Loners
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(2,850 posts)mopinko
(71,597 posts)usually, sad does not sell. i had ppl tell me my work was depressing, even tho that was rarely something is put into it, bittersweet maybe. struggle. but a lot of madonnas, smarmy i always say. but i never sold a damn thing.
i walked through a big art expo here one year and there were sexy nudes and simple line painting of nudes, most w prices double the rest, everywhere. and i just thought sexy is what sells.
shortly thereafter, i hung up my brushes.
Aristus
(68,173 posts)For all that critics charge Hopper's paintings with feelings of isolation, alienation, loneliness, lack of fulfilment, urban ennui, etc, I just always equated them with (mostly) pleasant solitude.
His most famous painting, "Night Hawks", is constantly described as a pastiche of urban isolation and emotional detachment,. living life surrounded daily by millions of total strangers you will never know personally. I initially, and still to some degree today, saw the work as a moment frozen in time, a bright oasis of light, warmth, and uncomplicated companionship in a dark deserted city neighborhood. Why Hopper's painting fill others with foreboding, I'll never know; I always feel calm and relaxed when looking at them.
Blue Owl
(54,530 posts)Goonch
(3,803 posts)usonian
(13,470 posts)Which came first?
Johnny Hooker and Loretta Salino, lonely people.