tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post7212328379037382737..comments2024-01-18T08:14:28.278-05:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Landscape painting is a lie, well told!Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-78718923913133249902012-10-17T11:48:11.026-04:002012-10-17T11:48:11.026-04:00I am new to your blog as well as to plein air pain...I am new to your blog as well as to plein air painting, and am working my way through your past entries to catch up a bit! You have stated more clearly than anyone what fascinates me about plein air. I have drawn and painted from still life, the figure and references for decades, and believe that plein air is cognitively different in an enormously fruitful way. The subject is under your control in other types of art. The open world is not. You must impose your own identity on it or there is no hope of walking away with a painting. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your insights on this blog!Jaymacazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00591134374110178787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-91197801374090530972012-05-29T18:40:00.793-04:002012-05-29T18:40:00.793-04:00Loved this posting. I agree on every point. I feel...Loved this posting. I agree on every point. I feel a painting is its own ecosystem beyond what it was triggered by. But I always caution people against taking refuge in excusing random arbitrary decision as "painterly lies". It happens. For a lie to be "well told" it has to be rooted in a recognition of its motives. A plein air study faithful to nature sometimes leads to a painting much enhanced by the unflinching observation of the real. I am not taking about painting every blade but taking the time to observe and reproduce the shape and size of trees and value ranges in a given day for example. Only then, I propose, real design and intention can work with these raw materials. There's the temptation ,on occasion, to brand as a lie (or an experiment) what was just an incoherent phrase.Jose Luis De Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00871683935365621880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-46999189319212827142012-05-22T16:31:42.840-04:002012-05-22T16:31:42.840-04:00Thanks for the post. Much to absorb. I see that yo...Thanks for the post. Much to absorb. I see that you are coming to Cranford, NJ for the JCAS Plein Air event. I am looking forward to your urban landscaping demonstration on Friday nite too. Best to you in your travels down. Looking forward to your paintings. Ggailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965644643637115223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-85331460989959859072012-05-20T15:50:27.801-04:002012-05-20T15:50:27.801-04:00René Magritte painted below the pipe "Ceci n&...René Magritte painted below the pipe "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"), which seems a contradiction, but is actually true. So, if you sell this pipe painting, are you selling the pipe or selling the painting?<br />If I say that i'm selling the pipe, then I'm a liar, but if I say I'm selling a painting then I'm selling a lie.<br />Is that so?<br />It is a dilemmatic situation.<br />So, to me, a painting is not a lie nor the painter is a liar.<br />It is an idiosyncrasy of the artist.<br />Some beautiful. Some not. It depends on the artist :)Helder FC Vieirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10665753514836430353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-42130143088481850432012-05-20T09:09:23.199-04:002012-05-20T09:09:23.199-04:00I loved this article. I shared the link on my Face...I loved this article. I shared the link on my Facebook page and my personal page. There were a few sentences I even quoted. Thank you for expressing them... I hope many will take note of those sentences, besides coming to your blog and reading a wealth of information.Marsha Hamby Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121453066638558910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-7310383831511679862012-05-19T20:52:57.695-04:002012-05-19T20:52:57.695-04:00Albert Handell once asked me whether I was selling...Albert Handell once asked me whether I was selling the scene or selling the painting and that has always resonated with me. To me, he is saying the same thing you are, Stapleton. Thanks for this post!bruce evans newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772385256284219891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-4412854610253301862012-05-19T10:57:25.668-04:002012-05-19T10:57:25.668-04:00I used to pray for an instructor who could not onl...I used to pray for an instructor who could not only paint, but was able to verbalize his/her reasoning and process. Your ability to translate the ultimate truth to both the canvas and to us in writing is amazing. I don't think I've ever read a better description of what a landscape should be. Well, any painting for that matter. Thank you.Cynthia Hillis McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087955201607230701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-79173927752642684882012-05-19T08:16:58.941-04:002012-05-19T08:16:58.941-04:00I love this post. Thank you for writing it.I love this post. Thank you for writing it.Sonya Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879889885162011649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-79528081944715646262012-05-19T08:07:09.947-04:002012-05-19T08:07:09.947-04:00Nice "treatise" on the essence of landsc...Nice "treatise" on the essence of landscape painting. Makes good sense. And inspirational, too.<br /><br />I like to think of landscape painting as a "translation". That is "translating" nature into fine art. As such it requires a visual language. But, as you say, knowing the language is not enough. Prose is different than court reporting.Robert J. Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799208093956328662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-15377067071767315522012-05-19T07:21:17.418-04:002012-05-19T07:21:17.418-04:00A really well thought out and educational posting....A really well thought out and educational posting. Lots of good advice.bvpainterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14804331299617862772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-68538921586682875162012-05-19T05:09:45.612-04:002012-05-19T05:09:45.612-04:00Thanks for this post, Stapleton. This has to be th...Thanks for this post, Stapleton. This has to be the most difficult lesson for amateur artists - understanding that the landscape is simply a reference.Dale Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566080491245520045noreply@blogger.com