In my short blogs while on vacation I’ve decided to blog my favorites from the paintings and drawings of all the artists that have shared their work on this blog.
This painting of the long overhanging porch and sense of emptyness with the lack of people but the reminder of them with the chair leaning against the wall and directing our eyes to the far somewhere is one of my personal favorites of James Frederick’s featured works of art.
Yet, there are too many good works of Mr. Frederick for me to say it is my overall favorite. I love crisp work of his graphite drawings. Two selected works are below.
“Poppin Johnie” is one of James Frederick’s most popular and famous works of art. Without a doubt, it is one of my favorites. However, I would be remiss in my art duties as a critic not to absolutely be enamored by the drawing to the right.
Moving along, my favorite works of artist, Olivia, is the graphite drawing below.
The delicate work of the girls dress is not as evident in this photograph as it is in reality. Also, one is in amazement at the reality of the hair. However, the real art is the presence of creating a solace. One senses the unknown, wondering what is inside the child’s head…what is she thinking? Is she in a moment of anticipation? Is she simply waiting her moment to shine?
Lynn Burton’s art is hard to decide which is my favorite because he’s painted so many different paintings and different styles and different composition and genres. However, when I study the large painting (72″X96″) to the right which is an oil painting study for a huge wall mural, I feel connected to it from the massive work that went into it. So, if it’s not my overall favorite, it is definitely right on up in there.
The old black and white 3″X5″photograph of the 1948 wood panelled Ford in front of a Mobilgas filling station out in mid-20th century New Mexico was the inspiration for this 24″X36″ acrylic on panel board painting.
All paintings I do become my favorite when I first finish them, so, for the moment, this is the favorite of my works…plus, it’s one of the hardest I ever did, since the person filling up the tank is my father, artist, Arlen Burton. My favorite of his paintings is below.
