We’ve been pretty busy visiting old friends during the pandemic.
Pam and I have visited a plethora of art museums and galleries online, since March of last year. When you really dig in and explore the painting images of past greats, you really do feel like you’re visiting with old friends. Each week, we search online for paintings by a variety of masters, to share the work with the group of artists who make up David Lussier’s Art Circle. Not only do we search and find images of great paintings, but we search websites to find large file images that allow us to zoom in and really see the work up close and personal.
It’s akin to standing a foot away from a painting in a museum and practically putting your nose to within an inch or two from the canvas. We do this in order to see the artists brushwork and paint quality. We’ve gotten called on this a few times over the years by security guards just doing their job. The act of being able to do this online is an absolute pleasure and you can study the work for as long as you like.
The list of great paintings that we’ve looked at and discussed is a long one. It’s inspiring to see how painters used their skills to compose their paintings, used color and made their marks in paint. It never gets old and you can learn a lot. Recently we looked at the Monterey Museum of Art and the paintings of E Charlton Fortune. An American Impressionist from California, She was well traveled, studied in Europe, New York and San Francisco and was very prolific. Fortune died in Carmel California in 1969. Her compositions are amazing and busy, but fantastically designed. Her brushwork and use of paint in general is exciting to look at.
There are numerous museums who are offering large file images online, of work that is considered public domain and there are many galleries who give the viewer the opportunity to enlarge and zoom in on some painting images. It’s fun to have a look!
