16T13:48:53.890+13:00Loach of Chicago: I like m'son's artwork a...Loach of Chicago: I like m'son's artwork as well, and i agree it is expressionistic. I like to think it expresses, filial love, familial love and yet with a broad streak of the bloody-mindedness essential to the male psyche.<br /><br />I should also point out that I forgot to say the french painting was a print (Le liseuse sur la rive), as the original was by Corot, and probably worth about $5,000,000Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-80597788372805046342011-12-16T12:30:29.020+13:002011-12-16T12:30:29.020+13:00I like your son's early painting. It is quite...I like your son's early painting. It is quite expressionistic. I also like the painting you bought in France.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-65826167561399048042011-12-16T10:14:15.789+13:002011-12-16T10:14:15.789+13:00Patience_Crabstick: Actually, even though I don...Patience_Crabstick: Actually, even though I don't understand the symbology the Aborigines use, I must admit thatthe designs are quite nice, in an abstract way. <br /><br />I'm surprised that there would be an Australian Aboriginal Art museum in Virginia. How on earth did that occur?<br /><br />My sympathies about the manadalas. Was your hubby a child of the flower-power age?<br /><br />looby: My Beloved doesn't really object to any art, apart from the constant moans about dusting them. I don't hang the "Wings of Love" on our walls mostly because I'm a bit ashamed of my taste. it is a bit cheesy.<br />Thanks for your concern regarding the floods, but they're down in the South Island. Only about 150km south west of us, but that area has a different micro-climte from the south of the N. Island, usually hot and sunny. The floods were a bit of a shock. We're just encountering a mild drizzle, not the torrential downpours they're getting.<br /><br />Mildred Ratched: Good idea. Unfortunately our attic is too small to even stand up in. However, my garage is my equivalent of a man-cave and i might hang it up there. Thanks for the suggestion.<br /><br />Alistair: Of course I've got a mellow side. it normally comes to the fore after a few 'nippy sweeties", but i must admit, getting away from the kiddies is rather refreshing, as is getting away from Ringo.<br /><br />I enjoyed the book, but I don't think it was as good as "Attack of the unsnkable rubber ducks, or "All fun and games until sombody loses an ey", which is I think his best work.<br /><br />I still feel a bit ashamedat my loss of taste, but what can you do? <br />*ambles off into the twighlight grasping a large glass of whisky with a shamefaced grin*Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-88810691246285370322011-12-16T06:10:16.148+13:002011-12-16T06:10:16.148+13:00Who would have known you had a more mellow side. G...Who would have known you had a more mellow side. Getting away from those kids does you no end of good!<br /><br />Like the reading material too. One of my favourites.<br /><br />And we all have lapses in good taste along the way - yours is a cracker!!<br /><br />{shakes head and chuckles as he ambles off}Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-82890171240489913682011-12-16T05:48:58.283+13:002011-12-16T05:48:58.283+13:00You could turn the attic into a mancave and hang i...You could turn the attic into a mancave and hang it there!Mildred Ratched https://www.blogger.com/profile/04705394337558739078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-55290169523160431722011-12-16T04:52:40.198+13:002011-12-16T04:52:40.198+13:00That's one advantage of living on your own. I ...That's one advantage of living on your own. I can put anything up and there's no-one nagging me with unwanted art criticism.<br /><br />Main thing I was going to say was though - saw some film of the floods an hour or so ago. Hope you don't need your wellies yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-48856134906887845282011-12-16T01:22:31.676+13:002011-12-16T01:22:31.676+13:00I like your Australian art. For some reason, ther...I like your Australian art. For some reason, there's a museum of Australian Aboriginal art in Charlottesville, Virginia. We have crap art in our house, partly because my husband is attracted to hideous Buddhist mandalas.Patience_Crabstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860012969550268614noreply@blogger.com