Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Art and Beauty Tuesday

This gorgeous picture is A Country Lane by Pierre Bittar.  A contemporary Impressionist artist, Bittar was born in France in 1934 and has his own gallery in Harbor Springs, Michigan.

I love the spots of sunlight on the purple road in this painting.  You can really feel the awareness of texture that a bright, humid-free day (like today!) brings to your senses.  Impressionism is perfect for conveying that.

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  1. i love the bushiness of the flowers over the fence. it really gives you that air of europe about it doesn't it?

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  2. I love the purple street/path best. I want to walk there ... slowly, quietly, and end up on a wooden bench somewhere down the path where I can sit and absorb all the beauty surrounding me. Yeah, that's what I want to do. ; )

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  3. Exactly. Time will stand still.

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  4. Thanks for this, I don't know much about late Impressionists such as Bittar. His nature is very impressionistic; the house, less so...not the usual.

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  5. Impressionism is my favorite art, next to the 1100s-1500s. Oh, and add icons to that. I love this painting and hope that I will be able to express myself so passionately as the impressionists when I master digital painting, if I ever do. It takes a lot of courage to paint like this. This painting really draws the viewer in.

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  6. You're right, kkollwitz, the house is much less impressionistic, isn't it? I think he really shows nature as changing and growing as opposed to the house which is more static.

    Barbara, I think we have similar tastes!

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