Lara's Artwork: Paintings, Sculpture, FoodArt, Photography, etc.

Lara, I misunderstood what you meant about your cat and a photograph. Do you not think that when you can concentrate on what you feel...vs technique...the result becomes art? Somehow I keep thinking of Grandma Moses....though very primitive, it was acclaimed as art. For it was emotion based, how she viewed the world.
 

Lara said:
.....while it's impressive to have skills to reproduce a photo exactly as you see it, but by hand, what's the point? The photo already did what needs to be done and probably better. Expression is the key word when it comes to discerning what art is and isn't, in my opinion.

So that's what I'm saying about myself. I want to start being more expressive. I've done that with some of my paintings but I want to go further with it. I don't know if I have it in me but I'll soon find out…and I'll work on it til I do :)
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I took an art elective in college. Was doing an ink drawing and the prof came around and said if you're just going to try to make it look like the model, you might as well just take a picture. I decided then I would never be an artist because that's probably what I'd always be trying to do. No imagination.

Your art work is so beautiful. I think it's already expressive. If you don't think so, maybe it's just that you look at it from a different perspective. (Like I look at the cracks in my ceiling, lol)
 
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She is wonderful, especially her expression and the fur, Lara. I agree, about responses. It is nice when you are told your work is beautiful, pretty ect....but when it evokes a emotional response...priceless.
My stuff is mostly whimsical...like to make others smile and laugh. And to laugh myself. Have not painted anything "serious" for quite a few years. I do not want to give this guy up. He makes me smile every time I look at him...I hope he makes whoever buys him smile also...

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I love this , he looks just like my labradoodle grandfurkids stan and digger!!


Amazing artists both you Nona and Lara....fabulous!!
 
Lara , you are an amazing artist and I loved every painting you posted but was particularly drawn to the cat painting, ,yes! that's my favorite and also the tree with the yellow bird... Looking forward to more of your beautiful paintings.. you are very blessed with your talent, so keep on doing what you love to do..

nona, quite different and intricate paintings.. beautiful work.! Loved the paw print too..
 
Ty Linda and Annie. But like Einstein said (and we're so much alike),
"I have no special talent, I'm only passionately curious".
I'll post another painting soon but meanwhile...


 

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When I ran across this delightful painted shed I thought of Lara's previous posts about real art, paintings that look like photograph and those that are expressive. Would you all consider this Art, expressive creativity or decorative painting ? Personally, I find this very creative and expressive...especially love the cow jumping over the moon, above the pastoral scene :D. Could not find out if a man or woman painted this...but, it is evident they have a wonderful sense of humor.
 

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This is fun and has a touch of whimsical folk art to it. It's clever the way it blends in with the landscape and yet has a life of it's own. I love it. Hmm, I'm curious if this is a photograph of a painted barn where the crows on top are just a coincidence...or is this whole thing a painting and the crows are also painted on top.
 
I tried to throw a subtle whimsical surprise element in a barn painting once but the thing is…it was really there to begin with (though hard to believe so I put a sign on the wall that said "Bike Repair")…it's a bike on top of the Bike Repair Shop out in the countryside of Connecticut where I took my son to flyfish and to take scenic drives. I saw these two buildings in separate places. I put them in one painting, put it in a show, and lost badly lol. The winners were all students, a further blow to my ego. I think my proportions are off too. Well, that didn't stop me :)
 

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That looks like a nice place for flyfishing and scenic drives Lara, I like that painting, warm feel to it.
 
I love it. Especially the way you were able to capture the aging and fading of the paint on the building, along with the texture. Was the show in Connecticut? If not, perhaps the judges were not aware that very few old country houses or barns are plumb. Most look like the house that Jack built. Nor are the the hilly country roads straight.
 
Thank you seabreeze and nona. The show wasn't in Connecticut. It was in North Carolina. Here is my other barn painting (also in the show, also lost lol). This location is near me and shortly after I painted it, the property sold and it was completely leveled. The tobacco rows now gone too. A plain small house was built dead center. I've often thought that I should go to the longtime landowners across the street and show them my painting. Since it's a "loser" lol, I should just give it to them. I took this photo at an angle trying to get rid of the light reflection bottom-center from a window.
 

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Those are really very good, Lara. Quite professional. Have you had formal training, or are you self taught? I have dabbled in the past for my own amusement. Mostly water color. I prefer realist but I do appreciate some of the modern stuff. I did a few birds, a couple of 17th century sailing ships, and a Swan Lake ballerina that were pretty good. I could never master portraits or horses! Very frustrating. A great hobby though. I should get back to it, but I'm too lazy to set everything up. Wish I had your talent. It is great to be able to create things that suit your own desires. Very satisfying.
 
Thank you Ameriscot and Underock. I majored in Art in College and then did a year at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC. I spent a few years as a Commercial Artist and Graphic Designer before freelancing and then starting my own Silk Screen Printing business. I dabbled in the fine arts as a hobby.

Here's a photograph I took while on an early morning 7am walk in my neighborhood this past April or May 2015. It's a couple of doors down from me. The sun was shining through the leaves and caught my eye. I only had my iphone5 with me so used that to shoot the pic.

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Wonderful, love your hydrangeas, Lara. Your texture is especially appealing. Perhaps because I am so very tactile. I have a orange still life my daughter wants. Cannot finish it because I just cannot get the orange texture right.
 
Thank you everyone. Nona, maybe you could take a pic of how far along you are with your oranges
and we could talk about it together. Are you using fine details? That is hard.

I took this picture on the same walk in my neighborhood. These clusters of berries grow on a large
deciduous bush called an American Beautyberry aka Callicarpa dichotomy:

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Lara said:
Thank you Ameriscot and Underock. I majored in Art in College and then did a year at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC. I spent a few years as a Commercial Artist and Graphic Designer before freelancing and then starting my own Silk Screen Printing business. I dabbled in the fine arts as a hobby.

Here's a photograph I took while on an early morning 7am walk in my neighborhood this past April or May 2015. It's a couple of doors down from me. The sun was shining through the leaves and caught my eye. I only had my iphone5 with me so used that to shoot the pic.

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Lara, this pic now graces my desktop, I love it.
 

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