Art for art's sake

Winter Blue, best so far Rainie. I'm quite the critic now aren't I?

More lovely pictures.

thank you x

I think I understand something now. Those who are raised in cold climates as children apparently develop extra rods or cones in their eyes that allow them to see colors in what appears to warm-climate-raised people to be bleak, blank, austere white. I never see colors in snow, it just looks to me like everything is dead and gone. Like the surface of the moon. With dead tree trunks sticking up. It's delightful that others can manage to see pink and orange and turquoise.

Patricia

I wonder if you can see colours that we cold acclimatised people don't Patricia? 

Our lovely Patricia can't spell colours let alone see them. Patricia, over here, out of English politenes, we would say we could see everything anyway. No good you doing a bit of the 'Emperor's new clothes' on us?

No offence, I have forgotten the Boston Tea Party ...... well, I thought I had!

Happy Christmas to all your family. Xxxx

Well, this is interesting about the eyes, and it may indeed have a bearing for some. However I can make a few observations here, being an artist. Firstly, it is a fact that we artists see things that others do not. I mean that we really 'see', because we are trained to look - really look. Many people glance at things and take in so much information, but they don't really look, so they miss stuff.

It's also perfectly true that light affects landscape, especially snow, in a myriad of ways and the reflected and absorbed colours change throughout the day and night [moonlight on snow being another totally different manifestation].

And then of course there is artistic licence - you might just fancy making the trees purple.

And again, the fact that we paint the feelings of the place that are invoked within us - and that doesn't have as much to do with the eyes, more to do with the heart and the emotions. The more abstracted the art, the more this takes over from the purely visual content of the landscape. When all these factors come into play, you have an unique set of things going on in each artist - and its why we all make such different art.

Hope that makes sense. Keep chatting. Rainie x

Here we are at Day 10 of the 12 Arty Days of Christmas. Here is the next on my list. It's by the British artist Patrick Heron and is titled 'January'. Patrick moved to Cornwall when he was a child and lived at Zennor near St Ives. he died in 1999, having produced a body of exciting work inspired by the landscape and his own garden. I've been there in January and this really sums it up.  Rainie x

I think I'm seeing this through Patricia's eyes. I can't rustle up any enthusiasm for this one, my bad I know.

Scrunch up your eyes and think 'it's chucking it down in sheets'.   Rainie x

I did as instructed but with one lazy eye and one astigmatism I am at a disadvantage.

It did make a difference though.

Its easier for you because that's probably your current view through any of your windows, am I right my learn'ed friend?