Oils are so much harder than acrylics for me, but it’s a challenge I have to take on every so often. Work in progress. • • • #oilpainting #oil #oiloncanvas #oilpaintings #wip #progress #painting #venusflytrap #teeth #spooky #deadpale #pallormortis #art #artistsoninstagram #dark #darkart #darkartists #darkartwork #paintings #workinprogress #artist #instaart #instaartist #artwork https://www.instagram.com/p/CEsBkTfpmd9/?igshid=1v0oi91kxokw9
I know it’s incredibly cliche to say that my favorite artist is Vincent Van Gogh, he's everyones favorite, but I can't help my fascination with his ability to create movement. Every painting, every drawing.. it hums with energy. I have always wished for the ability to couple this with the dark intensity of Theodore Gericault.
Humanity, oil on canvas.
“Man is born to suffer; pain is the means of his preservation. His childhood is happy, knowing only pain of body. These bodily sufferings are much less cruel, much less painful, than other forms of suffering, and they rarely lead to self-destruction. It is not the twinges of gout which make a man kill himself, it is mental suffering that leads to despair. We pity the sufferings of childhood; we should pity ourselves; our worst sorrows are of our own making.”
I’ve been in a lull for so long, but the last few months have really changed things for me. Life feels completely different. I actually look forward to the coming new year.
I often wonder if I should paint some of my dreams, but each time the thought comes up I start to worry about the repercussions.. particularly the possibility of encouraging more like them or potentially lucid dreaming.
The Getty‘s president on the importance of freedom of people and ideas.
“The recent executive order barring entry into the United States from citizens of seven nations is antithetical to the values of the Getty, and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms.
Curiosity, diversity, and tolerance are the core values of the humanities, values that require the free movement of people and ideas. That’s why, for years, the Getty has supported scholars, scientists, and other professionals from around the world—including from the targeted nations—in pursuing research and study here with us. It’s also why we are proud to welcome people of all faiths, colors, ethnicities, and nationalities into the Getty community.
If it continues, the travel ban will extract a high human cost in lost freedoms, livelihoods, and careers, as well as a high social cost in lost innovation and discovery. It may have a profoundly adverse effect on important work the Getty is pursuing in the Middle East, even in the midst of turmoil there, to protect and preserve the world’s cultural heritage. It will have a corrosive effect on scholarly exchange with the United States and on the stature of American cultural and educational institutions.
We believe the order is ill-advised, unnecessary, and destructive. The Getty stands against it and adds its voice in favor of established American principles of freedom and engagement.”
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