tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post4033312222745197679..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: John Constable 1Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-29625373600768290432010-12-28T00:20:58.059-05:002010-12-28T00:20:58.059-05:00Your lessons on art history are my favorites. They...Your lessons on art history are my favorites. They are greatly appreciated.CANDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733324799638837386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-90240728804477072782010-12-27T00:26:50.944-05:002010-12-27T00:26:50.944-05:00barbara;
Welcome back to pocket and thank you. Mer...barbara;<br />Welcome back to pocket and thank you. Merry Christmas!<br />....................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-9323025497398249882010-12-27T00:26:27.483-05:002010-12-27T00:26:27.483-05:00barbara;
Welcome back to pocket and thank you. Mer...barbara;<br />Welcome back to pocket and thank you. Merry Christmas!<br />....................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52862770989958536892010-12-27T00:25:45.757-05:002010-12-27T00:25:45.757-05:00Deborah:
I am going to write about the making of t...Deborah:<br />I am going to write about the making of the six footers.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8584878348650019622010-12-27T00:25:05.906-05:002010-12-27T00:25:05.906-05:00Philip;
I think you and I followed a similar cours...Philip;<br />I think you and I followed a similar course in those days. I wonder if others did as well. It was rare for a young artist to be interested in old art then.<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-48555278841894463902010-12-27T00:23:48.738-05:002010-12-27T00:23:48.738-05:00b
Good; here comes another and it is going to go o...b<br />Good; here comes another and it is going to go on for a while.<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-42441807359801118102010-12-26T20:35:32.606-05:002010-12-26T20:35:32.606-05:00Just played some catch-up after being out of pocke...Just played some catch-up after being out of pocket for a week...no access to the web...was kinda nice.<br />Stapleton your time and effort is greatly apprecated. I'm not sure what drives you this hard, but I and so many others are lucky to have found you and your blog. I look forward to another year of my morning cup of joe...and Stape.<br />May the New Year bring much joy to you and yours. Also Happy Holidays from "the land of boz"......barbara b. land of bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603983800380945501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-73566117316358694652010-12-26T09:09:31.797-05:002010-12-26T09:09:31.797-05:00Constable is one of my art heroes (and a big influ...Constable is one of my art heroes (and a big influence on both my process and work) -so glad to see you taking him up on this blog. The storage area in my studio where I keep large canvases is called the Constable Closet (in honor of his six footers)!<br /><br />Constable was a quiet revolutionary (unlike his contemporary Turner). My fav Constable quote- "I should paint my own places best, for they made me a painter"Deborah Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242296435365350267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-20749311127820449302010-12-26T08:53:24.874-05:002010-12-26T08:53:24.874-05:00Ah Constable!
Stape is right, back in the dark ag...Ah Constable!<br /><br />Stape is right, back in the dark ages when he and I were coming up there really weren't as many books out on the old landscape painters. I was in my grad painting program at Indiana University. I had just started looking at 19th century landscape and I discovered a little paperback book on Constable in the campus bookstore. It had good color plates. BINGO!<br /><br />I studied that book to within an inch of its life- doing copies of some of my favorite paintings, and literally taking the book out into the field with me when I painted outside. <br /><br />Constable appealed to me because of his expressiveness and his naturalism. More than anything else, his work seemed to me to look like the forests I was trying to paint. <br /><br />My great grandfather, john Wallace, had been a professional landscape painter in Scotland in the latter part of the 1800's, so the Constable tradition had influenced an earlier generation of my family as well. That link warmed me to Constable.<br /><br />Art historically, Constable was one of the earlier landscapists who worked a ton outside in oil. And he did more serious study of clouds and skies from life than anyone before him. In a lot of ways he's a bridge between the tradition of the 17th century masters and the soon to come impressionists. That's a pretty important bridge.<br /><br />While there are other painters I feel closer to, I have to tip my hat to this Constable fellow. He was a huge gust of wind in my sails at just the right time. Sometimes an artist from the past will reach out and give you just the right push to get you moving.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-3408950919656441482010-12-26T08:50:14.536-05:002010-12-26T08:50:14.536-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-76402517688374216902010-12-26T00:52:30.522-05:002010-12-26T00:52:30.522-05:00I love these posts on artists and art history.
Ke...I love these posts on artists and art history.<br /><br />Keep it up!Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303974474663940213noreply@blogger.com