Very interesting and effective – love the mark-making, the balance of colours and the sparse coverage of some areas (oh, and the composition is terrific too) :)
What the«M» stands for,God i wish i could paint like this ,this one is more «architecturale» a lot of details,a lot of thinking «dans la mer de la pensée» Do you know«Le vaisseau d’or»from Emile Nelligan,he compared himself to a big boat that went down the sea,this makes me think of that poem.
No Gigi, I don’t know it…but I’m going to find out – one of the things that is happening here is that the ship itself is a creature with blood and life, it is broken and dies and as it sinks it becomes animal and decays and then gives life back to the sea making atonement for the (man-made) poison it has spread throughout its life. (these paintings develop a life of their own!) Thank you for your inspired comment.
Great texture the only problem I see is the white lines lead me out of the painting, up to the left and out. I feel the panting is somewhat unbalanced and needs just a little work in the top left corner to bring the viewer back into the painting. It’s the artist’s job to lead the viewer around the work so that the eye’s stay within. I am also a painter so I hope you take this as a constructive comment as it a very good work other wise. Jon Clark
Jon, thank you for your constructive comment, you are right – well spotted – this painting is intended to be seen alongside Braer#1 as part of a diptych. The files were just too big for me to upload and keep the detail which is so important to this painting Braer#1 & #2 are the two halves of the tanker (which broke in two) when they are seen properly the lines leading out become lines leading in. I will try and work out a way of showing them in their proper context. The other point about the left hand corner is that the glazing is very deep and the digital copy just could not get the quality of the original painting and is a little too dark in that area (also leading the eye to it) unfortunately I am not technically proficient enough with Photoshop to be able to adjust it without affecting the rest of the image. (I’m practicing!) Thanks again for your perceptive comments.
kafka this is a fantastic painting. I love the way you have worked at the canvas so the painting shows its history. There is so much meaning in that history, that works well with what you are saying. And the sensitive linework is wonderful.
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paul romanowski
OH, GOD…...........THIS IS FAR OUT…..........SO COOL, I CAN’T HELP IT…....
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
kafka
Thank you Paul for your wonderful comment
lizzy
Very interesting and effective – love the mark-making, the balance of colours and the sparse coverage of some areas (oh, and the composition is terrific too) :)
kafka
Thank you Susan
micmac
What the«M» stands for,God i wish i could paint like this ,this one is more «architecturale» a lot of details,a lot of thinking «dans la mer de la pensée» Do you know«Le vaisseau d’or»from Emile Nelligan,he compared himself to a big boat that went down the sea,this makes me think of that poem.
kafka
No Gigi, I don’t know it…but I’m going to find out – one of the things that is happening here is that the ship itself is a creature with blood and life, it is broken and dies and as it sinks it becomes animal and decays and then gives life back to the sea making atonement for the (man-made) poison it has spread throughout its life. (these paintings develop a life of their own!) Thank you for your inspired comment.
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Great texture the only problem I see is the white lines lead me out of the painting, up to the left and out. I feel the panting is somewhat unbalanced and needs just a little work in the top left corner to bring the viewer back into the painting. It’s the artist’s job to lead the viewer around the work so that the eye’s stay within. I am also a painter so I hope you take this as a constructive comment as it a very good work other wise.
Jon Clark
kafka
Jon, thank you for your constructive comment, you are right – well spotted – this painting is intended to be seen alongside Braer#1 as part of a diptych. The files were just too big for me to upload and keep the detail which is so important to this painting Braer#1 & #2 are the two halves of the tanker (which broke in two) when they are seen properly the lines leading out become lines leading in. I will try and work out a way of showing them in their proper context. The other point about the left hand corner is that the glazing is very deep and the digital copy just could not get the quality of the original painting and is a little too dark in that area (also leading the eye to it)
unfortunately I am not technically proficient enough with Photoshop to be able to adjust it without affecting the rest of the image. (I’m practicing!) Thanks again for your perceptive comments.
Hagen
Lovely colours
Matt Hurrell
This has got a great sense of vibrance and energy. Great work!
Susan Grissom
beautiful, rich ,great compostion
akustikstudio
this is incredible kafka
love the details and colour choices
Jakki O
Beautiful!
kafka
Thank you all for your very kind comments.
karolina
oooooo i love the etching in the paint.. at least that’s what i think it is… either way it’s a gorgeous piece.
Elizabeth Aust...
Excellent work!
Chris Willis
I really love your work, Kafka. It’s the kind of thing that I could look at for hours.
Catherine Crim...
amazing….. dang…this is great
kseriphyn
this is outstanding work.
papam
Very very interesting. Simply attracted eye! Perfect.
mare
Impressive work, Kafka. U got it all going on
kipishiux
Everything there is just fantastic. I love the style and strong emotions. Fabulous
Kathie Nichols
Stunning artwork…..........wow!
Kathy Kuzma
An amazing piece that just draws me in with it’s sense of space and color.
Sophie Shapiro
You are very talented! A wonderfulpainting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You have alot of experience with paint and it shows in your wonderful work! Amazing!S
robyn nuttall
wow! Marvelleous image—really like the thin lines sweeping through it.
Deborah Milligan
kafka this is a fantastic painting. I love the way you have worked at the canvas so the painting shows its history. There is so much meaning in that history, that works well with what you are saying. And the sensitive linework is wonderful.