Day Six of 100 Doggie Paintings

Little Angel Presents Ratman

This is day six in my 100 days of doggie paintings and I had to create an artwork in memory of Ratman.  Half-pint the rat terrier chihuahua mix was truly Ratman.  This quickly became his name as this was his real persona.  When we brought him home he crawled up the arm of my son's jacket to cuddle on his neck, so he appeared to be nothing but sugar.  Not True!  Ratman would take on anything and any one.  He was truly fearless.   He remains ever The Ratman in our memories.

If you have a photograph of your pet that you would like to have made into one of my artworks, please email it to profkenglish@gmail.com.  If I use it to make a doggie artwork I will send you the image in the form of a greeting card.  

Thanks!   Kara

Day five of 100 day's of Doggie Paintings

Who is the Dog with a Pearl  Earring?

Day five doggie painting features an artwork inspired by Johannes Vermeer, The Girl With the Pearl Earring.  This is quite an amazing artwork that you can examine at the Essential Vermeer along with other wonderful Vermeer Artworks.

If you have a photograph of a dog that you would like to send to me for use, please email it to Profkenglish@gmail.com.  If I use your photograph I will send you a greeting card based on the artwork.

Thanks!
Kara

Day Four 100 Days of Doggie Paintings

This is day four of the 100 day challenge of 100 paintings of Dogs.  Today's painting imatates a Rapheal painting of a Young Woman with a Unicorn.  Otherwise known as Dr. Thodore Bear Presents Young Pekingese with Unicorn.

Today was a good day with my grandchildren.  Miss Iris and I also did a little animation of my Baby Basset Painting which you can see at Ethal May's Grand Old Doggie Land Singers.

I am looking forward to receiving some of your pet pictures for my 100 day challenge.  If you send an image to profkenglish@gmail.com, and I use it in an artwork I will send you a greeting card of the image.
Have a great weekend all of you doggie lovers!

Day Three of 100 Dog Paintings in 100 Days

Today's painting is a knock-off of a Neo-Classical Painting by Jean Auguste Ingress.  Dr. Bear' Purchased this Pure Little Pup by Green Malays,

 I plan to complete a painting a day for 100 days.  If you would like to email me a photo of your dog to use in one of my paintings I will send you a greeting card print of the artwork. Please email your photos to profkenglish@gmail.com

100 Dog Works in 100 Days

One of my favorite living artists, Carol Nelson recently held a challenge on her blog that she would paint 100 portraits in 100 days.  Her followers sent her photographs to use for this challenge.

I have decided to try something similar.  I plan to create 100 doggie paintings in 100 days either for my Dr. Theordore Bear Doggie Appropriated Paintings, or for Little Angel's Doggie Library.  If you have a dog photograph that you would like to see used in this please email it to profkenglish@gmail.com.  If I use your photo I will send you a free greeting card of your pet's image in my artwork.  I am on day two of the challenge.  The first image was for little Angel's Dog Library and was Ohby Quick or the Cat, a doggie version of Moby Dick.  Today's doggie artwork is on Dr. Bear's Blog, Marcella de Veste by Pooche Fishen.

I am hoping to receive a photo from you soon!

Kara

Dog Pop Art Card

Every Dog Has His Day, I Hope Your's Is Great! Card
by Dr_Theodore_Bear

Have the Monday Blues? See a Flick with Little Angel!

Two Fun Cards at Zazzle

Soccer Dog

Pup's Got Goals Card
by Dr_Theodore_Bear

Bulldog Cow

I'm Going to Party Like It's Your Birthday Card
by Dr_Theodore_Bear

Alphonse Mucha Designs

One of my favorite artists is Mucha.  I love the colors and patterns in the works as well as female forms.

The style of Mucha, a Czech artist who lived between 1860 to 1939 became a well known decorative artists who was made famous in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century.

Today Alphonse Mucha is recognized for the bridge he created between high art and commercialism.  He straddled both worlds as he created illustrations, and at the same time produced historic Paintings which were important to the Czech art history.  The Sara Bernhardt poster is one such example.

The Angelita painting is an original painting which was inspired by Mucha's style.  This digital painting of Teddybear Grams is an Appropriated Muncha Puppy Painting by that Austrailian Shepard, Alpha Munchy.

Motivation

If we do not believe, where is motivation?  I look around and see depression, boredom, and fear, a general lack of motivation.  What motivates you? To me it starts with excitement and idea, and art itself.  This morning I discovered an exciting young sculpture artist on Pinterest which gave me a shot of motivation like a shot of expresso.  If you aren't  using Pinterest to get you excited, please start.  I promise that with a little looking every day you will soon discover some inspiration.

Here is a link to Lee Cross, Wood Splitter.   Her work is very inspiring, I love the tribal tattooing on her soft sculptures.  Wanting to own one I looked at her auctions at eBay and her current creation has bidding now at $750.  Not bad for a self trained artist, right?

Okay, so what motivates you.  The first artist that I saw in person that motivated me and still does is Charles Wysocki.  I saw his work at a major Art show in Denver.

Here is Heartland, one of his books.  I hope that it inspires you too.

   

This is a regional style of art know known as Americana.  Here is my first attempt of my own style of Americana umpteen years back.

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What is Art?

• Educator's view -- If you make art only from the wrist down, it is not art, it is design.
• Museum's view -- Art is an intellectual, philosophical and spiritual endeavor.
• Critic's view -- About 95 percent of contemporary art is frivolous and will not stand the test of contemporary culture.
• Collector's view -- Art that is worth something in the future that reflects the beliefs of the culture but still appeals to me is worth adding to my collection.
• Artist's view-- Worry about the above beliefs is like the tail wagging the dog.  Art making should be meaningful to me. 

 Art VRS Culture

• The link between high art and contemporary culture was challenged by Marcel Duchamp with his ready made art pieces.

Where are you in this with your work?  Takashi Murakami challenges this with contemporary theory of "super flat". The theory posits that there is a legacy of flat, 2-dimensional imagery which has existed throughout Japanese art history and continues today in manga and anime. This style differentiates itself from the western approach in its emphasis on surface and use of flat planes of color. Superflat also served as a commentary on post-war Japanese society in which, Murakami argues, differences in social class and popular taste have ‘flattened,’ producing a culture with little distinction between ‘high’ and ‘low’ art.  How does your work fit in the culture of Texas" or are you attempting to make art from the wrist down?