The year is still 2005, a good year, a rich year (not in money-rich, of course…) I’ve drawn and paint a lot, portraits, nudes, landscapes, bizarro-baroques…
So many of them are now blown in the wind: given, bought for peanuts, lost… Happily, there are computers and digital photography and scanners… So, there is still my digital portfolio. One day, maybe, I (or someone else) will make an album with my best images. I guess it’s ok to call them images more than paintings or drawings since, for me, 95-96 % are just pixels on a hard drive or a disk… flickering images, as futile and fragile as old photographs or movies… A modest contribution to the beauty of this world, the result of my efforts to feint eternity, to leave something to my children and maybe not only…
I choose these two paintings for their use of reds and oranges, colors I love. Colors difficult de paint with, difficult to harmonize… Special. I hope you’ll like them…
9 responses so far ↓
Moonbeam McQueen // 29/07/2008 at 10:44 |
I love your use of reds and oranges (and, in other paintings, blues). I love the first painting here– lovely.
ivdanu // 29/07/2008 at 17:45 |
Thanks, moonbeam. For me it’s a great satisfaction to see people I like and admire, like you, taking pleasure in my work. I hope you enjoy my little paintings as much as I enjoy your stories…
Susan Cornelis // 30/07/2008 at 11:44 |
I like them very much, and I hope some day your work will appear in solo book.
ivdanu // 30/07/2008 at 12:27 |
It’s my hope also, susan! We live and swear (?) through hope, aren’t we? (not so sure about the expression… I wish I knew better the english language…)
Moonbeam McQueen // 30/07/2008 at 13:47 |
What a great idea! I wonder if you could even self-publish a book, danu, and sell copies on the internet. Even Amazon sells self-published books now. I’d buy a copy, but I’d want mine autographed!
ivdanu // 30/07/2008 at 16:48 |
I could start by making one in format pdf, easily downloadable… and of course, yours will be very special, autographed and alll… I don’t have but do the work (that’s usually the hard part; plenty of good ideas otherwise…)
ovidiu stanomir // 31/07/2008 at 07:07 |
DaNu_le, videoteca ta e foarte bogata; spre deosebire de tine. Pentru artist e ok, insa pentru bietul om aflat “supt vremi”, e dimpotriva. Totul e sa nu fii singur impotriva tuturor…
Miki // 16/08/2008 at 13:52 |
Oh yeahhhhh, I love them very much! These red and oranges, so powerful!
ivdanu // 16/08/2008 at 18:29 |
Thanks, miki! I did did liked a lot (but didn’t had the leisure to tell you yet) your sketches from Portugal (in Romanian Portugalia would mean the country of oranges, orange being also “portocaliu” – the color resulted from red and yellow…)