Comments | bete_lumineux: That art shit I was talking about...

bete_lumineux

That art shit I was talking about...

Nov 12, 2005 22:55

Here is some -- just some -- of the crap I've been working on in oils. Mind you these are only about 5 of the 13 or so I have going all simultaneously. I'm never finished and always repainting them. I'm generally disappointed with 95% of my paintings as not living up to my potential ( Read more... )

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trevorizing November 13 2005, 00:08:11 UTC

Fuckin' rad, dude. I wish I had artistic talent like that.

bete_lumineux November 13 2005, 09:57:26 UTC

Thanks!

_kaiser_ November 13 2005, 00:29:12 UTC

the last one is my favorite out of this bunch as it shows a great deal of emotional complexity. i also like the detail on the skull from ibis (and yeah, i remember seeing it before). i'd like to see the other ones you're working on, but no pressure...

bete_lumineux November 13 2005, 09:59:50 UTC

Thanks so much, Kais. I'll definitely share more when the others are in a place where premature critiquing won't harm their progress (namely my ego and artistic drive.)

:)

shuck_spit November 13 2005, 05:36:16 UTC

I like that the character in the Caesar piece has a "Ceasar" haircut - isn't that what they call(ed) it? Of course "Give unto Caesar" is supposed to be a renounciation of worldly pleasures... in summary, hot shit from a hot shot. -SS

coin in mouth, blood in cup bete_lumineux November 13 2005, 10:22:32 UTC

Yeah, the caesar haircut... didn't George Cloony make that style madly popular?

The (mis)quote is biblical, yeah. When the Rabbi and others in thew temples were arguing whether it was acceptable in the eyes of God to be paying tribute to Caesar, the Christ asked them whose face was upon the coin they held in their hands. When the religious admitted Caesar's face was upon the coin the Christ was quoted as saying, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's"

I hadn't considered that it might be about renunciation of worldly pleasures when I read it though it rings true. When I'd interpreted it for myself--and I'm no biblophile, scholar, nor am I even religious--I'd imagined it was a lesson to the religious that though their souls my belong to God; they still had responsibilities in this world. Unless they were going to wander into the desert* so long as they took advantage of Caesar's cities and amenities then they indeed owed him the tax they were arguing over ( ... )

bete_lumineux November 13 2005, 10:34:16 UTC

And by the way, your last piece just really caught me... moved me.

shuck_spit November 13 2005, 12:30:26 UTC

Kind of you to say.

Was it Clooney or David Schmimmer from Friends? Or were they more or less contemporaries?

southernpm November 13 2005, 07:29:41 UTC

YOu have an amazing talent my friend.

bete_lumineux November 13 2005, 10:23:34 UTC

Thanks so much Philip! I'll be sure to tell everyone when my ass actually gets a show. I'd love to see you there.

southernpm November 14 2005, 12:56:57 UTC

You can count on that. I want to "Caesar" when it's complete. It intrigues me.

erniecu73 November 13 2005, 09:36:56 UTC

You are so very talented! I particularly love Evocation of the Arddu and Killing the Gorgon with Children as Witness Your technique is virtually flawless, and the image flow is just...well...that, very fluid. Love it!

bete_lumineux November 13 2005, 10:26:25 UTC

Thank you so, so, so much. Your words help me keep going on this stuff and working towards always being better.