Comments on: An Artist Date at the Museum

By: Keet

Keet — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:40:56 +0000

Spot on! I feel the same – thanks, Judy!

By: Judy Coates Perez

Judy Coates Perez — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:53:42 +0000

Hi Laura, thanks! It wasn’t so much that anything stood out in the raisins painting, what I was drawing attention to was Vermeer’s influence in the style and composition of the painting.

By: Laura Tawney

Laura Tawney — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:52:22 +0000

Great post! I went back and looked at all of the pictures again and to really take note of how the color was used and how your eye traveled around. When I went back and took note of the archangel one I really noticed how my eye did not travel as much to the picture on the right as much as the other two paintings. Also in the Sunmaid Raisins painting what was it in your opinion that made that painting stand out? One of my favorite painters is also Parrish and the use of light in his paintings.

By: Judith

Judith — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:41:13 +0000

I went to see the Rockwell exhibit here in the DC area and was fascinated by it. However, I didn’t notice his use of color and really enjoyed your putting it all together with pictures. BTW, you mention “her pants” in the last picture. We didn’t wear pants much back in those days. I bet that’s a skirt?

By: Reed

Reed — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:45:30 +0000

I agree with the commenters. A great observation. Thanks for such a clear description of what you saw, and for sharing it with us all.

By: judy coates perez

judy coates perez — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:28:56 +0000

Thanks Regina, I wasn’t aware of it either until I saw so much of Rockwell’s work at once, it was really eye opening. When I was looking at Parrish’s work to find a good example I also saw a humorous painting he did mimicking Rockwell, so they must have been friends.

By: judy coates perez

judy coates perez — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:25:23 +0000

Glad I could help confirm you’re making the right choices Rowan

By: Marken

Marken — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:00:09 +0000

What an interesting post. You have pointed out facets of Rockwell’s work I have never noticed. Thank you very much.

By: Regina Dunn

Regina Dunn — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:15:22 +0000

I never noticed the similarities between Rockwell and Parrish before but I definitely see it now. Parrish is one of my favorite artists because of how he used light. By the way, there is a bar in San Francisco called Maxfield’s because it has a mural on the wall by Maxfield Parrish. I’ve never seen it, but someone told me about it. Thanks for the art lesson. You chose good examples for it.

By: lindasteele1Linda Steele

lindasteele1Linda Steele — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:09:26 +0000

Thank you Judy, I really enjoyed the post and loved the way you wrote about the paintings.