yes you are fascinated by space..good for you... i ask you was mars once an
earthly paradise?..merle
Merle,
I can dig it Merle. Interesting assessment!, from another professional
painter; tnx.
Maybe you understand that most of Hartmann's landscape work is _en plein air_,
one-off opportunities at far-flung places on-travel to scientific conferences,
and observing trips, and perhaps the paintings are closer to what we would call
a _pochade_? That's an aspect of them that I *particularly* LOVE. See, if his
Outdoor paintings were better than my STUDIO paintings, I'd hate him! ;-)
His studio paintings are the space art paintings, and these are much more
"finished". William K. Hartmann is the most professional space art painter on
the planet at this moment because his technique is fine and because his
depictions are true to life, when it comes to painting other worlds, and
asteroids, etc., completely informed by info from remote-sensing, and photos by
spacecraft and satellites, and done by a scientist, a specialist in Planetary
Surfaces.
I understand "it's" not your cup of tea. I tip my hat to him for his organic
blend of technique and natural verisimilitude ("scientific accuracy").
I have a signed copy of his fine and fun book, A TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO MARS,
2003, Workman Publishing:
http://www.amazon.com/Travelers-Guide-Mars-William-Hartmann/dp/0761126066/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1353798782&sr=8-3&keywords=traveller%27s+guide+to+mars
Want to see a fun "how-to" book on "Space Art"? No? I have this book, and am
learning slowly from it, about technique. SPACE ART, by Mike Carroll. If you
have students who want to daub and dabble in the far-out, have them see:
http://www.amazon.com/Space-Art-Planets-Landscapes-Worlds/dp/B005UWCGPU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353798909&sr=1-1&keywords=carroll+space+art
Yours, from A-to-Z, Art-to-Zen,
yr dry-humor desert Cousin,
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> no  joe i don't dig his paintings...very amateurish.
>
> .. best he sticks to his star gazing
>
> however saying that it's great to see folk taking up the brush..
>
> you never know where it might lead them...
