Art

[Noisy noise annoys]

I'm going to try to scratch an itch that's been bugging me for years....

A long ime ago, around 2002/3, I went to see an exhibition of dutch renaissance painters in Leeds. It focussecd, as I seem to remember, on the lesser known (read: not as good/popular) painters as the gallery wasn't huge, and that Joseph Wright painting has just brought back the itch.

There was a painting, about (as I remember it) 2ish metres tall by about 1ish metres wide called something like 'noise at the gate' or soemthing like that. It had at it's centre a lantern being held as the focal point of light and around it curiois/alarmed faces looking out at you as if they'd heard a noise and were looking into the gloom. The light effect was reminiscent of that Wright painting.

And that's abiout all the details I can remember. I have no idea who painted it, and have been asking around and trawling online for years to find it. I want it as I think it would make a great print to have in the entrance to my flat, as you open the door.

If anyone can help going on so little, then a) you're a genius, and b) thanks.

If not, thanks anyway, and enjoy the rest of the thread!!

I hope you find out. Did you contact the gallery? They would have an itinerary for the exhibition, it may even be online.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

About ten years ago I bought a huge, horrible painting at an auction cos it had a bit of value (now sold) and it came with what I thought was a modern fake. A coupel of years later I passed an antique shop and saw a similar painting in the window, I went back and checked it out and it was worth about 40k! Anway, spoke to the lady and she suggested i bring mine in, when i did she said it was about 200 years old and was a depiction of the virgin of Guadalupe, painted probably in South America and worth about £3k as it has a tear to the side. "Keep it she said, it will bring you good luck" and, in everything other than football she was right!

It looks a little like this (which sold for £100k at Sotherbys!)

 

[TyphooToffee]

I've started using Indian ink. I read somewhere that the best way to get the oil off new nibs is to stick them in a raw spud for 15 minutes, rinse and dry and they're ready to use properly.

 

[TyphooToffee]

Decided to bite the bullet and enter Portrait Artist of the Year 2021. I had to send one self portrait, two other portraits and a passport style photo. I don't expect to get chosen but stranger things have happened

 

[kev]

Decided to bite the bullet and enter Portrait Artist of the Year 2021. I had to send one self portrait, two other portraits and a passport style photo. I don't expect to get chosen but stranger things have happened

Is the one bottom right an abstract?

 

[Davidoff]

Decided to bite the bullet and enter Portrait Artist of the Year 2021. I had to send one self portrait, two other portraits and a passport style photo. I don't expect to get chosen but stranger things have happened

Good luck mate, I’ll look forward to seeing you on it

 

[TyphooToffee]

Is the one bottom right an abstract?

Yes. I bought it from The Little Shop of Horrors

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Decided to bite the bullet and enter Portrait Artist of the Year 2021. I had to send one self portrait, two other portraits and a passport style photo. I don't expect to get chosen but stranger things have happened

These are strong pictures in my opinion and are a lot better than some stuff I see in the local galleries. Bottom left is a winner for me

 

[TyphooToffee]

Good luck mate, I’ll look forward to seeing you on it

If I get on I'll wear this shirt. I mentioned one Portrait Artist of the Week celebrity chose my portrait but didn't say who because he didn't want it to be known he had a favourite

 

[TyphooToffee]

This is the actual photo I sent as my self-portrait. I thought the fact is was painted/scraped on the back of my palette might add enough interest to sway the judges. That said, I laid awake last night worrying that I might actually get picked!

 

[Joey66]

As I've taken up painting and drawing, and am getting to grips with terms like en plein air, scumbling, gesso and other previously unheard of names and terms, I was wondering if anyone else would like to talk about their own adventures in what is a fascinating subject.?

Edinburgh art galleries are brilliant mat free to get in to - My daughter is up there as an Artist loves the place ......

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Edinburgh art galleries are brilliant mat free to get in to - My daughter is up there as an Artist loves the place ......

National portrait gallery is excellent as is the modern art gallery. Does she live there and make a living as an artist?

 

[Joey66]

National portrait gallery is excellent as is the modern art gallery. Does she live there and make a living as an artist?

She did a few galleries sold one paititin to some top games director but the gallery took 30 percent .....after her degree did a master's in art management, it's took her tenmyears to become a manager in art management on a excellent pay ATM just got the top job & Covid 19 broke out still in work at the same place .,
Loves Edinburgh been up there over 14 years ......it's an expensive place to live in......lives in a flat by the castle ....

 

[summerisle]

Decided to bite the bullet and enter Portrait Artist of the Year 2021. I had to send one self portrait, two other portraits and a passport style photo. I don't expect to get chosen but stranger things have happened

Have you taken a potion ?
Well done, wish I had a smidgeon of your talent.

 

[Seathestars]

This is the actual photo I sent as my self-portrait. I thought the fact is was painted/scraped on the back of my palette might add enough interest to sway the judges. That said, I laid awake last night worrying that I might actually get picked!

Smart that, very clever