Comments on: Andrew Wyeth: an appreciation

By: Henie

Henie — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:03:10 +0000

From an artist’s soul…I will miss him.

By: Richard Reeve

Richard Reeve — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:31:46 +0000

Hi Sid,
As William James said, our perception is always fringed by a “more.” Perhaps that sense in his work could be viewed as a type of realism beyond the accuracy of line and value…

By: Sid Parham

Sid Parham — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Al Kernan once remarked to me that many writers had only one or two stories to tell. If like O'neill or Faulkner they were lucky it took most of their life to find how to tell it correctly. If, like, Hemingway you're unlucky, you did right the first time. I know if the remark can be applied to painters, but Wyth always struck me as trying to realize a mystry behind appearance and never quite succeeding. We Spectators can sense there's more there but it remains tantalizing outside our consciousness. Sid Parham´s last blog post..Not in My Lifetime III

By: Richard Reeve

Richard Reeve — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:44:41 +0000

Hello Rebecca,
His resurrection of tempera as a medium was a real surprise for me, an texture, yes, amazing range of textures…very noticeable in Helga portraits where face, surrounded by fur next to tree bark.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:28:08 +0000

He was truly an amazing artist. His ability to capture texture blows me away. His studies of “Helga” amaze me the most, although he had plenty of mindblowing texture studies in his later years, too.

Thanks for pointing out the fact that he kept his creative process going. I really need to MAKE time for creative work, no matter how busy my life gets.

By: Richard Reeve

Richard Reeve — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:27:26 +0000

Hey Jeb,
The link opens up to some good resources in Wikipedia. My experiences were at museums, not in books. We do have a few books of his images here, but reproductions never do the works justice (that goes for all painting…

By: Jeb Dickerson

Jeb Dickerson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:17:20 +0000

He sounds like a man I'd like to learn more about. Thanks for the introduction Richard. "He kept his creative production going"...what a gift. For him and, obviously, others. Can you recommend any starting points for getting to know his work? Thank you sir... Jeb Dickerson´s last blog post..On the road to nowhere.