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Comment on DAVID LIGARE by manuel santayana

manuel santayana — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:14:57 +0000

The work of David Ligare has been an important discovery for me. It is comforting to know that such a brilliant artist is alive and working in the 21st Century, oblivious to all the garbage passing for art in the 20th, a time when true artists became almost outcasts. He leaves experimentation for the labratory, where it belongs, and keeps it out of the artist’s studio, where only clear vision and masterful skills belong.

He is not only a lover of beauty, but one in whose retina beauty shines without disfigurements of any kind. After the apotheosis of bad taste and artistic fraud many of us have witnessed, his art is a ray of hope in a bleak horizon. He belongs in the company of Poussin and David. Looking at his painting of Patroclus’ lifeless body one is almost moved to tears. As it happens with every true artist, in his work clear vision becomes an exquisite and original creation. Bravo, David Ligare!

Comment on WOLFGANG BLOCH by Mac

Mac — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:41:05 +0000

Well written article, really unlocks some of the magic of this guy

Comment on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL by alex

alex — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:35:51 +0000

This is great! My girlfriend and I are in an Austin dating getaway and this is one place we shouldn’t miss! We are music lovers and this totally rocks!

Comment on BETH VAN HOESEN by Julie Lucas Runco

Julie Lucas Runco — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:48:02 +0000

One always has a energy they seem to gravitate towards, through the years when ever I look through the print bins I would always pick out Ms. van Hoesen’s work, no matter the subject the color sense (never nonsense) or year of the work her style is her own. I want that … yet you can’t just paint another artist style .. so you appreciate the example given and take it from there in hopes you generate your own style. Her work has a suspended time quality that well never dated in her palette selection nor materials chosen. I well always have one of her paintings up to admire and have for 20 years, and oh ya her significant other aint so bad either. Thank You Ms. Hoesen.

Comment on JASON MRAZ – A BEAUTIFUL MESS by Heather

Heather — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:28:56 +0000

Wow. Probably the best article I’ve read on Mraz. Jam-packed full of info and describes him how I imagine him to be…and gorgeous photos. You are a talented writer, I am grateful for you!

Comment on JASON MRAZ – A BEAUTIFUL MESS by Ana

Ana — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:41:44 +0000

Wow! What an amazing piece of writing! You couldn’t have explained Mraz any better. I’ve been a huge fan of Jason for quite some time now and this article explained him and his music so phenomonally.

Comment on BOB SCHNEIDER by Ellie

Ellie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:30:18 +0000

Wow awesome article! Add that its about Bob and well it makes it all the better. Beautifully written about a beautiful writer. Like a Bob Schneider song eh?

Comment on JASON MRAZ – A BEAUTIFUL MESS by Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:26:07 +0000

I have been a fan since beginning and this is probably the BEST article I’ve ever read about the amazing, insirpring and ever-comforting JASON MRAZ! thank you for helping other learn more about his genius.

Comment on GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA by rebecca marie jaynes

rebecca marie jaynes — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:29:30 +0000

Beautiful paintings, beautiful man. A contented and curious person living a good life.

Comment on ALEXANDRA HEDISON – NEW WORKS & VIDEO INTERVIEW by J.E. Jones

J.E. Jones — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:46:43 +0000

Alexandra:
One other thing! Have you seen Ken Burns’ documentary about the national parks? The part about John Muir, his life and writings reminded me a lot of Ithaka. Muir also had the sense that nature is not only alive, but that each part of it makes journeys of its own- the flowers, the rocks, and the streams. Even the trees, he wrote,”travel in the ordinary sense. They make many journeys..our own little journeys, away and back again, are only little more than tree- wavings.”

Thanks again,
J.E. Jones

Comment on ALEXANDRA HEDISON – NEW WORKS & VIDEO INTERVIEW by J.E. Jones

J.E. Jones — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:11:39 +0000

Alexandra:
Your Ithaka pictures are extraordinary! It doesn’t hurt that I love Washington state, and have visited there a few times. Last summer, I went up to North Cascades and Mount Baker. Very different landscapes from the Olympic, but worth the while. You mentioned that the forest was not simply a living thing, but also a conscious entity, watching you as you explored its depths. And it seemed truly alive in your photos. I loved the variety in each of the exhibits; at one place, it looked as if the scenes were viewed through the window in a house; at another, from inside a tree- inside the forest, itself! Even looking at them from a website, I felt as if I was there. Great work! Do you have a particular place(s) in mind for your next project?
On a different subject, I wanted a happy ending for Dylena! Who knows? Maybe there’s hope, yet!

All the best,
J.E. Jones, Mesa, AZ

Comment on ALEXANDRA HEDISON – NEW WORKS & VIDEO INTERVIEW by Silvia

Silvia — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:51:53 +0000

I’m an ordinary person with an ordinary life that lives in an ordinary city…
Not special at all… maybe lost… definitely looking for the truth.
Don´t know how and why, I face your work at your internet site that links to this one.
Three main blocks with tree main themes which are vital steps for the real life journey.
That is how I call your work. You’re seeking what you are, looking apparently outside of you, penetrating even more deeply on your inner being.
Artist’s mission is what you do through your photos and your little raw words so meaningful.
I wish that Ithaka’s appeal remains alive on you… I believe that yell is the life beat embraced by the true wisdom of ourselves.
Thanks!

Lisbon, Portugal