tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post5015113976844481400..comments2024-01-13T23:40:11.599+11:00Comments on tachisme: rage against the dying of the lightHarry Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-13696669710093272792010-06-04T04:27:57.370+10:002010-06-04T04:27:57.370+10:00glad you found your way here, Janice, you're m...glad you found your way here, Janice, you're most welcome. Yes, the music of Dylan Thomas' verse has been a source of wonder for me for many decades. Did you son's friends ever think he was named after Bob Dylan, i wonder? His music is a long-time fav of mine too, so you chose well either way :-)Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-35826740178264487542010-06-04T03:14:36.148+10:002010-06-04T03:14:36.148+10:00So glad to find your blog. I respond to your work,...So glad to find your blog. I respond to your work, wonderful. Thank you for posting the Dylan Thomas poem, always one of my favorites, enough that I named my son Dylan.Jani Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15778762404164894580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-64979215320845006312010-06-03T12:56:05.084+10:002010-06-03T12:56:05.084+10:00pleasure, PJs ... there's plenty more where th...pleasure, PJs ... there's plenty more where that came from, lolHarry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-15075330196539816672010-06-03T11:36:07.803+10:002010-06-03T11:36:07.803+10:00Harry,
Thanks so much for brightening my world wi...Harry,<br /><br />Thanks so much for brightening my world with angst and loneliness and life.....pajamasold pajamashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229885785933385293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-40472058571989387182010-06-03T06:17:12.677+10:002010-06-03T06:17:12.677+10:00Caio, the man with the golden brush, thanks for lo...Caio, the man with the golden brush, thanks for looking for the good bits. Thanks for coming by to look.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-28480134130535147362010-06-03T06:13:14.984+10:002010-06-03T06:13:14.984+10:00hi Paulo. Yes, your interest in Ecclesiastes is mo...hi Paulo. Yes, your interest in Ecclesiastes is most relevant for my theme here too. There is a season for all things and it is good that the young are making art filled with life and optimism, romance and hope. But Ecclesiastes lso says , "With much wisdom cometh much sorrow" and for a little while i want to be the artist of that season of sorrow. <br /><br />Nonconformity? Interesting observation. Yes, Paulo, i am not comfortable as a joiner and have always preferred to march to my own drum. Cheers, h.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-82558788975358150932010-06-03T06:00:56.452+10:002010-06-03T06:00:56.452+10:00hi Sterling, welcome. Nice to have your company al...hi Sterling, welcome. Nice to have your company along the art trail. Love those photos of trash. I'm sure there is a wise old saying from Samuel Johnson or Benjamin Franklin that goes, "He who sees the beauty in trash is one who .....". Thanks for showing us the beauty. Hoping its not your eye for trash that arrested your attention here, lol. Cya round.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-56695417543303639362010-06-03T02:59:28.048+10:002010-06-03T02:59:28.048+10:00the way you build the image by the light is what i...the way you build the image by the light is what i really like to see on your work .Caio Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592097138751108428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-51112759305094629602010-06-03T00:54:41.846+10:002010-06-03T00:54:41.846+10:00Time is relentless,
but there is always a time for...Time is relentless,<br />but there is always a time for everything<br />sometimes when I'm working is like<br />the weather was mocking me,<br />because he knows how to pass and I do not know.<br />Beautiful work, friend,<br />is the expression of anger and nonconformity.<br />Congratulations<br />Good week<br />Paulobondeartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455076125968599576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-83442555931051047702010-06-02T23:13:20.529+10:002010-06-02T23:13:20.529+10:00just followed your link, cool blog I'm a follo...just followed your link, cool blog I'm a follower or a uh walker besider now lol. Il be glad to see you around.Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962945039320086812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-31522684832092540672010-06-01T19:28:41.102+10:002010-06-01T19:28:41.102+10:00thanks Maralusia, already enjoying 2006 ... what a...thanks Maralusia, already enjoying 2006 ... what an amzing life ... and the art!!!! stunning!! i was in Lisbon briefly last year, and would love to post some photos in crystal cornea but my camera got lifeted just as i was leaving, sniff. So instead i will enjoy reading of your travels and thoughts and saoking up those many wonderful paintings! thank you so much. <br />cheers, hHarry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-62321617521033486782010-06-01T19:11:45.823+10:002010-06-01T19:11:45.823+10:00Hi Harry , I wrote some info in my profile x U , b...Hi Harry , I wrote some info in my profile x U , but if U are really interested in my "early" life U can read my first posts (:<br /><br />I think only living in natural places we can find Harmony and Peace .<br /> ciaoooMarialuisa Giovanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06033145903739300693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-89854403731173101402010-05-31T14:11:03.997+10:002010-05-31T14:11:03.997+10:00Rather, thank you Nicki for showing an interest an...Rather, thank you Nicki for showing an interest and letting me know what you think. I sometimes wonder why there aren't greater connections between Canada and Australia. <br /><br />We love Candian movies, relish amazing Canadian live theatre (there seems to be a Tassie nexus with Newfoundland), and of course Canada has such a vibrant visual art scene.<br /><br />so i think it's great we get to each other's work in these blogs! cheers, hHarry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-83794009935409589662010-05-31T12:32:13.275+10:002010-05-31T12:32:13.275+10:00Harry, you have definitely found "spontaneous...Harry, you have definitely found "spontaneous energy and power" in these brush marks. I find your blog posts so interesting and thought provoking- thank you.Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333869924278210044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-1221892238033520512010-05-31T09:38:56.399+10:002010-05-31T09:38:56.399+10:00yes, you are so right, SCHIZO, let us all celebrat...yes, you are so right, SCHIZO, let us all celebrate the visual arts that enrich our lives and build up our cultures ... what can be better - art leading to more art.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-71838954323684452592010-05-31T09:29:23.175+10:002010-05-31T09:29:23.175+10:00In your honour and in honour of wall the Illustrat...In your honour and in honour of wall the Illustrators and Painters, I published<br />an illustration.SKIZOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11951183335808888703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-84195827957462710342010-05-31T08:19:16.709+10:002010-05-31T08:19:16.709+10:00Olivia, merci.
Dylan Thomas has long been one of...Olivia, merci. <br /><br />Dylan Thomas has long been one of my favorites, though i don't know how well he translates. His verse is very musical, relying on the lilt and play of vowels and rich associations of words. His images are not logically arranged. Rather one is immersed in them and they enter the soul by osmosis. <br /><br />At the end of a poem i feel i have just head a passage of music and have a knowing greater than the small heap of words on the page could explain. <br /><br />So if i have achieved little else with this post, i will be most satisfied knowing it has introduced you to Dylan Thomas.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-15578904005312946052010-05-31T07:43:07.172+10:002010-05-31T07:43:07.172+10:00Manel, thanks so much for your observant and insig...Manel, thanks so much for your observant and insightful reading of the painting. You mention the wild loose hair and use of white as evoking the pallor of death (especially when contrasted in the field of black), and the touch of red in teeth flagging anger and evoking our associations with blood. These are all true readings from a fellow painter.<br /><br />Others too have mentioned the teeth gritted with rage while the eyes say fear. Thanks Manel for articulating these things.<br /><br />Actually, the wild loose hair, apart from foreshadowing a tousled corpse with its rictus mouth, is also emblematic of Lear, the foolish old king raging in the storm, dying bereft and mad with sorrow. I often think of Lear when painting my hair to let the storm and craziness into the brush, insofar i am capable at this stage.<br /><br />so thanks you my fellow painter, for your keen eye and close attention. Saludo.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-14577668285666400222010-05-31T07:18:24.407+10:002010-05-31T07:18:24.407+10:00Beyond the old age, it is the passion of life whic...Beyond the old age, it is the passion of life which leads your portraits Harry! They are totally vibrating.<br />I did not know Dylan Thomas... I am going to try to find a collection to the bookshop tomorrow. Thank you Harry.<br /><br />Au delà de la vieillesse, c'est la rage de vivre qui anime vos portraits Harry ! Ils sont totalement vibrants.<br />Je ne connaissais pas Dylan Thomas... Je vais essayer de trouver un recueil à la librairie dès demain. Merci Harry.oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418102249283872865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-59245596921436120852010-05-31T07:00:12.749+10:002010-05-31T07:00:12.749+10:00Welcome, Marlauisa, thanks for poistive response. ...Welcome, Marlauisa, thanks for poistive response. A fellow Aussie? Your profile declares you an offical Person of Mystery. <br /><br />Yes, traditional societies certainly venerated their aged. They were a major social asset, for in communities without literacy or libraries, it was the old who were the society's memory. It was the elders who knew how to perform the rituals, knew the sacred myths, had seen good seasons and bad and so could pronounce on the current drought, knew just when to plant and when to reap. <br /><br />Now its all in the written records, built up and utilised by youthful careers. Meanwhile the old have become traffic hazards. <br /><br />i think the challenge for our generation is whether we can re-write that story. The challenge for each us individually is how we can cope in that setting. Maybe even find some peace in our final days.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-80595694162580930572010-05-31T06:54:25.584+10:002010-05-31T06:54:25.584+10:00Lozzano, gracias. Usted tiene por ejemplo una cole...Lozzano, gracias. Usted tiene por ejemplo una colección asombrosa de conocimiento de punta en su blog que yo te respeto particular opinión.<br /><br />Marian, youre most welcome, i am delighted you find some interest in my work. The good news is, barring accidents, we all get both - the aging AND the dying! Maybe it's what we do with that reality that is imoportant, apart from just lamenting it.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-87516560115546829142010-05-31T04:42:20.650+10:002010-05-31T04:42:20.650+10:00Impactante, Harry. Pienso que es evidente que nos ...Impactante, Harry. Pienso que es evidente que nos pintamos a nosotros mismos, pues en nuestras obras está nuestra personalidad, siempre dependiendo del estado de ánimo en que nos encontramos. Por lo que se refiere al cuadro en sí mismo, me encanta el contraste del fondo negro (no encuentro, por cierto, gesso negro en mis tiendas de pintura). Francamente terrorífica la expresión. Esos cabellos blancos sueltos. Esa palidez que recuerda a la muerte. Toques rojos de los dientes, pues la ira la solemos asociar al color rojo, pero también a la sangre. Sin embargo, con la mirada de la figura consigues asociar esa ira al miedo. Terror y miedo.<br />Fantástico.Manelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04856881574849674416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-89351344353052107722010-05-31T04:37:35.094+10:002010-05-31T04:37:35.094+10:00Hi Harry , U certainly give me the impression of r...Hi Harry , U certainly give me the impression of rage . I like your paintings.<br />Aging should be a natural process , but this society tends to make old people feeling useless...and desperate .<br /> ciaooo from a fellow Australian ( Am I ??)<br />ps I love TassiMarialuisa Giovanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06033145903739300693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-65475111118462454532010-05-31T00:47:50.336+10:002010-05-31T00:47:50.336+10:00Harry,
I find your work and words so very interest...Harry,<br />I find your work and words so very interesting and am glad I started following you blog!!<br /><br />Aging sucks... yes... but it does beat dying.... (I think).Marian Fortunatihttp://www.marianfortunati.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-60499674088974886272010-05-30T19:40:01.629+10:002010-05-30T19:40:01.629+10:00No doubt this painting reflects anger, fury by an ...No doubt this painting reflects anger, fury by an unequivocal way, the dark background and the white paint. The spontaneity and the freedom in paint stroke, they accentuate them, if it is more possible, this sensation.<br />I love this job Harry.<br />See you.Lozzanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655369873943775853noreply@blogger.com