park life

Chris Ballantyne @ park life

So i was walking down Clement street with my (visiting) friends, and wanted to stop by my neighbourhood gallery. We got in, but the lock was still hangin' in there from the door ... Galleries never open early, well ... not soon enough for me, anyway!! ;) I like the idea of sippin' mi cafe while enjoyIN' some nice art ...

Well, entering PARK LIFE, i spotted an artist (Chris Ballantyne) painting a mural in the back of the store, where the gallery actually takes shape (and form) in a sort of cube space with huge ceilings. So i don't miss the point of this short comment ;) on Chris Ballantyne's work, this is what i sawww ... If you are in the Bay Area you ought to come and see for yoursElf! The show is on from Aug 10th to Sept 21st.

I've been into this kind of art for a while now, and i understand it more ... or at least i think i do ... cause i follow these types of shows, i am drawn to this ART for good or bad ... i don't care, i am hooked and not goin' back ... something (maybe) was lost but a lot more I've gained. I find that this collection of aerial architectural paintings, drawings and sometimes pictures are fantastic and very now. You will also see small architectural models and or sceneries in display in Contemporary Art Galleries ... i find these very cinematic and enigmatic ... they always tell a great story. Mentally i wasn't prepared for this back zen ... years ago ... mayB i was lost ... NOW, i've found again MYtrueSELF in these works and I AM HAPPY =) with the discovery ... it's a new place to dig in, kind of a new abstraction. I see an energy that i haven't felt B4 ... mayB it just wasn't there ... The boring nineties ... where everything was valid and OK ... I sense a correlation and similarity from many contemporary artist, something again I haven't seen for a while ... since the 80's, but again mayB i wasn't watching ... Well, I was ... but perhaps i wasn't seeing ...

With this NEW ART, everything is there but nothing really is ... Geometric forms, almost flat ... that take from POP Art ... in shape and color, blend from north to south, from east to west ... and vice versa.

There is no down, it's all UP ... and very UP BEAT ... You can find sadness in some of the imagery, but isn't life a "beach" sometimes?!?. You might say this art is depressing and uplifting at the same time ... like a good chocolate it leaves you a nice bitter sweet flavor at the END ... in both parts of the brain, that is ... if you have one.

salu2,
jesus

http://www.zamarron.com

I am working on this nowww !!

J.J.Romero - Retratos

Juan Jose Romero - Retratos >

http://www.juanjoseromero.com/retratos_directorio.html

Las comparaciones son oDiosas ... y mis retratos tienen mucho q mejorar ... (http://www.zamarron.com/html/portraits.htm) ... ... ...

Aqui sigo alabando a mi amigo, vecino y compañero de Bellas Artes. Juan Jose Romero.

Impresionantes sus series de dibujos (1, 2, 3) >

http://www.juanjoseromero.com/dibujos.html

Serie "El espejo del sótano" >

http://www.juanjoseromero.com/acuarelas_elespejodelsotano.html

salu2,

jesus

http://www.zamarron.com

J.J.Romero - Tecnicas Mixtas

Juan Jose Romero - Tecnicas Mixtas >

http://www.juanjoseromero.com/tecnicas_mixtas.html

Mi maestro, el artista Juan Jose Romero

http://www.juanjoseromero.com

... Que suerte la mia por haberte conocido ... bueno, no a ti personalMente q s una delicia ... sino tus numerosos cuadros, durante tantos años. Estos anYOs d iniciacion mia a la pintura, no hubiesen sido = igual sin ti, bueNO, sin TU OBRA y el haber visto, contemplado con detenimiento y a lo largo de este tiempo tu desarrollo como artista, ya maduro q no podrido ... Siempre n la cresta d la ola (on the art edge) y al margen d lo q diran ... SIempre creando ensimismado, egoistaMente, n tu pintura (como tiene q SER ... el artista verdadero y sincero:).

A mi me han servido d mucho. Por eso, muchas gracias ... Aqui pongo unas lineas n agradeciMiento ... =) y para divulgar TU OBRA q como he dicho antes, tanto y tanto me ha ayudado a mejorarMe, a adentrarMe n L mundo d la pintura, del arte ... Gracias gracias gracias!

Q suerte la d ser tu veciNO (ahora No!:) buenoooooh, somos vecinos ciberneticossss o como lo quieran llamar ... pero L caso s q todo sto d internet ayuda a estar mas unido, a seguir sabiendo y aprendiendo d tu pintura, Juan Jose!!!

Asi q salu2 desde San Paquito y muchos animos!.

Enhorabuena por tu Exposición en el Centro de Arte Museo de Almería!!!!!!!! >

http://www.juanjoseromero.com/Expo_cama_2007.html

En que trabajas ahora?!?

salu2,

jesus

http://www.zamarron.com