Comments on: Revised still life http://artandperception.com/2007/10/revised-still-life.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=revised-still-life a multi-disciplinary dialog Mon, 07 May 2012 03:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Clairan http://artandperception.com/2007/10/revised-still-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-39730 Clairan Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:56:04 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/09/revised-still-life.html#comment-39730 Hanneke, I wrote this to June and she suggested I post it here: I love those pears! But for me the composition is just a little too static, too square. I wish the top pear angled a bit to the right or something. Is that offensive? I'm not sure. But I want to own that bowl and eat those pears and also sit and just contemplate them. I also can see the table and find them anchored in a reality that they make irrelevant. They seem to me to be very real in a way that surpasses the quotidian and take one straight to another dimension. And I can't think of one piece of fiber art that measures up (as a still life). Hanneke,

I wrote this to June and she suggested I post it here:

I love those pears! But for me the composition is just a little too static, too square. I wish the top pear angled a bit to the right or something. Is that offensive? I’m not sure. But I want to own that bowl and eat those pears and also sit and just contemplate them. I also can see the table and find them anchored in a reality that they make irrelevant. They seem to me to be very real in a way that surpasses the quotidian and take one straight to another dimension. And I can’t think of one piece of fiber art that measures up (as a still life).

]]> By: June http://artandperception.com/2007/10/revised-still-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-39503 June Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:55:31 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/09/revised-still-life.html#comment-39503 Oh, good, Hanneke, with another painting with the cloth being more obvious, we can do further comparisons. I'm surprised Steve didn't photoshop a ground into the web image..... Oh, good, Hanneke, with another painting with the cloth being more obvious, we can do further comparisons. I’m surprised Steve didn’t photoshop a ground into the web image…..

]]> By: hanneke oosterhout http://artandperception.com/2007/10/revised-still-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-39469 hanneke oosterhout Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:10:52 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/09/revised-still-life.html#comment-39469 hi ,thanks for your comments! the bowl doesn't float , there is a table under and a very dark piece of velvet in the picture here it is barely to see,but in real it is a bit better. today I worked on another pear picture and did a good job on the cloth since Steve pointed this out to me . hi ,thanks for your comments!
the bowl doesn’t float , there is a table under and a very dark piece of velvet in the picture here it is barely to see,but in real it is a bit better.
today I worked on another pear picture and did a good job on the cloth since Steve pointed this out to me .

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/10/revised-still-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-39412 Steve Durbin Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:20:01 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/09/revised-still-life.html#comment-39412 Ah, discord at last! The bowl doesn't seem actually flat, of course, but it does seem less three-dimensional than the previous version. As for the table, that is a matter of personal preference. But Hanneke's work seems to me very grounded in reality, and her bowl should, in my humble opinion, be grounded on a table. Setting it out to float does create an interesting, slightly surrealistic atmosphere, but it doesn't seem to fit with other aspects of her style. I would be interested to know how she thought of it. Ah, discord at last!

The bowl doesn’t seem actually flat, of course, but it does seem less three-dimensional than the previous version.

As for the table, that is a matter of personal preference. But Hanneke’s work seems to me very grounded in reality, and her bowl should, in my humble opinion, be grounded on a table. Setting it out to float does create an interesting, slightly surrealistic atmosphere, but it doesn’t seem to fit with other aspects of her style. I would be interested to know how she thought of it.

]]> By: June http://artandperception.com/2007/10/revised-still-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-39401 June Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:58:46 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/09/revised-still-life.html#comment-39401 Ah, at last, I can disagree with Steve. I like the slightly floating sensation -- or rather, what I think of as the chiaroscuro mystery of that black black space. I don't see the bowl as flat (I'll have to go back and check the earlier post to see if it "flatter." Isn't it possible that adding a table under the bowl would lessen rather than add to the painting? I mean, of course, it's possible (duh, june said the obvious) , but might it not lessen rather than add to? Ah, at last, I can disagree with Steve.

I like the slightly floating sensation — or rather, what I think of as the chiaroscuro mystery of that black black space. I don’t see the bowl as flat (I’ll have to go back and check the earlier post to see if it “flatter.”

Isn’t it possible that adding a table under the bowl would lessen rather than add to the painting? I mean, of course, it’s possible (duh, june said the obvious) , but might it not lessen rather than add to?

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/10/revised-still-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-39300 Steve Durbin Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:45:52 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/09/revised-still-life.html#comment-39300 It's hard to tell in detail about the pears, but the photography of the painting is certainly much better. The pears are certainly fabulous now, but I preferred the earlier lighting on table and bowl, which are, at least on my monitor, barely detectable. I'm left with the somewhat disconcerting feel of a flatter bowl floating in space. It’s hard to tell in detail about the pears, but the photography of the painting is certainly much better. The pears are certainly fabulous now, but I preferred the earlier lighting on table and bowl, which are, at least on my monitor, barely detectable. I’m left with the somewhat disconcerting feel of a flatter bowl floating in space.

]]> By: birgit http://artandperception.com/2007/10/revised-still-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-39292 birgit Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:01:19 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/09/revised-still-life.html#comment-39292 Hanneke, What is your trick for ripening pears in a bowl? A year ago, the four pears looked blue-green and tough. Now they have ripened into a yellow-green color. Looking softer, they promise to be very juicy. Hanneke,

What is your trick for ripening pears in a bowl?

A year ago, the four pears looked blue-green and tough. Now they have ripened into a yellow-green color. Looking softer, they promise to be very juicy.

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