Julius Rolshoven: Madame Koch and her children 1898

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (guercino) : Madonna and Child 1636

 Taken oct 2012 canon t1i, 18-55is2 ,on a trip to the phoenix art museum. color and distortion corrected, for education, for the world to see.
by artist, photographer anonymous

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino)

Madonna and Child, 1636

Oil on Canvas

Luis Ritman: Flower Garden 1913

 When i have time i will post pics from the museum.
I think this piece is best viewed from affar. It is really quite a large piece in person. as usual click for larger version.

Louis Ritman: Flower Garden c. 1913

oil on canvas

gift of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Redfield, Jr

American 1889-1963

Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius: On the Trail

description reads:

Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius

On the Trail

Oil on Masonite

Museum purchase with funds provided by Western Art Associates,

given in memory of our founder by the Donald Ware waddell

Foundation and Eleanor & Scott L. Libby, jr.

1979.14

American, 1869 - 1959

Another nice piece taken with permission during my visit to the Phoenix Art Museum

Arturo Chavez - Neapolitan cliffs

Sorry about the blurry description , it reads:

Arturo Chavez : Neapolitan Cliffs 2011

oil on linen on panel

Museum purchase with funds provided by Western Art Associates and 

J.M. Kaplan Fund, New York

Preparatory Drawing for Neapolitan Cliffs, 2011

Pencil on paper

Gift of Arturo Chavez artist

American Born 1949

Jim Colbert - Glenwood canyon

Jim Colbert - Glenwood Canyon

as shown At the phoenix art museum 2012

Jim Colbert 1946 - 2007

was extremely talented in selecting the colors for light and shadow.

Big Gen X : another from the phoenix art museum

Kelly McLane

Big Gen X, 2004

Oil and Graphite on Canvas

Gift of Kent and Vicki Logan in honor of the museum's 50th Anniversary

Last day of class

Space, color, value, love :-)

paul pletka, Our Lord, The One Who is Flayed 2004

                                         

Paul Pletka, Our Lord, The One Who is Flayed (2004)

at the Phoenix art museum

This is the best quality i have seen this amazingly detailed picture taken with t1i 

at the phoenix art museum by yours truly.

“Our Lord, The One Who Is Flayed” by Paul Pletka 2004 acrylic.  For me it was a very memorable piece because of its size, the content and also the saturated colours.  The colours themselves i think were made more intense because of the complementary  colors. There is alot of what seems to be a orange-red on the curtains which seems to make the tourquise which is used on the ladder seem to jump out.  The lightness of the teal makes it jump out much more than the green cross even though the cross is right next to the reds probably because the shade of green is quite dark.  i find that the skin tones used are not overly saturated but are more or less accurate.  Most of the foreground and textiles are more saturated and the back wall not so much saturated. I would say that overall this is a warm painting.

I also find the content quite interesting.  Who knows? but The Christ in the painting seems to be the one from the Judeo-Christians or is atleast representing him. The plaque on the painting reads INRI which is the acronym in latin which translates to Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews, Which according to The bible pilate ordered to be written in 3 languages when Jesus was being crucified hebrew, latin and greek.  But this painting is not just about The Christ of the christians but it merges it with an Aztek diety Xipe Totec or Our Lord the Flayed One. These two figures though may have some similarities are quite different in my opinion. One one flayed and stabed and another wore the flayed skin of others. Looking closer it almost seems that the Jesus figure is wearing a flesh mask though i cannot be too certain. Another interesting thing in the incredibly detailed painting is the purple cape which on it depicts missionaries preaching to the natives  from a book with a cross, holding a cross, in front of a giant cross, ontop of a scene of some conquestodor looking soldiers on horse back stabbing someone.

when making art you shouold change from focusing on the details to looking at the overall picture.

Collage painting for art color class

Color theory study . Complimentary colours neutralize.

Color class

2D design class

In my 2d design class we still do things the old fashioned way. Cut out a stencil with an x acto knife. Hand colored using a Sharpie.