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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GaleriaGila, post: 120918, member: 993&quot;]Welllllllll...</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Painting A is very pleasing to me. I get a warm and safe vibe. I enjoy the swath (swaths? streaks? bands?) of sunlight in the middle.&nbsp; Even so, the painting wouldn&#039;t be particularly memorable for me.&nbsp; Looks well-executed, well-planned.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t buy it for myself, but if I were buying it for somebody else... let me think.&nbsp; Okay, got it!&nbsp; I would buy it for a friend who lives in the sticks, where there is very comparable scenery and colors.&nbsp; She has very traditional tastes.&nbsp; This would be nice for her diningroom.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Painting B is actually pretty interesting for me.&nbsp; At first glance, it&#039;s one of those confusing paintings that seem to have been done by a very sophisticated artist OR a middle schooler trying out some &quot;deep&quot; artistic ideas.&nbsp;&nbsp; But upon closer look... I like the confusion it presents.&nbsp; Factories or weird clouds or volcanos in background?&nbsp; Rain or random stripes or more smokestacks in the sky?&nbsp; What&#039;s that stuff in the lake?&nbsp; The wind seems to be blowing in different directions!&nbsp; Is that a pier, with people?&nbsp; The light effects in the lake almost look like gothic writing (letters).&nbsp; The shadows aren&#039;t consistent in direction.&nbsp; Sayyyyy WHAAAAAT??????&nbsp; Even so,&nbsp; I feel energy and maybe even introspection in this work.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t buy it for myself (I only have bird prints on my walls, no paintings, not even my own), so I am falling into the habit (in this thread) of saying who might receive a painting from me as a gift.&nbsp; I would buy it for an influential professor I once had for a 101-level philosophy class.&nbsp;&nbsp; To me, he was one of the most brilliant, inscrutable, learned people in my world.&nbsp; This painting reflects the mind of a philosopher who manages somehow to question everything AND appreciate everything, all at once.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; My opinion would stand even if this WAS done by a middle-school kid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, Brad![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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