tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37371346.post6977912945790249637..comments2023-05-14T06:16:28.861-04:00Comments on Le Zèbre bleu: CHAD WYSZèbre bleuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14378365534961720701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37371346.post-73594316830018224042011-07-02T07:53:38.859-04:002011-07-02T07:53:38.859-04:00Hi. I don't think you understood me. I am an a...Hi. I don't think you understood me. I am an artist after all and not a communicator and I am not very good at explaining clearly my ideas. Anyways, now I'll try again. Hopefully I'll come accross. <br /><br />I was not criticizing YOU over your technique. I don't care which technique you decide to use, I don't think you are a better or worst artist if you decide to use one or another technique. My comment was on a personal level (and by there I don't mean with you, but personal with me). <br /><br />I am a painter. If I see a painting I know is very hard to execute, I am in awe and I am thinking that I need to work on my skills to get better, cause it is possible to be better. I saw your pictures. My heart stopped because it was perfect (to me) and technically it was perfect too (to me). And I am thinking : "Wow, this painter has it all figured out, he is so good. How does he do it? I need to go work and find a way to do it too, cause it is possible to be that good." Then I read that they are not painted. Obviously there is disappointment. Not towards you or the fact that you chose to work with this technique. There is disappointment because for a second I thought it was all possible and then it was not. The technical hero thing was on that level. I don't know if you understand me now. I hope. I am sorry you took it personally. As I said, I am a painter, not a communicator. <br /><br />Next time, I'll keep my thoughts to myself and just stick to the bio and artist statement in a post.Zèbre bleuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378365534961720701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37371346.post-19949010809899835762011-07-01T19:05:28.956-04:002011-07-01T19:05:28.956-04:00Hi Marie. Thanks for the message. I'm glad t...Hi Marie. Thanks for the message. I'm glad these pieces are a source of inspiration for you. Your concerns about the technique are interesting and they ultimately speak to the main concerns of my work. I am an appropriation artist and I take that role beyond merely appropriating styles or ideas -- into the realm of appropriating actual objects and images. For me, this is the most significant gesture I make as an artist and everything else is icing. It is good that I stimulate you visually, but please consider that the technique I've chosen is part of an inquiry I mean to underscore. The technique of utilizing an object or image can be as meaningful -- I think -- as having trained technical proficiency at painting; though, of course, both techniques have great benefits and uses. I thank you, though, for your interest in my work.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235470841804737334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37371346.post-76557215302494811632011-07-01T07:36:23.073-04:002011-07-01T07:36:23.073-04:00LOL. Seriously, I dreamed about your works last ni...LOL. Seriously, I dreamed about your works last night!!! I think you gave me the EUREKA I was looking for. I am working on a series of paintings and I want to portray something specific and I did not know how i would... and I understand now that the overwhelming feeling I felt when seeing your pieces was that you gave me a clue as how to approach my own work. As I said, I can't describe the feeling, but I sure find your work amazing. You might not be my painting technical hero... but you are FOR SURE my visual hero ;)Zèbre bleuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378365534961720701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37371346.post-42020581344576968912011-06-30T23:01:34.188-04:002011-06-30T23:01:34.188-04:00Well, I am glad you didn't die at any rate.Well, I am glad you didn't die at any rate.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235470841804737334noreply@blogger.com