Flavors of a Painting

Flavors of a Painting

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Two Sisters, Valencia - Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida

What flavors do you prefer in the paintings you choose?
Landscapes, abstracts, still life, figurative?
Color, style, texture, subjects?

One of my favorite ingredients in creating a painting is a flavor or spice that I have tasted in another painter’s work.

You may not be able to “taste it” but my Guatemala painting, Under the Umbrella, was influenced by a favorite painting, Two Sisters, Valencia (left) by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida that I have admired for years at the Chicago Art Institute.

After viewing and studying small ancestor/fertility sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, I experimented with some more exotic flavors painted on old acrylic pallets (below). 

Fertility Sculptures Rick Frisbie

A much more subtle wisp of flavor influenced my Colorado paintings. Probably unnoticeable to others, I owe something to the 1850-70’s Luminist movement. 

The flavor of surrealist Salvador Dali may be a little stronger in my painting, Greek God Aeolus Breathing through Giant Roses

What flavors/ingredients do you favor and sense in your collection of paintings? Let me know in the comments section. 

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Kansas Wesleyan University commission

Recent Commission
This 48" x 48" oil painting was certainly a challenge, but it's finished and will soon go to its new home.

Rick Frisbie paintings at FineArtAmerica.com

 

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Just Bag It
You can find my paintings on this and other bags at FineArtAmerican.com. A Valentine's Day gift, perhaps? ❤️

 

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A Tiny Subject Survey
I'm taking a survey about people's favorite subject matter -- what are yours? Landscapes, still life, abstract, figures, something else? Put your answer in the comment section, and I'll let you know results next time around. 

As always, thanks for taking the time to read my about my ideas and inspirations, and to peruse the work on my site. I'm always interested in your feedback. 

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2 comments

Western/wild animals/landscapes of same. Fishing

Curt

I love Greek God Aeolus Breathing Through Giant Roses! That is gorgeous!

Pamela Harris

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