Happily the world of art is a broader spectrum than most categories. Most people can name 10 artists; Michelangelo, Leonardo Davinci, Raphael, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Monet, Seurat, Toulouse Latrec, Andy Warhol, Klee etc.But how many lawyers can you name? Melvin Belli…. who was the Monkey Scopes guy…hmmm. When people can name more lawyers than artists I’ll really start to panic.
So an incredible talent that everyone in Seattle knows is Chihuly (http://www.chihuly.com/) His glass work stands out in its beauty, size and presentation. He is aware of the space around his work, seeing the boundary of his work as the beginning of the setting of the negative space, and as such presents his work against the work of nature, framing it in the spectrum of life’s majesty. He is also a character and that never hurts…. was Liberace really that amazing of a piano player?
I have more fine artists I want to share, but my thinking is that I want to vary the categories as much as possible so the next installment will be the architect and scientist you should know about. Later, Clif (www.newmoongraphics.com)
