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I know what you mean about the beach on a perfect day, something very difficult to convey. These are a couple of paintings I have done in contemplatio...

Oh right, yes I have practiced meditation a lot in the past. Up until I reached the point of not needing to meditate any longer because I felt I was d...

I suggest you consider meditation, I say this because it can facilitate ones ability to capture in creative ways the experience of the experience of c...

This is a result of the format of forums. Unfortunately they work on disagreement and argument. This is not necessary, provided contributors agree to ...

Perhaps a human attempt at expression is a better way of putting it. The acknowledgement of human frailty accepts the limits of artifice. I accept you...

This is an interesting subject. For me I often refer to photographs I find online for how to draw a horse for example, or a sunset. I don't think that...

This is the curse of the artist, most works fail to convey what was intended. They fall short in the execution and result. Also the experiences we wis...

That was intentional ;)

Noble Dust, Praxis and Brett, nice work. This is a plein air I did about 5years ago, a slight nod to Van Gogh. https://i.ibb.co/DGTN9Pq/IMG-5181.jpg

That's all nonsense, what has happened is some stagnation and austerity following the sub-prime mortgage crash, coming on top of the economic conseque...

Its like the Brexiters over here. They are basically going Grrh ahh Grrh ahh sovereignty, Grrh ahh Grrh ahh reclaim our borders. Anyone who questions ...

While at Trump's victory rally today he shouts,

Interestingly as the COP26 climate change summit which will be held in Scotland in November is being arranged there is a stand off between the governm...

Its satire, in the film, everyone who was on the same side as him stood up and claimed to be Spartacus in the expectation of certain death, to save hi...

I'm Spartacus!

Only my cartoons have been surrealist in that way. For more serious art, I followed a course somewhere between abstract expressionism and abstract art...

Now that the negotiations with the EU has started. Johnson and Gove are jibering about not having any alignment with the EU because we need unfettered...

Yes, I entirely agree, well said.

Your criticism of Sheakspeare's work is divorced from reality and it's focus on plot is naive. You should appreciate the context in which it was writt...

I realise now that my definition of modern art is more narrow than the academic definition. For me it was the 1950-60's, with abstract expressionism a...

You implied it. Have you purchased some art? (To save time) If you have purchased art, then you have done this, " I will decide what art is".

If all the artists disappeared you could still buy something and call it art, by your criteria. You couldn't though buy an Andy Warhol, or a Picasso. ...

I find the original Che Gavara poster the best piece of political art ever produced. It's status as a work of art left the political cause behind and ...

I don't want to be argumentative in what I say, rather simply try to identify who decides what art is. Take the artist out of the equation, i.e. prete...

Apparently there isn't a limit, from the inside it just keeps on expanding at the speed of light. But like a face painted on the surface of a ballon, ...

I don't recall being taught how much of a shock this was, as it surely must have been. Somehow I think they were in denial lead by the church. However...

So art helps itself to find out what it is, or will be? Yes if "art" means an art movement, or something that a number of artists coalesce around. But...

Max Richter, one of my favourite composers/musicians. I think you'll find the astrophysicists say it is a dome*, the ancient people might be the ones ...

I will rejoin you when Scotland rejoins the EU. Fingers crossed.

Yes, I agree that political art is not art, but rather a sleight of hand to convey or prompt, to reaffirm the political message. I always think of thi...

I notice you didn't mention what Modernism said. It seems to me that it said anything is art and anything can be art. So what does the next movement s...

It feels like a con from here, Johnson still has to square at least two enormous circles to pull this off. In fact when I think about it there are mor...

What I was thinking is what is the next movement in the progression? We've had Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Modernism, Post Modernism, Post Post...

I think all creative people have their cross to bare, because the creative process requires one to develop inventive patterns of thought beyond what i...

The problem is that you come along with an unusual philosophy and then argue with people as though they are wrong you you are right. This also extends...

Agree all you like, I discussed philosophy with people I agreed with for years before I came to forums. Forums require some disagreement to work, whic...

I wholeheartedly agree, this is perhaps a danger with a philosophy of art, or the role of the critic. Often the public, or collectors will follow a pa...

There is the phenomena that the artist strives to develop a skill, a style, something which appeals to a number of people, or what is praised by a num...

Perhaps political art is a good place to start, I accept that there are a few pieces of good political art, but most isn't. What I am saying is bad, i...

I was suggesting that each artist is a single person art movement. This might be what an art movement of individualism looks like. I asked who would d...

Does this mean we have millions of mini art movements? And who decides which artists, or art work, will be elevated to the national, or world stage?

I feel as an artist that I am reaching, an artist reaches for that next work which takes him/her further along the road to improvement. I am reaching ...

I am the same, although I reserve judgement on whether the history of art implicitly demonstrates this. I practice mysticism and the core consideratio...

No, I'm saying that the artist is free to choose a spiritual motif, as with any motif. And if an artist chooses a spiritual motif, that is not necessa...

No, the viewer, or the critic. Although the artist is a viewer and their own critic during the process as well.

If one is of the opinion or conviction there there is a divine art up there, then the artist is attempting to depict this through some kind of artisti...

I think my wording was a bit clumsy there. I think my analogy of the science fiction writer illustrates it, "For example,for a science fiction writer,...

Well I think it boils down to the idea that humanity's purpose in life is to become a follower in the divine plan via the Christ. A situation where th...

I see this as a supportive structure, a matrix in which people could dwell and all their psychological and intellectual needs were met and they could ...

I think what he means is that, for example, if you are a philosopher, or a writer of theory, you end up with a whole lot of internal dialogues going r...