Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Post your own photographs that are strengthened by another work of art. Include a picture of the art that inspired you, so we can see the relationships. Also, you're invited to discuss such influences that we cannot escape from, and must therefore face up to.
Carlos Rivera: Flower Seller: 1941
Flower Seller. 1941. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48". Private collection.
Rivera was a very creative artist of the 20th Century and not only was a painter, but supported political reforms to benefit workers and did both painting and a special painted fresco plaster work over a metal and wood latticework. Here's an entry into his colorful life.
Now here's my own picture, from my new work from "Woman With Calla Lilies. It's not intentionally inspired by Rivera, although I cannot deny the influence as I know his pictures and admire his work so much.
Asher Kelman: Woman with Calla Lillies
So while the directions for me where subliminal, it still is there and must serve as a reinforcement for my own original picture. Whether we realize it on a conscious level, Rivera's work is engraved in our lives and has earned an important seat in Western culture.
Looking forward to your comments and your own example of being inspired!
Asher
Carlos Rivera: Flower Seller: 1941
Flower Seller. 1941. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48". Private collection.
Rivera was a very creative artist of the 20th Century and not only was a painter, but supported political reforms to benefit workers and did both painting and a special painted fresco plaster work over a metal and wood latticework. Here's an entry into his colorful life.
Now here's my own picture, from my new work from "Woman With Calla Lilies. It's not intentionally inspired by Rivera, although I cannot deny the influence as I know his pictures and admire his work so much.
Asher Kelman: Woman with Calla Lillies
So while the directions for me where subliminal, it still is there and must serve as a reinforcement for my own original picture. Whether we realize it on a conscious level, Rivera's work is engraved in our lives and has earned an important seat in Western culture.
Looking forward to your comments and your own example of being inspired!
Asher