This was taken in Criccieth, North Wales of an interesting textural wall by my bf using his phone. I’ve cropped it slightly

edit put [OC] in title

While I fortunately don’t have Crohns, I do have periods of horrible IBS so I can relate to the demon-farts, one evening in the park, my bf had to run away from me after I dropped a stinker, this was outside

Clearing a dance floor though? Respect

Non tech background (art education), but I do like a minor bit of tech tinkering and tweaking

Aiming to remain semi retired for as long as possible doing a couple of hours work a day…

The rest of the time? I have several art projects to occupy me, and now I’ve migrated over from reddit to here I have more time available for that.

I have also created a few art subs here that I’m hoping to set up properly soon, and see where they go

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with art being ‘just a pretty picture’, there is plenty of artwork that has powerful meaning attached to it, for example ‘Guernica’ by Picasso- it’s striking, very large, has a strong anti war message and is loaded with symbolism…I wouldn’t want it on my wall though (even if I could get it to fit)

I like abstracts mainly because I love colour (I think it may be an autistic thing, as I don’t like portraits or images where humans appear, but I can still appreciate the technical skill involved)

For me, an image like this is visually bathing in colour, it’s very stimulating or it can be soothing depending on the colour used. I like the patterns and how they repeat, also how they appear to tumble down the canvas/paper, there’s an energy in the composition and also in the marks made by the brush/pastel/pen.

The community you link has in the sidebar-

‘It is not required, but if you know, please talk a bit about the scene in the image. What’s going on? Who is in it? Why is it happening? Do you like it? Why?’

possibly to encourage engagement and discussion, which is a nice touch, I think it also helps that all the images are illustrating scenes from Tolkien literature, who was rather good (an understatement) at writing and world building. I think that Tolkein produced enough detailed content to be discussed and analysed for some time

I think ultimately, even if this piece of art is not to your taste or you don’t understand the meaning (if there is any meaning to it), has got us both talking about it, which I think is a good thing, and possibly the whole point of art in the first place?

:)

Her work is stunning isn’t it, why not post your print on here?

He does some stunning work, a lot being the 16"x7" sizes which I really like, I think the composition of these prints are very nicely done

It’s quite deceptive, on first seeing it I thought ‘okay, nice picture of a wave, and??’ But when you zoom in and see all the work involved, and also they’re pieces of maps, painstakingly put together, that’s some real talent right there

edit, grammar

He is incredibly talented isn’t he? It’s definitely worth looking through his website and zooming in to see all the detail

That was a really interesting read, I love the luminosity in his paintings, they practically glow

My new favourite artist (to add to the list)

I enjoy seeing @WhippetBowie@lemmy.world, that dogs got style