Art, art in my eyes need to be unique … when you paint a landscape, you’re doing the same thing everyone else does, landscapes are perfect for photography, but is generally considered an inferior art form. Landscapes are like the pop-music from the 80s – overrated and milked dry.
Let’s quote Wikipedia:
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still form an important part of the work. Sky is almost always included in the view, and weather is often an element of the composition. Detailed landscapes as a distinct subject are not found in all artistic traditions, and develop when there is already a sophisticated tradition of representing other subjects. The two main traditions spring from Western painting and Chinese art, going back well over a thousand years in both cases. Landscape photography has been very important since the 19th century, and is covered by its own article.
The word landscape is from the Dutch, landschap originally meaning a patch of cultivated ground, and then an image. The word entered the English language at the start of the 17th century, purely as a term for works of art; it was not used to describe real vistas before 1725.[1] If the primary purpose of a picture is to depict an actual, specific place, especially including buildings prominently, it is called a topographical view.[2] Such views, extremely common as prints, are often seen as inferior to fine art landscapes, although the distinction is not always meaningful.[3]
Surrealism, abstract and fine art does carry my stamp of approval, especially when it’s outside the norm.
The artist (Carel de Beer) who did the design for my sandboard also did this stunning piece called “Consume!”
When you start mixing Art & Magick, you also get some fascinating canvases! Among my favorites are
Where can I find more abstract and surreal art forms?
