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Inspiration from Artists Wk 141 Featuring Artists : Martin Lewis and Henrik Simonsen
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Just a quick note - I put the Hindenburg sketch on in order to test the system's sensitivity, not because I felt it would add to the gaiety of nations or be of much relevance in this thread. Of course, I could have said that.... but didn't. And yes, I think it was the use of the Umlaut which triggered the system - it didn't before the recent technical changes, but probably will now. It won't matter, as discussed elsewhere, because it'll come back to moderators.
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HENRIK SIMONSEN (born 1974) studied art for a year in his native Denmark before attending Exeter College of Art and Design where he completed his BA in 1999, having spent a year at University in New York. After a subsequent 6 month residency in Venice, he returned to the UK.
Now based in Berlin, he is an experienced painter and printmaker whose work focuses primarily on the natural world. He works mostly in oil on canvas, with graphite. A keen draughtsman, freehand drawing forms the basis of his compositions which explore the world of nature through simple lines and shapes. Like his chosen subject matter - influenced by his Scandinavian roots with a long tradition of art inspired by natural forms - the process of creating his work is an organic one in which colour plays an important part. He has also more recently experimented with more abstract forms by way of applying paint in less conventional ways such as pouring or dripping, acting as a contrast to the more refined graphic lines.
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by Jenny Harris
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Thanks Jenny all done , just asked for us to review it simple press of the Restore button from me .
I think it’s picking up on foreign language as part other new system , unfortunately quite a lot of the spam lately has been in German hence picking up on the name etc, well that my guess anyway.
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Some startling effects in Henrik's work. Overall I'm very impressed. I like his willingness to try things, like the unexpected blue in the third of Jenny's posts. I also like the distinct graphical element in his pictures, and his layered approach. I admire all the examples posted but the second from last post gave me pause...the blue tree with blotchy drops witnessing his willingness to innovate. What I like most in art is artists seeing and presenting their art in different ways. This artist certainly does that, so for me another exceptional artist.
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by Lewis Cooper
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I've also indicated that it's been resolved, in the moderation queue; so Paul got there first, I got there just now, and good: we have your post of this artist's very colourful and interesting work. And yes, I think it was probably the touch of foreign, Germanic-seeming language - not even an Umlaut, which is what I thought would, and did, trigger my post on the late Mr von Hindenburg.... Not sure what that does for the theory; no Umlaut in Jenny's post.
Maybe the size of the download? Don't know, just guessing here. We are on the case, though, and a little delay in things appearing is going to be a lot less troublesome than having to ward off repeated attacks of spam, so -I think the system is working as intended.
Back to the work - arresting, is one word that occurs to me; complex but eye-catching, and those two don't always go together. As one who prefers the subtle, even understated, I prefer some of these to others - but they're all impressive.
