tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post6366173247678422561..comments2023-08-25T08:48:01.101-04:00Comments on The Pagan Sphinx: Artist Spotlight: Stanley SpencerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-90202360707412404242012-09-29T09:31:58.325-04:002012-09-29T09:31:58.325-04:00He was relentlessly honest about people, including...He was relentlessly honest about people, including himself. <br />Thanks, Sandy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-10953947459651962752012-09-29T09:31:11.523-04:002012-09-29T09:31:11.523-04:00Yes. Both Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon owe more ...Yes. Both Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon owe more than a casual nod to Spencer. I'm not a huge fan of Bacon's work but Freud is amazing.<br />Thanks for stopping by, JM.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-68049320849554409782012-09-28T20:51:18.130-04:002012-09-28T20:51:18.130-04:00That is a wonderful selection, to be sure. What a...That is a wonderful selection, to be sure. What a character this guy was. It seems he appreciated his love for who she was and shined the light on her as she was. A nice break from our steady diet of air-brushed perfection.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-57366566675192582702012-09-28T13:51:33.265-04:002012-09-28T13:51:33.265-04:00Great tribute! Love his self portrait on the 2nd p...Great tribute! Love his self portrait on the 2nd pic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783877262954668959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-65050825923505932652012-09-26T19:10:45.808-04:002012-09-26T19:10:45.808-04:00Thanks for stopping by, Jams. :-)Thanks for stopping by, Jams. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-20828474620944985322012-09-26T09:21:57.110-04:002012-09-26T09:21:57.110-04:00A wonderful selection of his work GinaA wonderful selection of his work Ginajams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-82478538281283361582012-09-25T18:59:12.946-04:002012-09-25T18:59:12.946-04:00I appreciate that you followed the comment thread,...I appreciate that you followed the comment thread, Bryan. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-54166738388450782012-09-25T18:58:42.674-04:002012-09-25T18:58:42.674-04:00I will certainly try then, to include more informa...I will certainly try then, to include more information. What I will continue to try to avoid is personal criticism, as I really value what readers themselves think of the art. I want people who are not necessarily heavily into art to feel comfortable expressing their opinions without feeling that they must know or understand something at the level of the critics. I myself often don't! When I do offer an opinion, it usually in comments. I hope people will click the 'follow' button to see others' responses. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-20689248548233635732012-09-25T02:49:20.903-04:002012-09-25T02:49:20.903-04:00A marvellous post about a wonderful artist, Gina! ...A marvellous post about a wonderful artist, Gina! <br /><br />And I love your stated intention of giving us more information about the artists in your posts. Yes, I know there can be a good argument made for just showing their works and letting them speak for themselves. But I also know that, up to now, your posts have frequently sent me rabbiting off over the internet, trying to find out more about the artists whose work you have been sharing with us.Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-10293818153062810482012-09-23T12:39:45.369-04:002012-09-23T12:39:45.369-04:00 I will be in touch soon to catch up with you abou... I will be in touch soon to catch up with you about the move. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-50498803987798781352012-09-22T23:17:39.242-04:002012-09-22T23:17:39.242-04:00I love this new way of putting a post together, Gi...I love this new way of putting a post together, Gina. There's nothing like giving yourself more options when you've found an artist whose work you love and particularly one like Spencer who isn't very well known here in North America.<br /><br />His work is really wonderful and I'm glad to have seen it this evening - a few of them for the very first time. Apologies for not leaving a longer comment but I'm more than usually tired for the time of evening. The move is done and all went well. I'll return for a closer look very soon.<br />xoxosusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-91219516008850947262012-09-22T18:55:39.586-04:002012-09-22T18:55:39.586-04:00Yes, it does look like an odd conglomeration of bu...Yes, it does look like an odd conglomeration of butts and limbs. I can see that.Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607046468663026271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-26704196626138908822012-09-22T16:20:16.570-04:002012-09-22T16:20:16.570-04:00It doesn't look like anything aquatic at all. ... It doesn't look like anything aquatic at all. My intellect forced reason upon me: to my mind it looks like the buttocks of a human with the limbs of an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae (ok, so I cheated and went to Wikipedia but that's what the logical brain tends to do when it wants to make sense of things that perhaps don't need to be rationalized). To my 'not thinking about it too much" side, it is whatever it is or was meant to be for the artist. If in my travels I come upon an explanation for it, I'll be sure to let you know. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-42536271603973446552012-09-22T12:06:50.971-04:002012-09-22T12:06:50.971-04:00What in the world is that in the middle of the pic...What in the world is that in the middle of the picture with the crosses, the thing the guy is leaning against? It looks like a cross between a dolphin and an octopus. A octophin, perhaps?Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607046468663026271noreply@blogger.com