Art Cocktail For Thursday

It's been awhile since my last art cocktail post, so it's time to mix another one, to test the tastes of my readers.

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Let's see who likes what and why. These are the questions as always and it's quite ok, if you don't like any of it. Let's get started, shall we?

This photo was taken at the end of August, at an exhibition organized by the Unitarian church, that featured the works from an art camp and I left if out of my previous post for a good reason. It's kind of unique in its own way as you don't see this style too often. I loved how the canvas was divided in four, not equal parts and each part has its own theme. The colors are vivid and the meaning is ... what you want to be. I love them all, but if I were to choose, I'd definitely go with the lower two.

Some of you, who are reading my posts know you can buy me with a nice green-blue color combination and you have that here for sure. Some extra yellow made it more interesting. I'm not sure what's the connection between the two, or if there's one at all, so I'll let you tell me what you see here and if there's a connection between these two, or the four parts on the canvas.

The one I want to talk about is the canvas on the middle. There was no possibility to capture it alone, without the others in the frame, so my apologies for that, but I hope you can still focus on it, regardless.

This is the second such artwork from the artist I see and I can tell you, both were amazing. I loved the unconventional size of the canvas and the multitude of colors the painter used. I remember the other painting of her was a similar one in format and colors. It was a so called "street activity" on canvas, sequences of activities, just as lovely as this one. I am thinking such paintings could very well be used in narrow spaces. Love it!

Choosing the location of paintings is not an easy task and deciding which one to place next to one is even more difficult. I know this from experience as I had the pleasure to help set up a painting exhibition, but I was told not to worry as paintings will find their place and that is true. Now, who decided to place these two on the same wall, I don't know, but it wasn't the best idea. The bottom one looks like naive art. The upper one on the other hand is a beautiful tower painting. I love how the blue and gray shades are dominating.

This is the conference room of the church and although it's not part of the exhibition, I invite you to have a look at the carved wooden chandelier. You see this type of chandeliers in most of the churches, church conference rooms and offices as it's kind of traditional.

Not my best shot, reflection here was working against me, but you see the lovely landscape and the man's best friend resting and sunbathing. I can imagine the calmness and the healing power of the place. I also think the photographer knew the dog as otherwise these lovely creatures are not friendly at all. These are guard dogs and are there to protect whatever they have been assigned to protect.

This was a lovely shot (the original one, not mine) and I can only hope to have the opportunity to take a similar one one day. Unfortunately reflection and glare takes away from its value, but I still wanted to show it to you.

Moments of life, a painter from Florence, a happy one, I'd say, or just posing for the camera. If you have a closer look, you can see was painting. This is what I call freedom. He has his workshop on his bike and can work wherever he wants. The spot the shot was taken from is a lovely one.

Self Defense Kit

This was a funny one and have never seen anything similar. This is a shoulder bag that contains a gun, bu to make it interesting, the gun is not painted on the bag, but it's cut out, I mean the leather of the bag is cut out. It's a good one.

Another one and this time my photo is a bit better. Seeing such funny artworks makes you think how the artists come up with such ideas. When you see them ready on the wall, you think how good the idea is, or even simple, but can you come up with such an idea, before anyone else? That's the question.

Shelter

I love this. Simple, minimalist as well, but expressive.

Game/Play

I'm confused about this one, so, tell me what this is or what you see here.

Road Of The Huns

I love this painting. Those rusty, autumn colors are always winning me over.

So this is it for today. Tell me what you like from here and why.

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