#Paintings
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Bob Ross’s First Made-For-TV Painting Has Surfaced—and It’ll Cost You $10 Million
How much are some happy little trees worth to you? One art dealer believes it's a small fortune.
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7 Pieces of Art That Were Lost to History
Plenty of famous art has been looted, stolen, destroyed, or has otherwise disappeared over the centuries.
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16 Hidden Art Secrets That Were Uncovered With Technology
Several famous paintings are known to cover older works by the artist that can now be detected by scientific techniques like X-ray fluoroscopy, revealing the original paintings and drawings that…
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What the Mona Lisa Tells Us About Art in the Instagram Era
The photo-taking crowds that surround Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece at the Louvre exemplify how the digital generation experiences artworks.
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How a Notorious Art Heist Led to the Discovery of 6 Fake Mona Lisas | Mental Floss
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Scientists Study ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ in Hopes of Finding How Vermeer Painted His Masterpiece | Smart News |
The enigmatic work was last examined—and restored—in 1994
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10 Abstract Facts About Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948 | Mental Floss
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Abstract #10, Acrylic on Canvas | Josh Namm: Paintings
Another style of abstract. It's like early Pollock decided to paint stained glass. Or something like that. I like it. In person, it's clear that the texture is a big part of this painting.
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Exercise #1: Impressionism, Acrylic on Canvas | Josh Namm: Paintings
This is an exercise in Impressionism inspired by another painting. I've always liked this style and wanted to see what I could do with it. I will be doing more-hopefully a lot more.
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Abstract #9, Acrylic on Canvas | Josh Namm: Paintings
A friend described this as "George Jetson meets Warhol." Hopefully it's more Warhol than Jetson - mid-century without a lot of the cliches that go along with modern mid-century style art.
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Abstract #8, Acrylic on Canvas | Josh Namm: Paintings
I am working on another painting right now that requires more detailed work. A few nights ago, I wasn't in the mood for that. So I did this instead!
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Cityscape #7, Acrylic on Canvas | Josh Namm: Paintings
I am not sure how I feel about this one. I tried the white outlines as an experiment. I probably won't do that again. In person, the green background is very deep and has some interesting texture. This is one of those paintings that I am happy to be done with because it made me really excited to start the next one!
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Josh Namm: Paintings: Abstract #7, Acrylic on Canvas
Technically, this is a "quadriptych," but calling this"Quadriptych #1 seemed WAY too pretentious.
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Josh Namm: Paintings: Abstract #6, Acrylic on Canvas
I went a little more subtle with the color this time.
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Josh Namm: Paintings: Abstract #5, Acrylic on Canvas
So this one is interesting. I didn't think it was finished. But someone whose opinion I really respect told me not to touch it because "it is done." So it's done.
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Josh Namm: Paintings: Miniature Cityscape #1, Acrylic on Canvas
This painting is small: 4" x 12", hence the "miniature" in my title. It's not a typical painting experience, and therefore not a typical painting (at least for me).
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Josh Namm: Paintings: Abstract #4, Acrylic on Canvas
My newest painting. I am trying more and more to do the mid-century abstract thing.
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Josh Namm: Paintings: Abstract #2, Acrylic on Canvas
I know that abstract art isn't everyone's thing. And I also get the temptation to say that an artist must be able to paint realistically from life before he/she can legitimately paint abstract art. I don't buy that. This painting also started out life as a mountain, lake, outdoors kind of thing. At least in this case, it wasn't what I wanted to do.
