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The Artist As Voyeur? Aren’t all artists who paint realistic or representational art really voyeurs? Aren’t we really watchers and studiers and reflectors of life itself? How often is what you record on canvas an impartial view? How much of it reflects your own emotional state of mind? Better yet, can you always know where the deviding line is?
Here is the sixth painting in a series I’ve called the Zoom Series because I’ve imaged these as what you would see as an artist through the lens of a camera. The only problem with these, from a technical point of view, is that these canvases are very narrow (12x36) and details have to be squeezed into very small surface areas.
Here is the link:
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(As always you can click or double click on the image to enlarge it to see better detail.)
If you would like to see the other five so far in this series here is that link:
pics.livejournal.com/unmired/gall… | I see the artist more as a philosopher, we paint a picture of our personal philosophy for all to see. Be it canvas or clay or picture, we give the world a glimpse of our soul, thereby making the observer of our art the voyeur in our world. Just as with voyeurs in life, they can observe, come up with their own conclusions, which may or may not be the essence of the emotion felt by the artist.
In this painting I happen to like the stance of the girl. I imagine a guy peeking out his window at the young girl, & she, realizing he is watching, strikes a pose, trying to be alluring in that 16 yr. old girl way.
I told you my imagination was strange!
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