tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post3082748721495496294..comments2024-03-08T04:04:45.132-08:00Comments on Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax and Cabbages and Kings: Illustrator or Artist? N.C. Wyethloverofwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-11603678684517485072016-01-25T14:45:33.670-08:002016-01-25T14:45:33.670-08:00Because fine art is often a commission, many artis...Because fine art is often a commission, many artists were in the employ of Cardinals, etc. And if one is paid, what is the difference? Think of the Sistine Chapel. I guess the work speaks for itself.loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-27476057032635278002016-01-25T14:39:17.165-08:002016-01-25T14:39:17.165-08:00Jo, Jo, Starting Over, Hilary and Evy. For a few ...Jo, Jo, Starting Over, Hilary and Evy. For a few days I could not print anything. After having a computer service check, guess what? My keyboard needed batteries! Ah well, thank you for commenting, hope I can be more consistent about answering now.loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-20798698679786037202016-01-23T03:54:21.390-08:002016-01-23T03:54:21.390-08:00Hello Natasha. I haven't gone to look at that ...Hello Natasha. I haven't gone to look at that other Blog yet but it always struck me that the difference between illustration and art is redundant. Fine Art is often produced on a commission or for a patron thus eliminating the commercial distinction. In my Artist of the Month series, I once included London Transport posters because they deserved the recognition.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-3132847884816641802016-01-18T20:35:37.986-08:002016-01-18T20:35:37.986-08:00He is, indeed, an amazing artist!He is, indeed, an amazing artist!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-83420060000110200192016-01-18T08:11:46.231-08:002016-01-18T08:11:46.231-08:00Hi Nat - what an amazing painting ... I can certai...Hi Nat - what an amazing painting ... I can certainly feel the dust swirling around, and feel the horses flesh anxiety as they are corralled or rounded up ... brilliant art-work. The family were musicians too ... and I'm sure if it's in the family - it comes out in the younger generations ... though it didn't in ours - well not our side! My grandfather was a major civil engineer and his sister was accepted into the Royal Academy ... it has come out in other branches.<br /><br />Love this and I'll enjoy hearing more .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-72058649675921913542016-01-18T05:49:53.507-08:002016-01-18T05:49:53.507-08:00I live near the Wyeth home and museum and it is al...I live near the Wyeth home and museum and it is always fun to visit. I love to hear about the stories of this most interesting family.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-35409853573718894132016-01-17T15:48:22.316-08:002016-01-17T15:48:22.316-08:00I love the Wyeth family. I went to the museum in ...I love the Wyeth family. I went to the museum in Brandywine, PA and back in college, one of the nuns who was my roommate's art teacher, took her and I to the Portland Art Museum (Maine) to see an exhibit. As you know, Andrew painted quite a bit in Maine. He's an artist. Norman Rockwell is an illustrator.JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-27954262358591441712016-01-17T14:30:28.880-08:002016-01-17T14:30:28.880-08:00Thanks, D.G. Are you still painting?Thanks, D.G. Are you still painting?loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-22429415807703059462016-01-17T14:29:14.620-08:002016-01-17T14:29:14.620-08:00The whole family painted including the daughters. ...The whole family painted including the daughters. I think the propensity is genetic, but then one has to have the passion. From the art exhibit I saw in Denver, Andrew and his son painted every single day.Jamie said he did not know what a "weekend" was until he married. Thanks, Jo.loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-77422265694912716362016-01-17T14:22:54.124-08:002016-01-17T14:22:54.124-08:00Besides my example, which I used because of the pe...Besides my example, which I used because of the permission thing, I will try and post non-western paintings of his. He was so good that to read about his self-doubt is sad. Did the struggle make him a better artist? And interesting to note that neither his son Andrew or grandson became "illustrators."loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-67182101278630387952016-01-17T11:28:24.059-08:002016-01-17T11:28:24.059-08:00I think of illustrators as artists who happen to b...I think of illustrators as artists who happen to bring to life the written word or the common lives of everyday people (like Norman Rockwell). I'm not a big fan of the American western themed art or illustration, but I do like those that include the American Indian life. Whether one is better than the other (art or illustration) seems mostly a matter between artists/painters and illustrators, a method of division or hierarchy. Hence the terms: fine art and commercial art, divisions that were used when I attended art school. D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-27469279407119156372016-01-17T11:08:53.241-08:002016-01-17T11:08:53.241-08:00I love this painting. You really find some interes...I love this painting. You really find some interesting work Nat. I was a tad confused when you wrote NC I immediately thought North Carolina, duuh. Interesting that all three of these men became artists. Our son-in-law paints but not one of his kids do so.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.com