franka waaldijk visual artist

This blog is about art from a personal, often philosophical perspective. It is meant as much for me as for you (I hope!). Please allow for some inconsistency, obstinacy, ignorance, incompetence, inaccuracy, blind spots etc on my part. friendly feedback, which may be as critical as you like, is always welcome.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

millais & van gogh - realism & more (monet also)

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how looks can be deceiving. knowing millais primarily from reproductions, my expectations were enough to visit the current exhibition in the...
Friday, March 28, 2008

more nature realism

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just some more pictures in the nature realism vein by edward lear and john james audubon. their art i largely admire, perhaps since i still ...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

maria sybilla merian

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in the question what art can bring, when discussing with others i tend to discount so-called realism (which is a difficult term to me, philo...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

jan cox - a painter's odyssee

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saw the documentary jan cox - a painter's odyssey yesterday, on belgian tv. [i forgot to mention: it was made by bert beyens and pier...
Monday, March 24, 2008

searching for visual depth

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in my humble opinion : looking for visual depth, developing layers of visual communication, is a different endeavour than creating fashion. ...
Sunday, March 23, 2008

comparison of artists - how? who? owh!

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today a friend compared my work to that of leon adriaans , a dutch artist (1944-2004). because, according to my friend, he worked so directl...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

reading about brueghel

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as first entry in what will undoubtedly be an erratically upkept blog, let me note that i'm reading rudy rucker's book as above, so ...
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