Love this...both your humor and your thought process. You're right, my curiosity has been raised. I will most definitely be watching for an update here as the contest entries progress. On another point...I'll bet your have the best looking, most artistic fence in town!
Hi Cooper, The pendulum has swung towards figurative works in the last 5 years as far as OPA goes and other shows. A lot of landscape painters who entered OPA this year (who usually get in) did not. However, I think a lot of figurative works did get in.
There was a huge glut of plein air landscape events for a long time, and collectors wanted something different - that was figurative and still life. I recently spoke with the director a major gallery in Scottsdale and she said they have too many figurative artists right now, so the pendulum may just be in the process of swinging away from figurative works. Who knows...
The judge does mostly figurative work - Jeremy Lipking. He's a pretty good landscape painter too, so he might select a bit of everything. We'll have to wait and see.
That's my take, but like everyone else, I'm sort of guessing here.
Karen, I have yet to see a juror on any art competition or selection committee who is an abstractionist. Wonder if this could be a deciding factor for artists' submissions.
My friend Sharon thinks that figurative is still getting more attention... (although she's great at both, she usually paints landscapes.) I say we need to paint what makes us happy.
Marian, I agree on the paint what makes us happy part. I think when we do, then the world ends up getting to see better paintings. And I think you are the one who got me hooked on reading Sharon's blog posts--always an interesting outlook there as well :)
5 Responses to Painting The Figure Versus Painting Something Else, And The FASO Painting Competition
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There was a huge glut of plein air landscape events for a long time, and collectors wanted something different - that was figurative and still life. I recently spoke with the director a major gallery in Scottsdale and she said they have too many figurative artists right now, so the pendulum may just be in the process of swinging away from figurative works. Who knows...
The judge does mostly figurative work - Jeremy Lipking. He's a pretty good landscape painter too, so he might select a bit of everything. We'll have to wait and see.
That's my take, but like everyone else, I'm sort of guessing here.
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I say we need to paint what makes us happy.
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And I think you are the one who got me hooked on reading Sharon's blog posts--always an interesting outlook there as well :)