NMR: your art minute

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

i have been having one of the most stressful, horrible days of my life.
i checked one of my usual sites: www.artnet.com and this painting by tony fitzpatrick was the postcard of the day image. it made me feel a little better and thought i'd share it.

tony is a wonderful painter from chicago. i've followed his work for over the past 20 years and god bless him his work has really taken off and is hotter than hell right now. everywhere. maybe i'll post a few more images in a bit. enjoy.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:28 pm

That's pretty cool. Kinda reminiscent of the Steve Earle "El Corazon" cover.

Sorry to hear your day is shitty, ayah.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

here's one of my favorites by him.
i wish i owned it.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

cool stuff.
looks like outsider art as done by someone with an art education.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

Sen. Ol Vodka Tits LooGAR Wrote:

That's pretty cool. Kinda reminiscent of the Steve Earle "El Corazon" cover.

Sorry to hear your day is shitty, ayah.

you got me thinking, senator. why doesn't all music include the credits for album cover art? or liner notes for that matter?

and thanks, i'll be okay once my kids get here and remind me how unimportant my job is.

MiceElf · **Posted:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:21 pm

I've always liked his horror vacui approach.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

MiceElf Wrote:

horror vacui

explain please.

MiceElf · **Posted:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:25 pm

"fear of empty spaces" -- filling up the entire canvas or sheet with minutae

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

Sen. Ol Vodka Tits LooGAR Wrote:

That's pretty cool. Kinda reminiscent of the Steve Earle "El Corazon" cover.

Cover art by Tony Fitzpatrick

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

AND THE SENATOR WINS ART MINUTE JEOPARDY!!!
thanks, stP.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

ayah Wrote:

Sen. Ol Vodka Tits LooGAR Wrote:

That's pretty cool. Kinda reminiscent of the Steve Earle "El Corazon" cover.

Sorry to hear your day is shitty, ayah.

you got me thinking, senator. why doesn't all music include the credits for album cover art? or liner notes for that matter?

and thanks, i'll be okay once my kids get here and remind me how unimportant my job is.

Wax Poetics has run several articles on different art designers responsible for their respective label's cover art. Mostly jazz labels but some latin ones too. They also included pics of their favorite cover art. Pretty cool stuff indeed.

I like the Fitzgerald work you posted. Out of curiousity, what would something like that cost? I'm assuming its well out of my league but I've been thinking about picking something up one of these days.

I should have you fly out and pick stuff out for me. And I could work on converting you while you weren't paying attention.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:51 pm

ayah Wrote:

here's one of my favorites by him.
i wish i owned it.

Hey, that's cool.

Chuck D · **Posted:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:08 pm

billy g Wrote:

I should have you fly out and pick stuff out for me. And I could work on converting you while you weren't paying attention.

What he said.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

check it out, fu:

http://www.pierogi2000.com/flatfile/fitzpatrickt.html

don't forget to scroll.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:56 pm

Thanks, m'lady!

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:54 am

Del McCoury's "The Mountain" which was done with Steve Earle...looks like his work as well.

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:40 pm

I am not crazy about it but that is just one woman's opinion.

I really don't like outsider art. I hate the term too. It's so snobby!

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

Me likey.

Especially the "Polly Grill" part. :wink:

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:55 pm

there is this trend in art lately to fill every little tiny speck/corner of the page/canvas/whatever with image. American art is in an "obsessive" period right now.

what's up with that?

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

there is this trend in art lately to fill every little tiny speck/corner of the page/canvas/whatever with image. American art is in an "obsessive" period right now.

what's up with that?

i think of it as a style that is pretty much always around.
i haven't noticed it any more or less lately.

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:55 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

there is this trend in art lately to fill every little tiny speck/corner of the page/canvas/whatever with image. American art is in an "obsessive" period right now.

what's up with that?

i think of it as a style that is pretty much always around.
i haven't noticed it any more or less lately.

no, there is a huge trend in it lately. trust me.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

there is this trend in art lately to fill every little tiny speck/corner of the page/canvas/whatever with image. American art is in an "obsessive" period right now.

what's up with that?

i think of it as a style that is pretty much always around.
i haven't noticed it any more or less lately.

no, there is a huge trend in it lately. trust me.

ok, i'll trust you.
(but, i still don't agree)

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:44 pm

it's just that I look at and handle art ALL DAY and it seems like we're constantly getting new things that have the smallest littlest details all over in them. minutae are everywhere!

MiceElf · **Posted:** Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:46 pm

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

there is this trend in art lately to fill every little tiny speck/corner of the page/canvas/whatever with image. American art is in an "obsessive" period right now.

what's up with that?

The true meaning of being an American: You want everything and when you don’t get it you feel deprived and then get entirely neurotic about it and therefore fill in the space to signify your feelings of loss after developing OCD (because you heard about that on Oprah or read about it on the Internet).

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:18 pm

MiceElf Wrote:

Mrs. Neuro Wrote:

there is this trend in art lately to fill every little tiny speck/corner of the page/canvas/whatever with image. American art is in an "obsessive" period right now.

what's up with that?

The true meaning of being an American: You want everything and when you don’t get it you feel deprived and then get entirely neurotic about it and therefore fill in the space to signify your feelings of loss after developing OCD (because you heard about that on Oprah or read about it on the Internet).

our generation - in a nutshell!

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