What started off as surreal automatism, has developed into a series of drawings that survived the trash bin test.
(I know, I’ve been told that I shouldn’t throw away any of my drawings, but I don’t see the point in keeping anything I consider a doodle.)
I think of these as a connected series of drawings, a sort of journey.
Surrealism
A collection of posts tagged with "surrealism".
Devouring paintings
(1-4-6-3-3-2)
My paintings devour my dilemmas.
A soft palette transforms
into passionate fiery tones
which sometimes mutate
into dark and smoldering scars.
Harmony can deceive the eye,
offering a sense of order,
while the chaos lays beneath,
invisible to some, the hint of it remains
calling out to those who can hear it,
to those who will hear it.
Does it speak to you?
Does it seduce you?
Does it repel you?
It’s gnawing at me,
inciting me to solve it,
like a puzzle.
In the mean time,
I am tortured by its echo.
Ode to Joy
“Ode to Joy” is the (working) title of one of my paintings in progress.
It is based on a drawing I did beginning of December:
And here is the corresponding painting:
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The Doorless Cage
Another pencil on paper piece, I have also written a kind of poem to accompany this drawing.
Below you will see the first unedited version.
“The Doorless Cage”
Drawing, pencil on paper
Size: A3 (420 x 297 mm or 16.5 x 11.7 in)
To Infinity and Beyond
“To Infinity and Beyond”
Drawing, pencil on paper
Size: A3 (420 x 297 mm or 16.5 x 11.7 in)
Fantastic Art
There are several paintings I have completed in the last few months that I haven’t yet added to the gallery. The reason is ridiculous: labels.
I have a gallery of surreal artworks and one for pop art (or fun art), both of which need to be updated as well. The recent artworks however, don’t really fit in either gallery! I think that’s one of the reason why I like the phrase “art of imagination”, it always fits, but it is also a bit boring and general. So what to do?
I am still thinking about it… but here are my fantastic artworks. Not very surreal, not really pop art either…
They are all available for sale, as limited edition prints. If you are interested, please contact me!
“Sub specie aeternitatis”
Sabinian Furies
I have finally created a video that shows the Furies trilogy in an illuminating way. Short of having them hang on your wall, this is probably the best way to truly see the paintings. If you have a good internet connection, make sure you switch the quality to “high definition”! I hope you enjoy the video, and the artworks…
My Youtube channel, The Art of Sabina, is young but highly promising so subscribe today to never miss a thing!
Big thanks to all of you who take the time to like the video, post a comment or send it to your friends! It means a lot, and… word of mouth is still the most humane and sweetest kind of promotion.
Special Offer on Fine Art Prints
All LIMITED EDITION Fine Art Prints for 80€ per piece!
This offer is valid until the end of October 2012.
All offered prints are original artworks printed on highest quality fine art paper – Hahnemuehle German Etching paper – which is a mould-made paper, weight 310g/qm. All prints are numbered and hand-signed by the artist.
Edition size: only 100 pieces!
Paper size: 48cm x 33xm (roughly 19″ x 13″)
The artwork is a bit smaller than the paper leaving room for signature etc. (see illustration below).
Shipping worldwide: 25€ (regardless of order size!)
HOW TO GET YOUR PRINT: Browse the surrealism gallery or the pop art gallery, then contact me to make the order.
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The Art of Imagination
“I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.“, thus said Albert Einstein, and the same applies for art as well.
Painting: “Sailing on Dreams“
Knowledge is important to express an idea, but if you have no imagination and no idea to express, then you can hang that knowledge of yours on the coat hanger.
The true artist exhales a breath of creativity in their artworks and sends it out into the world like a seed of inception carried on by the wind.
Surreal, surrealist or surrealistic
There seems to be some confusion regarding the terms surreal, surrealist and surrealistic. When to use which?
If you use surrealist as a noun, it is simply an artist who is a member of the surrealism movement.
Surrealism being a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or non-rational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc. (Definition source: dictionary)
If surrealist is used as an adjective, it still refers to the 20th century art movement.
Surrealistic means like an artwork of the surrealism movement (“having features typical or reminiscent of those depicted in surrealistic painting or drawing”), while surreal has a more general application: “having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic”
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A Thought
The physical size of the painting is 50x60cm.
Perception
Me: How do you like it?
Him: It’s not one of your better paintings. In fact, it may be the worst.
It began as a cloud exercise. I liked the clouds and kept going. The woman in the painting is drowning, or panicking at the very least, yet help is all around her. All she needs to do is look around instead of focusing on the drama of the situation she found herself in.
“Perception”