1/16/09

IMPRINT ON MY HEART

Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnj_MBfSZKs if you want to travel through the years that Andrew Wyeth painted. The Speed Museum in Louisville had an awesome display about ten years ago of his family's work. The show was incredible, but Andrew's work was breathtakingly stunning. It left me speechless. I could have stayed there and let his artwork pour into my eyes forever. I could have crawled inside the paint and lived there. It was so beautiful and really overwhelmed my emotions big time.

Getting to see some of the Helga paintings was a huge highlight in my life, and I will never forget the impact his work had on me. The depth of emotion that he could paint with............. He sure left an imprint on my heart.

He told his granddaughter a few years ago that he no longer gave interviews..... since everything he had to say was hanging on walls. He was a master who truly knew how to convey emotion with expert technique and had paid his dues to get there. The world is forever richer because he was here.

UPDATE: My friend, Dawn, just sent another site with other Wyeths on it well worth seeing at http://web.me.com/grainne2/Art_Appreciation/Art_Appreciation.html . Some are watercolor and some egg tempera.

4 comments:

Dawn said...

Amen Sandy!

Chris Beck said...

Thanks for sharing the video, Sandy. I was a huge fan of Wyeth's back when it wasn't fashionable to admire realism. Still am and this video only reinforces my admiration.

Ann Buckner said...

Thanks for posting the You Tube link Sandy. "He was a master who truly knew how to convey emotion with expert technique and had paid his dues to get there. The world is forever richer because he was here. " Thanks for expressing this so well.

Sandy Maudlin said...

What a gift we had! So glad you all appreciated him too.