This series will list some of my favorite paintings by my favorite artists and attempt to explain why.
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| Girl Fishing |
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Is it Impressionism? Is it Realism? This painting is absolutely amazing to me. At a quick glance, it almost looks like a photograph. Then, when you look closely, you see broad and daring brushstrokes that show an almost wild abandon. Throughout his career, you see Sargent making his living as a realistic portraitist, but his heart belonging to Impressionism. The end result is fantastic.
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| Nonchaloir (Repose) |
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So so so much to love about this painting. First of all, the fabric of her dress. It looks electric. I've been painting a long time, and I've tried to achieve what Sargent accomplished here, and have never come close. The sheen and shadows are absolutely incredible. Something else that I love about this painting (because it tells us a lot about Sargent's mindset) is the section below the desk. It looks like he frustratedly threw some sloppy brushstrokes in there and stopped. This craziness within a painting that contains a model and her clothing that almost look like photographic realism. It's a microcosm of John Singer Sargent's inner conflict.
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| Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose |
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One of the most important duties of the painter is to convey emotion and senses that words or photographs cannot. Those senses include happiness, fear, despair, love, elation. I would say that this painting is a sense of wonder and fantasy. It's a normal scene, just some kids lighting lanterns. But it feels like a magical, wonderful world of joy and possibilities. This, to me, is art at its finest.
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| A Study of Architecture, Florence |
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My favorite example of light and shadow. Ever.
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Jeffrey Dale Starr is a world traveler, oil painter, and owner of mobile software company Purple Falcon.
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