This is about a person's creativity - our inborn talent.
MANY OF YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH ME, BUT I SEE IT FROM THE ARTIST'S POINT OF VIEW...
Some parents, who are art collectors, may like to buy these if they can afford them. These paintings may remind them of their own child's precious creativity when the child was a toddler. I am not trying to defend the artist. I think he has a point to make - His point is creativity begins when a child's life begins. The talent is within oneself. (This is what I read into his artwork)
It is NOT easy to reverse this process. It is easy for a child to use crayons to do his or her artwork on a piece of plain paper, but it is NOT so easy for an artist to use oil paint to recreate on a large-scale canvas something similar to what was created by a child by using crayons on a piece of paper. It requires the artist to be detail-oriented - to be able to put on the large-scale canvas every detail that the child has made. I think the paintings are worth the value, but only to someone artistically-inclined to read into them like the way I did. Also, to be able to afford to buy even the cheapest of his paintings.
As for me, I admire the artist's work and his point of view, but I can only admire it from a distance. I can't afford to buy it.
I have seen the simplest of line drawings by the likes of Picasso and John Lennon that bring huge amounts at auction. But those drawings are not childlike. They are as refined as those of Leonardo da Vinci.
The first childlike paintings to receive renown are from primitive artifacts by way of sculpture and drawings on cave walls. And, of course, van Gogh, as well as the little-known anymore, Grandma Moses.
Often the value of paintings is arrived at not by the quality of the painting but the notoriety of the painter. As I view Cy Twomby's large canvases displayed, they might fit some large venue, but I would not buy them at any cost because they do not fit my taste. Beauty is in the beholder, not the maker.
I like modern art and have one painting that I love that I bought in 1965 sold on the street. I have another that I bought at Abilities Expo from an artist going blind. It was his last great piece and is magnificent. And, I purchased an original collage of a horse head from Grant Manier an autistic young man who has come out of his shell to some renown by tearing up magazines and building collages of the pieces into intricate images of great familiarity starting with a peacock, portraits, and many other themes.
But none of these modern art forms are large canvases because I have no large place to put them. You made me recall my twin brother's ex-wife. When they had just bought their new house and were buying yard sale furniture. She took it upon herself to get a large canvas and painted her own living room painting that served well for many years until they divorced. I wonder if she still has that painting.
I agree with the points you make, Sandie. That being said, I am unlikely to spend any money at all on a piece of artwork. It is not part of my make-up and the way I see things. Love, peace, and best wishes,
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The first childlike paintings to receive renown are from primitive artifacts by way of sculpture and drawings on cave walls. And, of course, van Gogh, as well as the little-known anymore, Grandma Moses.
Often the value of paintings is arrived at not by the quality of the painting but the notoriety of the painter. As I view Cy Twomby's large canvases displayed, they might fit some large venue, but I would not buy them at any cost because they do not fit my taste. Beauty is in the beholder, not the maker.
I like modern art and have one painting that I love that I bought in 1965 sold on the street. I have another that I bought at Abilities Expo from an artist going blind. It was his last great piece and is magnificent. And, I purchased an original collage of a horse head from Grant Manier an autistic young man who has come out of his shell to some renown by tearing up magazines and building collages of the pieces into intricate images of great familiarity starting with a peacock, portraits, and many other themes.
But none of these modern art forms are large canvases because I have no large place to put them. You made me recall my twin brother's ex-wife. When they had just bought their new house and were buying yard sale furniture. She took it upon herself to get a large canvas and painted her own living room painting that served well for many years until they divorced. I wonder if she still has that painting.
Ron
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