Pumpkin Carving Guy Presents Ray Villafane

art quote for ya !

A painting is never finished--it simply stops in interesting places. (Paul Gardner)

" Koi , Love and Friendship " 18x24 original painting

SOLD

OOAK one of a kind painting " Koi , Love and Friendshp  " by C. Wright 10-24-10 Just finished this morning !! paint still wet when I took pics ! 18x24 inch acrylic painting on stretched canvas .  ***************** I saw an article on Koi and was fascinated by the meanings of these fish !

This painting will go with any room needing some calming with a green or sea green and white color .

Better than having a fish tank in the living room -- don't have to maintain it !!

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some of the colors -- blue , greem, white , red , orange and yellow -- a touch of black. 

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** This is a one of a kind OOAK original 18x24 inch painting on stretched canvas .

** signed on front and back

**I will include a certificate of authenticity .

NOTE:

It will be on Ebay for the next 30 days -- get it now !!

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funny report on modern art !!! Andy Rooney -- need I say more ?

Since humankind first put brush to canvas.................

Since humankind first put brush to canvas, artists have played with the mind and the senses to create sublime atmospheres and odd impressions. It is only recently, with a blossoming understanding of the way the brain deconstructs images, that neuroscientists and psychologists have finally begun to understand how these tricks work. 

Here we take you on a grand tour of the burgeoning field of neuroaesthetics. You’ll find out how Claude Monet bypasses your consciousness and plugs straight into your emotions, how Salvador Dali triggers neural conflicts and how Renaissance art and trompe l’oeil fool us into believing the impossible. And we turn the spotlight on the artist’s mind, revealing how Wassily Kandinsky drew on his synaesthesia to produce some of the most celebrated artworks of the 20th century.




Read more -- really cool !!
http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-ways-that-artists-hack-your-brain

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My paintings evolve organically from life's everyday glances. Rather than trying to force my will on them, I give them total control. Each layer determines and guides the next. (Dion Archibald)