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What’s actually the problem with these paintings?Nothing is wrong with any of these paintings Brett, people are just expressing their likes and dislikes, and saying that their personal style and preferences aren’t what the judges were looking for this year. It means that people don’t have to take the judges opinions as canon and can disagree with the choices. It’s just banter, but it does make me think about my own work ; maybe I can learn from them, maybe I can be a bit more imaginative, maybe I can try a new technique. Healthy disagreement is all it is.
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It’s not that there’s anything wrong with them, I’m just wondering what it is they’re reacting too.What’s actually the problem with these paintings?Nothing is wrong with any of these paintings Brett, people are just expressing their likes and dislikes, and saying that their personal style and preferences aren’t what the judges were looking for this year. It means that people don’t have to take the judges opinions as canon and can disagree with the choices. It’s just banter, but it does make me think about my own work ; maybe I can learn from them, maybe I can be a bit more imaginative, maybe I can try a new technique. Healthy disagreement is all it is.
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Lewis has hit the nail on the head here, these are not necessarily the best submissions but are, in the judges opinion.
I also agree with Andrew, people can express their opinions, that’s called democracy!
I do enter competitions and have had a fair amount of success over the years - I like the idea of having a deadline to work to, and an end goal, but that’s who I am, we’re all different…
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Lewis has hit the nail on the head here, these are not necessarily the best submissions but are, in the judges opinion. I also agree with Andrew, people can express their opinions, that’s called democracy! I do enter competitions and have had a fair amount of success over the years - I like the idea of having a deadline to work to, and an end goal, but that’s who I am, we’re all different…Of course people can express their opinions, I was just hoping for a bit more elucidation, otherwise it’s just “I don’t like it”.
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Maybe you should ask yourself why you don’t like a painting, otherwise you’re just getting somebody else’s opinion. That said, I do like to hear other people’s views, even if I don’t agree. That’s the basis for conversation.
I don’t find it easy to explain my likes and dislike all the time. I don’t understand abstract art, yet often it appeals on some subconscious level that I can’t verbalise. Representational art is easier for me to understand, because it’s what I attempt myself. The artist got it right, or wrong…tones usually (including my own)…proportions wrong…composition out…etc, etc. Oddly, sometimes I’ll like a picture that’s wrong on all these counts because it has an undefinable charm. From a personal viewpoint (the only way I can converse), my liking a work boils down to ‘I wish I’d painted that.’ I’d like to paint like many artists here on POL, let alone the rest of the world.
When looking at art my starting point is to want to like it, because I know how challenging it is to make art. If you’ve had a go, that’s a big positive
I find art endlessly interesting and challenging, can’t imagine life without it. Of the paintings above, I like the first. The cluttered room…because it’s the sort of thing I’d like to draw, and would be pleased to do it so well.
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I like the lyrical nature of girl in the bath. Of course there is no bathtub like that, as far as I know. But the shape of the bath is a great liberty. I also like the paintwork around the pipes and taps. The painting does remind me of the Bonnard painting but this is warmer and the innocence and fragility of the girl in the water is unmistakable. The sharp reflections might not work completely but I don’t know if that’s a problem. This is a very human and touching painting.
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I pretty much like all of them, however the impressionistic landscape does nothing for me.
I particularly like the derelict white house with the small chair beside it and the rough textured grass, but cropping of the house annoys me, I’d like to have seen it resolved. It has a Wyeth feel to it and I love Wyeth’s work. He famously cropped a painting of a lighthouse to concentrate on the foreground, so this artist is in good company.
Did they deserve to win? Can’t say without seeing all the entries, but chances are I would have picked different paintings, as would we all. But I think the selections do give a general indication of the type of pictures that the judges were looking for so we make the assumption that there is no point entering again. Trouble is , next year there may be a different set of judges, with different tastes. It’s a moving target, so the best we can do is produce our best work and hope people like it. Or do as Lewis does and don’t enter competitions and just paint for the pleasure of painting.
Sorry didn’t mean to pontificate, but it’s an interesting subject.
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You can do both Andrew - enter competitions and paint for pleasure . I enter competitions to enjoy the challenge but I always choose a topic or a method which gives me pleasure. You win some, you lose some …..sometimes you are successful when you least expect it, sometimes the opposite ( and this also applies when you put your work up for sale). However, I think you can generally get an idea of what is looked for in a competition, just as different galleries accept different kinds of work.
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I like the first and second paintings, they hold my attention and are interesting. The house with the chair is also special. The other five paintings, I would walk by, they have no appeal or draw for me. No doubt the judges can see some ray of brilliance in them and have their reasons for their decisions.
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