A baby Easter Bunny! Yesterday my neighbor Michelle invited me to show her a baby rabbit. When I got to her house, I saw that not only me but the other neighbors had come to see the baby rabbit. The baby rabbit was rescued from Michelle's yard just before being eaten by a cat. The mother and the other brothers were not seen and only the little one survived. Michelle told me that the cat twice tried to eat the baby rabbit. In a really close-knit moment, she rescued the baby rabbit. In particular, there are many street cats in our neighborhood, so it is not a safe place for baby rabbits. So, another neighbor who has a baby rabbit volunteered to try raising this rabbit, so Michelle put it in a small shoe box to take it with her. An animal-loving neighbor took the baby rabbit home with care and respect. The baby rabbit doesn't seem anxious at all, but rather excited by the interest of many people. I was also very surprised because I had never seen such a small size rabbit before. Small cheeks, small ears, and a grumpy little face, everything is so cute and lovely. This little rabbit was rescued on Easter, so he named it Easter Bunny. Everyone will be cheering for the Easter Bunny to thrive. We also have a lot of wild rabbits in our house. They even spawn by digging their burrows right in front of the window we see, as shown below. My husband is nervous about passing the rabbit hole every time he mows the lawn. Last year, I found a very pretty rabbit with very big eyes and took a picture of it. Wild rabbits bring such little joy. There are a lot of these little animals around us. Among the painters, Albrecht Dürer was a popular artist and often painted small animals living in or around nature. Especially among his works, the rabbit painted with watercolors is so famous that few people have never seen it. Albrecht Dürer's Rabbit was the painting that first introduced me as a painter. As small as 8 by 9 inches, this piece is admiring his delicate brushstrokes. If you go to the site called Art and Culture provided by Google above, you can appreciate each masterpiece in close-up. (click above the site) Albrecht Dürer is credited with spreading the influence of the Italian Renaissance into northern Europe. His skill as an engraver and a painter rivals any of his contemporaries. His keen observation of nature's forms and functions marks him as more of a Leonardo than a Raphael. I am moved by his sincerity, who loved nature and drew detailed drawings of each hair. His heart is the same as the love for nature and animals of our neighbors we saw today.
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The heart of painters, the desire to see beautiful things together! When we go on a trip or find something special in our everyday life, we try to take a photo and leave it behind for long memories. Sometimes you save images for yourself and want to see them later, but most of the time you want to show them to others such as family, friends and share the memories with them. So am I. Even in my dreams, when I see something so beautiful and fantastic, I go through my bag and say, "Oh, where's my camera?" In this way, people have a heart to show something. We want to share that feeling together and enjoy the moments. Sometimes I take pictures to tell the world something. In the same way, so are the painters. There are probably not many painters who paint only to see and enjoy painting for themselves. There are some unique painters like that. Henry Dager, a painter who died in 1973, lived in poverty and loneliness for the rest of his life, and died without revealing his work to the world. When he died, his homeowner found his works by chance while cleaning out the house and opened an exhibition for the deceased. Dager, who had been a loner for the rest of his life, moved the world he had envisioned in his head alone through writing and painting over the past 60 years. Among the illustrations containing the contents of the novel, a 10-meter-long watercolor was also included. The landlord, who had originally planned to move in a new tenant after tidying up Dager's room, paid attention to the artistic value of Dager's works. The homeowner, a famous photographer, organized his work and held his first exhibition in 1977, and also released a documentary film about the Danger. In the case of Henry Dager, he hated his artworks to the public, so he wrote that anyone who took his work away would be cursed after death. But such painters are very rare. Most of them capture the emotions, philosophies, realizations, and discoveries they felt, draw pictures and love to show them to people. Without this kind of heart, it would probably be impossible to paint in your own studio or room for so many years without the approval or reward of others. So am I. The starting point for painting was because I wanted to show the dream I had. I picked up a brush because there was no way to express colors, feelings, and beauty that could not be expressed in words in my dreams. That is why, seeing the sparkling works of other artists, it seems to convey the joy, hilarityand emotion they must have felt, and sometimes despair and sadness. In particular, recently, I have come to discover such works that sparkle like jewels, sometimes as distant as a dream. Since the 1980s, artist Richard Thorn has been painting the coastline landscapes of Devon and Cornish in the South West of England in watercolor. When you look at his paintings, the waves of the sea surrounding beach sparkle in the sunlight, as if they were sprinkled with silver powder. Especially when I pass through the forest, I also feel the purple energy, but I found the same feeling in his paintings of forests among his works. An artist who captures the sparkling beauty of the sea and nature. American painter john salminen, born in 1945, is a painter who mainly painted urban landscapes with watercolors. But personally, I like his urban work, but the scene in which he portrays trees is very impressive. The lonely but dignified energy shown by the bare branches that have fallen off in winter can be felt in his paintings. And I especially like the work that depicts the daily life of Americans. It depicts the everyday situations that are common in the United States. The artist's own viewpoint shows that it is a city in a quiet concrete building, but it has its own color. (image source: https://stremmelgallery.com/artists/john-salminen/) Kanta Harusaki is a Kumamoto-born Japanese watercolor artist who started watercolor painting at the age of 32. He knows the most transparent light colors and how to convey light and space skillfully and reliably. Looking at their paintings, I wonder what the limits of human expression are. When I look at the point of view of things, the ability to catch the beauty, and the talent to put it all together and express it with one brush, I also paint, but I feel infinitely small in front of these masters.
Hyperrealism Hyperrealism is an art genre that expresses everyday subjects such as places, objects, animals and people realistically like a photograph. It is also called hyperrealism or photorealism. The beauty of hyper-realism, which sparks a debate between photography and painting, is that it penetrates the fiction by creating an image that is more realistic than reality. It helps us discover the beauty of things we have always seen in our daily lives by maximizing the colors, materials, and characteristics of objects. One of them is a painting by Belgian artist, Adele Renault, who captured the beauty of a pigeon among the pictures I found on the Internet by a chance some time ago. The artist, who began observing and painting pigeons after hearing the story of Camp, a pigeon raised by a friend, was inspired to paint a very distinctive and bright portrait at first. I found some great work on her Instagram, especially about pigeons. Looking at her works makes me wonder if the pigeons that are commonly seen on the street were such beautiful birds. An artist who captures the beauty of common and perhaps overlooked animals or objects around them and helps them to find their value. Japanese artist Haruki Kudo follows the process of rough sketching in pencil, partially filling in color, and then detailing the fur texture, eye reflections, and beard on top. For this painter, it seems to capture the character of a lovely, clever cat very well. In the case of Korean artist Kim Young-seong, he draws close-ups of small creatures such as frogs and fish in detail. It seems impossible to look at his work and compare his work with real photos. With the invention of photography in 1827, there was a time when it was thought that it was no longer meaningful to reproduce visible objects and landscapes on canvas through painting. However, hyperrealism in the 1960s became a factor that developed the art world along with Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism. Hyperrealism is a realistic and precise depiction of an object without emotions, and in the depiction, we can face various things that we could have overlooked. Although the objects, artistic points, and philosophies of the above three artists are different, they all have something in common. It is the artist's message to discover the value of small things without neglecting the small things around them.
The inspiration for Nature. I finally finished the picture I've been struggling with since last Thursday. I tend to draw quickly, but I think it's the first time I've drawn a watercolor painting that is small in size for such a long time. As a painter, I have to draw, but as a mother, I also have to take care of my children. Of course, now is starting spring recess and I have to spend more time with my little child. Looking at the picture, I can see myself living a busy life with many duties and responsibilities throughout the day. This is who I am, that is, that of a painter and an housewife and a mother. It is probably the image of all mothers in the world. Beyond the sea, the surface of the water is so calm and peaceful, but the deep inside of the sea is turbulent with many bubbles. The fish are obviously playing while looking at the flowers, but somehow they seem busy and fierce. Is even play a matter of survival for them? Anyway, I think it is the same as our daily life. For a quiet and peaceful day, we work hard, create bubbles, and do something non-stop, whether it's play or work. However, that two fish will be happy to see red, which is one of the only colors that fish can see and enjoy, even in their fierce daily life. This is also one of the joys that art gives us. What is the joy of a red flower in a fierce and tiring daily life? I think I found one of them today. Of the two guinea pigs I have, Pinky is a cute piggy with white, orange and dark brown colors. It has been two months since they came to my house. During this time, his body length was about 12 inches, and it has grown well with full size. They are healthy guinea pigs that play well, are lovingly tamed, and eat well. While holding my blush to groom for the day, I noticed that the color of the fur on Pinky's buttocks was heart-shaped. We fill them with hay all day, change the water, clean, bring vitamins and snacks, and nail cutting and grooming all day long, but they give us a lot of joy and happiness for sure. During this exchange of labor and joy, the piggies have also become very accustomed to our house and family. Now they don't wary us in the slightest, but rather shake the cage, swarming us for carrots. Squash, who was the most vigilant among them, now stretches his legs comfortably and rests well where we can see it. Observing nature and animals like this is a lot of fun. There is an artist who became famous for painting animals after observing them. She is a Belgian artist named Adele Renault. Belgian painter Adele Renault was with his friend George Keaton and photographer Maria Naella. After hearing the story of Pigeon Camp that they were living together, she decided to paint as his new subjects. After that, she started observing the camp from time to time and delicately capturing his various appearances on a large canvas. This pigeon friend, who became a family member of Keaton and Naela, has a patterned different vest to distinguish it from other pigeon friends. He wears a vest and repeats the routine of flying and playing outside to his heart's content and then returning when the sun goes down. Reference: https://instiz.net/pt/4664689 Especially personally, her delicate and beautiful feather expression is enough to capture the heart. The artist who communicates with nature and the nature that inspires them infinitely can be confirmed in the form of talent in our lives, where we are receiving gifts without any reward.
Happy Easter! Easter Day is cold but warm in the sun. After Mass, we did egg hunting in the backyard of the church. The tradition of Easter egg hunts and gifting eggs to children originated in Germany in the 17th century. As a child, Queen Victoria enjoyed egg hunts put on by her German mother, and helped popularize the tradition in Great Britain. Easter Egg Hunt, which has this tradition, is still loved by children to this day. Except for a few years when I couldn't do an egg hunter due to Pandemic, the newly opened Egg Hunter event without a mask has children picking up colorful plastic eggs on the grass and having fun. The egg, an ancient symbol of new life, has been associated with pagan festivals celebrating spring. From a Christian perspective, Easter eggs are said to represent Jesus' emergence from the tomb and resurrection. It was an impressive day when the priest gave a passionate lecture about coming out of the tomb, removing the huge stone in front of us, and experiencing the joy of resurrection. |
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