Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

Friday, June 24, 2011

Waterfall Contemplation

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This is a reproduction of "Waterfall Contemplation" of 2011.  This is an intrusion on a very private moment when a young man strips himself of everything artificial and goes to a quiet place surrounded by Nature in which he can contemplate the beauties he has found and reflect upon what these may mean to him, his life and his future.

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Academic Study from Life by Joaquin Sorolla

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This is a reproduction of Joaquin Sorolla's Academic Study from Life of 1887. In Spanish the title is Academia del natural. It is currently in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia en su Historia. Sorolla was born in Valencia in 1863. Orphaned at the age of two, he began studying painting in 1877 and went to Madrid four years later to study in the Museo del Prado. In 1885 he moved to Rome and Paris. He returned to Spain in 1890 and within three years was the acknowledged leader of the Spanish modern movement. He maintained that position with prodigious creativity until he suffered a stroke in 1920. He died three years later.

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

In the Fern, Caperton, 2008

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This is a reproduction of “In the Fern" of 2008. This is an image of a lovely young man in the fern of the field contemplating, perhaps, his place in the world; slumped a little in anticipation of the burdens of life; or is he trying to look under something.

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Despair, Caperton, 2009

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This is a Reproduction of "Despair" of 2009.  It is an attempt to capture the moment when life no longer seems to be worth living.  If we can hang on through this moment, then new possibilities can explode upon our personal horizons.

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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Lonely Road, Caperton, 2009

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A reproduction of "Lonely Road" of 2009. A depiction of a man's journey down the road of life coming from the mysts of pre-existence into unknowable future.

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Prostrate Number Two of 2008, Troy Caperton

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A reproduction of a work by Troy Caperton, “Prostrate Number Two” of 2008.  There are times when a young man feels bowed by the misfortunes of life.  But it is only when reduced to the naked bareness of existence that we can realize the power to rise up to new glories.  Without Down there can be no Up.

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