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lol, I never noticed the bear before, probably because my teeth were so busy trying to get the jagged mountains somehow small in my mouth....
but now the bear makes sense, because the inventor had his branch of the confectionery business in Bern, and the Bernese coat of arms is the bear.
https://www.toblerone.ch/geschichte
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by Tanja Gerster
not only a bear, but place name aswell
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Paul posted: "Well I can certainly understand your feelings, I personally think it’s wrong for anyone to think it’s their task in life to re-educate people" quote.
I think "re-educate" is the fly in the ointment here. It's tending to indicate that what went before is wrong or inferior in some way, and I'm not just talking about art. It smacks of arrogance and the worst thing about it is that the young, the ones pursuing education, are taking notice of such attitudes. It's just plain wrong. Trouble is, you can't even express yourself or your opinion in good old Anglo-Saxon language in reply to public disagreement without upsetting some attention seeking victim of the system and finding yourself on the front page of the "Daily Whinge".
We live in a mad world. Thankfully, it's far too late to educate me on much; my world began with The Beano and Dandy and my first real introduction to Art was "The Boyhood of Raleigh in our local art gallery. Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, painted 520 years ago, recently sold for 453 million dollars. Reality? What does it actually mean? , Vincent van Gogh is known to have sold only one painting in his lifetime, The Red Vineyard for 400 French franks (approximately $2,000 in 2018 dollars) in 1890, to the Belgian impressionist painter and heiress Anna Bosch. ( Source Wikipedia) Re-evaluate them. (-:
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As someone who loves a lot of paintings of all genres, and was attempting (will be attempting again?) to paint abstracts, I am really enjoying this discussion, and thought I'd add my 2cents worth. All thanks to Sarah for raising the issue. And I wish you very well if you do try your hand at abstracts, not as easy as one might think. Totally agree with your initial post and the replies, yes especially Robert's "sod right off". The type of abstract painting I actually like is the more accessible (marketable) ones, or landscapes done semi-abstractly (Soraya French springs to mind). Yes, I too manage to see images that are not really there, once saw a dog sitting on the branch of a tree! Had one of mine propped up for a while and my friends and I all saw something different - don't know what that said about it.
Have just recently been to a themed exhibition in a small space, the subject was Water. All styles of art, from photographs mounted on canvas, sketches, realism, and abstract. Most really good. The variety worked in that space because it was themed, which wouldn't be the case in a gallery. The painting voted the best interpretation was a semi-abstract seascape, really attractive, worked very well without a lot of detail.
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Just one more thing. Wanted to keep the previous post from turning into a saga. I'm uploading an example of "Living in an Abstract World" which I commissioned from an artist friend (she'd done something similar which I liked). Just as an example of an imaginary landscape that I love, colours, shapes, and subject matter. Won't be everyone's cup of tea I know.
Ellen, I really love the segment of your painting you use with your posts instead of a photo, lovely colours and flowing shapes.
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Hi Sandra, am glad you enjoyed the discussion and it's been very interesting to read your posts. I hope you see this as I only look in the forums occasionally. I like the painting you posted, it's very unusual - like a scene from a different planet - but I like the colours and shapes. I think it's very rewarding to see different interpretations of a subject and definitely a good way to showcase art that is as individual as the people who create it. Anyway, have had a few tentative attempts at abstracts - as you say it's not easy! I've posted a couple - have a look if you're feeling brave! I hope you get to have a go at painting abstracts again too - all the best.
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Thank-you Sarah for such a lovely reply. I do check the forum if I've posted something. I've checked your abstracts, like them a lot, especially your spring painting, so keep up the good work! And really like your lovely landscapes, will have a proper look through your gallery later as I'm about to go out to another art exhibition (it's morning here in NZ in case you were wondering about my going out during what must be your night!).