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Is Skylar the new Banksy...
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Banksy? Definitely not. But I too found his latest upload had a certain Disney-esque sense of how everything should be perfect. It is almost an artistic oxymoron - you try hard to make it perfect but end up making it look false. I think it touches the same vein that means every US actor you see has perfect, bleached brilliant white teeth. I don't think that appeals so much to European eyes. But all artists have bad days, even digital artists!
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Just to see... I did a forum search of my name, never expecting to see anything. To some of you, I apparently am on the edge of being a joke. This offended me at first. The particular piece being discussed (A yr. ago) was of a Sweet child, puppy, and a setting. It was, as one mused, intentionally "Schmaltzy". But at the same time, I had done my best work on it. Every sword has 2 edges. Go ahead, laugh. As I do every time I cash a commission check. AND, being apparently a superficial artist, I Didn't know who "Banksy" was.
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Skylar, I don't think Mr Perry's remark that your work is usually good suggests you are seen as 'on the edge of a joke'. You have to appreciate that in the UK we a different culture, and indeed a different language to that of the USA. I could not find the post in question, but Mr Perry found it over sweet, perhaps not surprisingly so, as you agree it was intentionally 'schmaltzy' - a word that does not appear in my copy of the Complete Oxford Dictionary, though it is a 1971 edition! His remark about being a cheeky scamp simply suggests you may have been trying to play a joke on us, that's all. If you venture into different cultures, without making any adjustments, you run the risk of being misunderstood. If you were a butcher and had made of your best efforts and created THE most delicious pork pie ever, you would still not sell many in Borough Park, Brooklyn. That's life!
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Schmaltzy is a Yiddish word that refers to Chicken fat - Schmaltz - which is used to indicate something a bit too "Sweet, or something taken a bit far in the "Cutsie" vein. So, I was concurring about the piece being "over the top - what the client wanted. (I lived in and around London in the early 70's, before I went to Italy to study.) There are many words in your version of English which we don't know. We are divided by a common language.
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You're certainly not a joke, Skylar, in fact you're far from it. Your digital skills and the way you achieve that oil painting effect is absolutely first class, and there's no arguing about that. I also like the way you've developed a style of your own, which includes experimenting with different techniques in order to achieve the desired results. Your work is very eye-catching and surprisingly believable, (in an oil painting sense). I, for one, had no idea that digital art had come so far.
We all know that some work will fail to hit the mark from time to time. I have several pieces standing in the corner of my bedroom that simply haven't come out the way I intended. I may, or may not, return to them. However! Every now and then I get a good'n, or at least one that I'm happy with, only to find that some viewers are disenchanted by my efforts. Sir John Betjeman once said "Every time I receive a compliment about my work I dismiss it as nonsense, but when it's slammed by the critics I say 'oh yes'. " He was one of our most famous poet laureates, and despite his success he still had his demons.
I remember the painting in question and thought it was brilliantly done, but I can see how others would view it as a bit twee. There's nothing wrong with a bit of sugar, providing we don't ruin the dish. *smile*
Success is built on the foundations of a thousand ruins, so keep at it because you're one of the best.
Bri
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Well said Bri. I don’t remember this thread when it started a year ago, but I enjoy Skylar’s digital work and have often commented accordingly. I don’t think the culture thing has much to do with it. We all think differently and produce different styles etc, and that’s part of the appeal of the Gallery for me.
He is very skilled at what he does, and hopefully will continue to do.
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I'm a life-long artist. God gave that to me. Thru the yrs I have tried always to improve - Most of us are pursuing that goal. I found out long ago, it is an open-ended process for me.
I love this site, and have actually participated for about a decade, when I first posted canvases. I still paint on canvas, but Digital has become my favorite. And I have found that all the years of traditional painting translates quite well to digital. I have also consciously worked to produce digital images which have that same look.
By nature, I'm quite withdrawn (Pun?), and find it difficult to interact with people face to face (Asperger's syndrome). This site is probably the most I communicate with anyone outside of family. I am so pleased with this particular thread, 'tho it started so poorly for me. Thank you for commenting!
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