I love
the flow of the paint brush, the oil on canvas - and I'm reminded of Gogh's technique when I look at these beautiful detailed paintings by artist James R. Eads.
Not exact matches
For the cost
of $ 4 for adults, $ 3 for senior citizens and children between the ages
of 6 and 12, visitors will see men in top hats and women in
flowing, floor - length dresses displaying and demonstrating their crafts, which include wood carvings, photography, quilts, white oak baskets, suede cloth, handwoven rugs, Chinese
brush paintings, stained glass, pottery, jewlery, metal sculputure and watercolor, acrylic and oil
paintings.
The interiors
of Catch A Wave are equally impressive,
flowing like the
brush strokes
of the
paintings which adorn its walls.
Tactile traces
of the
brush add to the illusion
of watery
flow as created in the more viscous mineral matter
of oil
paint.
A painter in the shen shui tradition
of pen and ink landscape
painting, the intent is to capture an awareness
of inner reality and wholeness, as though the
painting flows directly from the artist's mind, through the
brush, onto the paper.
Sometimes the
paintings have real gesture in them, like a gesture done with a
brush, but usually the qualities
of bodily movements are more in the weights and
flow of color.