Comments on: Josh Keyes: The Art of Nature http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/josh-keyes-the-art-of-nature/2108 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Boyblunder http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/josh-keyes-the-art-of-nature/2108/comment-page-1#comment-87542 Boyblunder Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:50:23 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=2108#comment-87542 Brilliant. I love the point he's trying to make. It's rather obvious to anyone with a semi-artistic eye. Brilliant. I love the point he’s trying to make. It’s rather obvious to anyone with a semi-artistic eye.

]]> By: Steve N. Lee http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/josh-keyes-the-art-of-nature/2108/comment-page-1#comment-87309 Steve N. Lee Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:43:31 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=2108#comment-87309 While I can see the aesthetic in these paintings, I don't really get what the artist is trying to say from them, I'm afraid. Yes, they're interesting in a way, but I don't find them making me think about "... ecological, political, and militarism issues." They're just 'nice' pictures of animals, with quirky backdrops. Sorry, Josh! About the longest thought one of these pictures has inspired is how you create the 'sloping' water in the third picture down. Unfortunately I can't see any Cezanne or Caravaggio influences, either. They work as pleasing, quite interesting artworks, but, for me, they fail as any sort of indictment of what we're doing to the world. Sorry. Steve N. Lee author of eco-blog http://www.lionsledbysheep.com and suspense thriller 'What if...?' While I can see the aesthetic in these paintings, I don’t really get what the artist is trying to say from them, I’m afraid.

Yes, they’re interesting in a way, but I don’t find them making me think about “… ecological, political, and militarism issues.” They’re just ‘nice’ pictures of animals, with quirky backdrops. Sorry, Josh!

About the longest thought one of these pictures has inspired is how you create the ’sloping’ water in the third picture down.

Unfortunately I can’t see any Cezanne or Caravaggio influences, either.

They work as pleasing, quite interesting artworks, but, for me, they fail as any sort of indictment of what we’re doing to the world. Sorry.

Steve N. Lee
author of eco-blog http://www.lionsledbysheep.com
and suspense thriller ‘What if…?’

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