Recent content by Hermes2020

Thank you, Donna! The elements you perceive are pretty close to what I intended, which is quite satisfying. :D

Thank you! It was fun doing something out of character for me.

I've been working on a non-art project: a museum type glass display cabinet for my family's collection of original Lalique pieces. It has turned out to be a more complex construction than anticipated, but more on that in a different post. As a diversion during this endeavour, I decided to try...

I am at one with Joy. Perhaps gouache would be an ideal medium to try with your painting technique as well.

You can download a free skeleton model from: https://free3d.com/3d-model/skeleton-94668.html It is available as .OBJ and .3DS files in the .RAR file one downloads. The .OBJ and the .3DS both opened very nicely in my copy of Rhino 3D version 8. You should also look at this page...

They are also known as passion fruit, which may be more familiar to you.

I had to look up Helnwein. I see what you mean.

Spot on, Wayne. AI is a tool, like a ruler or a compass, we can use as an aid when we create our works of art. I am pretty sure the use of the ruler was seen as cheating and the end of real art after its invention, when artists started using it.

A few days ago I discovered Peter Mattei's performance of Mahler's song cycle Des Knaben Wunderhorn. His interpretation, and the orchestral accompaniment by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jochen Rieder, are just perfect. The recorded sound is brilliant as well, reproducing...

Yes, a few years ago I went to Bilbao specifically to see the Guggenheim Museum he designed. I stayed at a hotel a few hundred metres away across the river and went on repeat visits over a period of three days. It was a wonderful experience.

Welcome back. Please show us some of your work.

I can't resist posting parts 2 and 3 of Tharaud's brilliant performance of Noches en los jardines de Espana as well.

I have several Alexandre Tharaud recordings, including, notably, his Gaspard de la Nuit by Ravel, and Noches en los jardines de Espana by Falla. I think the performance equals the reference recording by Alicia de Larrocha and sounds better as well. Here is the first part.

In spite of the few positive responses, I now feel the need to apologise for a regrettable lapse in taste in posting that painting of a hunky Santa. I hope that posting this seasonal work of art by Harry Bush will rehabilitate my image as a respectable, upstanding member of this community.