Saturday, November 29, 2014

A Blessing for van Gogh Interior Oil Painting by k Madison Moore




A Blessing for van Gogh
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Painting with The Masters
Art within Art Series

11 x 14 Interior Oil Painting on Canvas



My Inspiration for this painting is from a combination
 of Vincent's paintings: 

 Portrait of Gauguin's Rocking Chair
Vincent's Straw Hat 
Sorrowing Old Man
Starry Starry Night
 Bedroom in Aries
 Head of an Angel
Vincents Shoes
Self Portrait
Sunflowers 

Read about my inspiration for this painting as you go through this post.





This is what Vincent said about his painting Sorrowing Old Man ('At Eternity's Gate')
"Today and yesterday I drew two figures of an old man with his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. I did it of Schuitemaker once and always kept the drawing, because I wanted to do it better another time. Perhaps I’ll also do a lithograph of it. What a fine sight an old working man makes, in his patched  bombazine suit with his bald head."

I always loved this painting but I found it to be so sad so never used it in my work. After reading about van Gogh's doubts with his faith I decided to change the old man into van Gogh.



When Van Gogh was younger, he was thinking about dedicating his life to those living in poverty through evangelization. This religious undertaking helped him to create the Starry Night painting that everyone knows today. He was in an asylum in 1889 when he painted the image of the night sky with stars sparkling in the moonlight. Count the stars and there will be 11 of them.


Then I pictured  Vincent  sitting on his bed  praying deeply under the sky of his Starry Starry Night painting. I found this beautiful painting that Vincent painted after Rembrandt's  Head of an Angel and pictured it hanging on the wall behind him protecting him and blessing him in hopes of restoring Vincent's faith.
…and that is the inspiration for this painting about Vincent. 
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A Blessing for van Gogh






“The Angel (After Rembrandt)” is also known as “Head of an Angel (After Rembrandt)” and “Half Figure of an Angel (After Rembrandt).” It’s an oil painting that looks more like watercolors than oils completed in September 1899, less than a year before Vincent Van Gogh would die of a gunshot wound.

Although not considered one of Van Gogh’s best works, it is one of his most notorious because the current location of the painting is unknown. Even the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, considered the most knowledgeable source of information on the enigmatic artist, has no idea where the painting is now or whether it has been accidentally destroyed or sitting in a private collection...

Rembrandt (1606–1669) painted many angels in his legendary career as well as other religious scenes. Van Gogh would copy numerous Rembrandt's, especially those featuring angels. This particular painting is done mainly in shades of blue with a yellow halo.  These shades and streaks of yellow can be seen in Van Gogh’s famous painting “The Starry Night.”  The angel’s downcast face is in pale skin tones, making the face pop out from the rest of the painting.
The angel is pretty but is not looking at the viewer. One arm is outstretched to the viewer, but the palm is tightly closed. The angel seems at once to be revelatory and yet still retains his secrets, almost teasing the viewer with his closed eyes, seraphic smile and closed hand. The angel mirrors Van Gogh’s own dilemma with Christianity.
Van Gogh and Christianity
Van Gogh was a minister in an impoverished mining community in Belgium when he was struck by the desire to create. His superiors removed him from the ministry because he looked and acted more like one of the miners than a minister. He was sent home in disgrace. It also during this time that Van Gogh doubted the same beliefs that he was preaching. Why would a loving God allow such suffering?
Van Gogh wrestled with Christianity the way that Jacob wrestled with the Angel – another Biblical scene Rembrandt painted but Van Gogh declined to copy. The angel in that painting has his eye half-opened and looks on Jacob with pity. Van Gogh’s angel looks very much like this angel, but does not show pity.




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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

After Six Fashion Oil Painting by k Madison Moore


After Six

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Fashion Series

10 x 12 Fashion  Big Hat Oil Painting on Canvas


"There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing
helps is a glass of champagne."


Bette Davis, American actress ( 1908 - 1989) in the film Old Acquaintance.



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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Expressions of Marie Therese Inspired by Picasso Interior Painting by k Madison Moore


Expressions of Marie Therese -  Picasso’s Greatest Muse
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11 x 14 Interior Oil Painting on Canvas


I always love painting with Picasso and his many wives and lovers. Marie Theres was only 17 when they met and they were together for 10 years. I thought this composition would be fun to have a couple of portraits of Marie on the wall as well as her seated on the sofa. Picasso had such an imagination especially when portraying his women. Funny how he saw them!


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Expressions of Marie Therese


Picasso’s Greatest Muse

The love affair of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter forms a captivating new exhibit at Gagosian Gallery, curated in part by the couple’s granddaughter.


Picasso and Marie-Thérèse met by chance on the street while she was shopping at Galeries Lafayette in Paris in 1927. As the story goes, Picasso said, “You have an interesting face. I would like to do a portrait of you. I am Picasso.” Supposedly, the young girl knew nothing of the artist, who was married to the Russian dancer Olga Khokhlova at the time; but she agreed to see him again and a romance, which inspired countless works of experimental art, was born. Marie-Thérèse later gave birth to Picasso’s first daughter, and while the couple remained together for more than 10 years, they never married. ~ Paul Laster

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Art Deco Interior Oil Painting Inspired by Tamara de Lempicka Remembering Him by k Madison Moore


Remembering Him
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11 x 14 Oil Painting of Interior on Canvas

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Art Deco , is an influential visual arts design style that first appeared in France after World War I and began flourishing internationally in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s before its popularity waned after  Workd War II. It is an electric  style that combines traditional craft mofits  with Machine Age Machine Age  imagery and materials. The style is often characterized by rich colors, bold  geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation. This painting was inspired by Tamara de Lempicka Art Deco artist.

 I wonder what she is thinking about?
What do you think?

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Remembering Him


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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Mysterious - Emotions in Blue Series Bleu Nude Painting by k Madison Moore




Emotions in Blue Series

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11 x 14 Nude Oil Painting on Canvas

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“Every woman is a mystery to be solved.” 
 Don Juan DeMarco




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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Scents of Georgia Chair Painting by k Madison Moore


Scents of Georgia
Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe
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Chairs Series
6 x 8 Miniature Chair Oil Painting

American artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) is known for her paintings
of flowers, bones, shells, stones, leaves, trees, mountains, and other natural forms.In 1924, O’Keeffe began to make paintings in various sizes, all of which focused on the centers of flowers, and she continued making them for decades.
Beginning in 1929, when she began working part of the year in Northern  New Mexico which she made her permanent home in 1949—O’Keeffe depicted subjects specific to that area. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the Mother of American of Modernism. 




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Friday, November 14, 2014

Lovers - Interior Oil Painting by k Madison Moore


Lovers
Inspired by Tarkay and deLempicka
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11 x 14 Interior Oil Painting on Canvas

I think when I sketched this one I was thinking of Tarkay and
deLempicka. They both had a love of woman wearing big hats. I love
them too. The bigger the better.  You don't see too many women in the US
wearing hats anymore. 

 Where is he? Is he coming?

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Lovers





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Red Hot Nude oil painting by k Madison Moore


Red Hot
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Emotions in Color Series

10 x 12 Nude Oil Painting on Canvas



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Love doing the nudes in corps. Especially red being my favorite color of all.
This one is so pretty but so much nicer in hand where you can appreciate the
layers of glazes that make the nude so brilliant.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The Presence of Peter Inspire by Peter Max Painting of Interior



The Presence of Peter
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12 x 16 Oil Painting of Interior on Canvas
I always love to pay homage to Peter Max.
He has the greatest bright colored palette
and of course you know by now I do as well.

I could spend hours enveloped in this this room.
Was Peter here before me?

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The Presence of Peter



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Friday, November 7, 2014

The Tease Blue Nude Oil Painting by k Madison Moore



The Tease
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Emotions in Blue
11 x 14 Blue Nude Oil Painting on Canvas

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Just love painting my Blue Nudes. Hopefully I will
have my new book ready of the Blue Nudes for the holidays this
year. Stay tuned!

I will let the title speak for itself.
Love the jeans!

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The Tease


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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Fun with Roy - Lichtenstein Inspired Interior Painting by k Madison Moore


Fun with Roy
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Inspired by Roy Lichtenstein

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14 x 18 Interior Oil Painting on Canvas


I posted these close up's so you could see that this painting is a painting
within a painting, within a painting, within a painting and again! Yes, four times!!
all the way into the smallest painting of a painting on the wall where you 
 can see a white pitcher. This was so much fun that if I had the space I would
 have done a painting within one more time! lol!

Every time I paint with Roy I wonder how he ever continued to paint
will all those dots and stripes! Then I saw a demo of him painting recently
and realized that he painted huge paintings, some the size of walls. So,
you can just image how big one dot was! 

I had a so much fun painting this so the title fits well!

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Fun with Roy

This is the painting on the wall


This is the painting within the painting on the wall






American Artist Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City on October 27, 1923, and grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side. In the 1960s, Lichtenstein became a leading figure of the new Pop Art movement. Inspired by advertisements and comic strips, Lichtenstein's bright, graphic works parodied American popular culture and the art world itself. He died in New York City on September 29, 1997.


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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Blue Mist Blue Nude Oil Painting by k Madison Moore


Blue Mist
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"I enter the world called real as one enters the mist"
(Julian Green)

Emotions in Blue Series

11 x 14 Blue Nude Oil Painting on Canvas

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On it's way to Texas
Thanks so much again Chris
I like the way this turned out. I painted this one and the one I posted Saturday
at the same time. I was so thrilled that Saturday's sold right away to a collector. He has
several so one more for his beautiful collection. Thanks Chris. So happy to have so many
collectors for this Emotions in Blue Series Inventory is still low so I will be adding
more to this series.
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