tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post3548940078137550997..comments2023-08-29T02:21:38.421-07:00Comments on Arty Fice: Whatcha reading?Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06049136988037448625noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-71714352573069595402008-12-31T21:41:00.000-07:002008-12-31T21:41:00.000-07:00Tina— Can't think of anything I've done fo...Tina— Can't think of anything I've done for you that needs thanking, but I've been toying with putting my email address on my sidebar, so you've helped with that decision. Promise you aren't sending me an hilarious Forward, k?Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06049136988037448625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-2199545468722898142008-12-31T10:42:00.000-07:002008-12-31T10:42:00.000-07:00Why three days? I am headed out of town in just a...Why three days? I am headed out of town in just a little bit, and the first stop is a huge Books-A-Million about 85 miles in the direction I am traveling. I will let you know what I come up with.<BR/>Edgar, I can't locate email address for you, but I want to say thank you. You might know why already.TSL https://www.blogger.com/profile/07497254205408895928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-44179094696265166072008-12-30T22:26:00.000-07:002008-12-30T22:26:00.000-07:00Bob— I think you'd like what Ian Roberts has t...Bob— I think you'd like what Ian Roberts has to say - he specifically brings up the difference in the way that painters look at other paintings vs. how art critics look at them.<BR/><BR/>Sylvina— Thanks for turning me on to it. Makes me feel all radical and revolutionary when I read it.<BR/><BR/>Marian— I don't just read art books, either. It's a good thing. Else, I'd <I><B>really</B></I> just be a troll under a bridge.<BR/><BR/>Melinda— This is advice I'm going to try to follow. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Tina— Thanks for coming by. Let us know what you come up with. [Why three days?]<BR/><BR/>Karen— Sounds like a good obsession to have, so long as you just like the art, not the whole insanity thing.Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06049136988037448625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-16304145343052358992008-12-30T14:26:00.000-07:002008-12-30T14:26:00.000-07:00Anything with Van Gogh in the title. :) Currentl...Anything with Van Gogh in the title. :) Currently, "The Yellow House, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Provence."<BR/><BR/>Great suggestions Edgar!Karen Appletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496506289456717901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-54033357664950542672008-12-28T17:50:00.000-07:002008-12-28T17:50:00.000-07:00I am ashamed to say at this particular moment I ha...I am ashamed to say at this particular moment I have no reading list but I intend to remedy that in three days.TSL https://www.blogger.com/profile/07497254205408895928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-49688871397199154402008-12-24T23:43:00.000-07:002008-12-24T23:43:00.000-07:00Read this, Edgar:You have talent.You can water col...Read this, Edgar:<BR/><BR/>You have talent.<BR/>You can water color.<BR/>Making decisions aren't so hard the second after you make them.<BR/>Create the time for your art.<BR/>Set up the pochade twice a week.<BR/>Laugh more.<BR/>Remember Amelie, Frida, Joan and Fritz.<BR/>Free the artist!<BR/>--your fellow comradeMelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793226305585541931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-84228406806547990792008-12-24T09:57:00.000-07:002008-12-24T09:57:00.000-07:00Mostly I read to escape reality so I read murder m...Mostly I read to escape reality so I read murder mysteries!! Although sometimes I do read art books... Just finished Leffel's most recent book... (gorgeous plates of his paintings!)<BR/>Loved reading a book about John Singer Sargeant called "Strapless" a while back..<BR/>My most recent non-murder, non-art book was a Ken Follet book called Pillars Of The Earth!<BR/><BR/>NOW... the reason I came to your site... I posted the question after you commented on my site but I didn't get a respons and I KNOW... you are a techie wizard...<BR/>Can you figure out WHY the widget on blogspot that you (and now I) have on the sidebar called My Blog List, doesn't accept the URL for certain blogs??? (like mine??) <BR/>The widget works fine for almost all of the URLS I put in including yours, but it doesn't work for Faye Christian Phillips... (or mine) and I can't figure out why!!<BR/><BR/>HELP ME< HELP ME< <BR/>Please!!<BR/><BR/>Happy Holidays to you!Marian Fortunatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107085447074524162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-23281004238881690592008-12-24T00:52:00.000-07:002008-12-24T00:52:00.000-07:00I thought you would find Gablik's book engrossing....I thought you would find Gablik's book engrossing. It was recommended to me by Bill Sharp, another artist who blogs. I wanted so very much to write a summary or at least an opinion about Has Modernism Failed, but was afraid I couldn't do it justice. You've expressed it so well in so few words. Thanks for this informative review of books on art. Merry Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-18796719827075594982008-12-18T12:30:00.000-07:002008-12-18T12:30:00.000-07:00Two books I've read recently related to art are:"W...Two books I've read recently related to art are:<BR/><BR/>"What is Painting? Representation and Modern Art" by Julian Bell. Very thought provoking discussion about what makes a painting and how modern trends in art have challenged our views about that. Bell is a painter himself, so it's not just from a critics viewpoint.<BR/><BR/>"The Modern Mind" by Peter Watson - a good overview of the intellectual history of the 20th century so it covers a lot more than art but does include a lot of discussion of the arts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-39359131849022156492008-12-17T22:17:00.000-07:002008-12-17T22:17:00.000-07:00Karen — your hard study puts us to shame - but I c...Karen — your hard study puts us to shame - but I can see increasing control and sophistication, just in the time I've been visiting your blog this year. [I loved the Onion's video "Diebold machine inadvertently reveals results of 2008 presidential election early."] <BR/><BR/>My Croft — happy to see you! Speaking of materialist art criticism (Berger)- you could have been a great help in our "<A HREF="http://artyfice.blogspot.com/2008/10/someone-talk-me-down.html" REL="nofollow">talk me down</A>" discussion.<BR/><BR/>Jeffrey — Hey! Thanks for stopping by. Those PBS adaptations are the closest I've come to the Hillerman books - but the TV show is a real treat because of the footage of the beautiful Navajo country. (I left out my genre fiction reading, only because it's an "art" blog, and bringing up sci-fi would only sully my air of pretension.)<BR/><BR/>Melinda — If you're planning on being lost, take a pochade and a cell phone, 'k?Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06049136988037448625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-89620648641770935292008-12-17T17:25:00.000-07:002008-12-17T17:25:00.000-07:00A good post again, Edgar. I've just started readin...A good post again, Edgar. <BR/>I've just started reading the book Karen suggested--A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit. Excellent, it is. Beyond that...well, I'm mostly enjoying looking at Southwest Art and other bloggers' work.<BR/><BR/>Note to Jeffrey:<BR/>Love the Tony Hillerman series! We've watched a couple of the made for PBS movies recently. Yes, Coyote is always hungry!!Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793226305585541931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-9595622717728027342008-12-17T07:25:00.000-07:002008-12-17T07:25:00.000-07:00My goodness...I'm afraid my reading leans more to ...My goodness...I'm afraid my reading leans more to the escapeism<BR/>vein and usually has a cop or gumshoe in it often both...at the moment I am devouring a wonderful series by the recently late Tony Hillerman. All of them revolve around Navajo Tribual Policeman Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee in the 4 Corners Area. All of the novels have language, history, cultural and geographical information intertwined in the storyline. Sadly I am almost at the end of the dozen or more books in the series.<BR/>I'm in the middle of 'Sacred Clowns".<BR/>Coyote is always waiting and he's always hungry!<BR/><BR/>JeffreyJeffrey J. Boron https://www.blogger.com/profile/03911857227885778381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-67142255152616499212008-12-17T05:46:00.000-07:002008-12-17T05:46:00.000-07:00Morning, Edgar,Thanks for stopping by the croft. I...Morning, Edgar,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by the croft. I think the key to contentment in the letter writing exercise is not expecting to get anything back. And not gushing like a school girl with a crush ;-)<BR/><BR/>Ii'm on a bit of a fiction tear right now (Unsworth's The Songs of the Kings) but while tidying last night I ran across two of John Berger's books (The Sense of Sight and Ways of Seeing) that I didn't know I had and pulled them off the shelf so I rememebr to read them. Also in that grouping The Mystery of Consciousness by John R Searle.my crofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13484071987163894248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127758693763459029.post-53666435442578908702008-12-15T19:28:00.000-07:002008-12-15T19:28:00.000-07:001) Problem Solving for Oil Painters by Gregg Kreut...1) Problem Solving for Oil Painters by Gregg Kreutz. A book about essential questions and problems we encounter in the painting process (concepts, values, paint quality, etc.). Beautiful examples in the Leffel tradition.<BR/><BR/>2) The New Munsell Student Color Set by Jim Long and Joy Turner Lake. Details the Munsell color system, plus added bonus of wonderfully excruciating exercises in assembling a couple hundred small color chips into the Munsell color charts. Perfect for instructors.<BR/><BR/>3) Henche on Painting. Beautiful writings on the Cape Cod School colorist tradition.<BR/><BR/>4) The Onion. The best newspaper around.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02657187768183498744noreply@blogger.com