Pathways to Forever Paintings
Posted by: Jim in Philosophy, Painting on Apr 20, 2008
Tiepolo, the great painter of ceilings, had ideas that point the way for others of us in our pursuit of great paintings. Here are some of them.
Creating a world beyond common experience
Vaghezza - a subtle beauty
Great Spectacles unfolding in light
vast aerial spaces
Grandiosity, compositional richness
A labrynth of images
To Paint a World
Create great spaces!
Show the mind far more things than it hoped to see
These are just some of the ideas that I use to get started when
composing a new painting. I think they help to go beyond the normal
boundaries of my everyday thought processes and the patterns of
rendering that are comfortable to my ego.
