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I have no idea when that photo was taken - I found it on the internet and posted it because I like the fact that her painting is taller than her ;D From what I've managed to find on the inernet it seems that she was born in 1982 :)


But... as far as I know she isn't an illustrator :) She's a painter. I am not aware of her illustrating any books or anything of this sort. 🤔

In case of confusion about what I mean:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustrator


Sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean by "illustrator"...

If you mean the difference between an artist and a painter (as in "rzemieślnik"?) then I guess in your view the Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelite painters were "illustators" and not "artists"? 🤨

If I'm to be honest I don't care about that "question", that distinction anymore :) Especially that in English people seem to use the word "artist" very freely. I used to care about that distinction when I was at art school. I guess that's what an art school does to you - it turns you into a bit of an art snob :) Fortunately to a great extent I grew out of it and nowadays I just enjoy art.

That's why every time I'll post about another painter I will probably just call them "artists" interchangeably with painters or illustrators, because I personally consider illustrators to be artists too :)


I did and I'm afraid he's defenitely not my cup of tea...
From the paintings I've seen I only like this one a bit - I'm not crazy about the style, but at least this one is pretty good:

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@AntV, I can't say that I am.


You probably could if you practiced :)


I forgot to post the artist herself :) - Annie Stegg with one of her paintings:

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And some more:

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Thanks, it looks pretty cool and I'm guessing it's probably relaxing :)


:)))


I like those too. Maybe those are not the most favourite of mine, but defenitely high on the list :)

From contemporary artists Annie Stegg's art reminds me of those styles somewhat... Her paintings are beautiful, ethereal and very detailed. She's an oil painter and I like watching her video's in which she's painting those intricate little details :)

Some of her art:

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Guys, could you take your discussion about monastaries and such to the Random Thread?

Honestly, it's the first day of existence of this thread and it's getting derailed already... ;/


Actually I'd say in a way such category does exist, but that's usually abstract art - at least for modern interiors :) It fits modern interiors very well and it can look great together with those interiors, but besides that, just like photorealistic art in your case, it doesn't do anything for me... Well, it can look pretty sometimes :)

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Guys, that's so weird, because when I was a teen I was thinking about becoming a nun too ;D Although for me it was more about feeding starving children in Africa... you know... the Mother Teresa style... and having more time to read the Bible lol

@Bobko, it's similar with me, I guess - I like a lot of stuff too or at least I appreciate it... It's just I like realism a lot too and I appreciate photorealism/hyperrealism. I'd like to try painting such a photorealistic painting one day, even if only to see if I can manage. 🤔 Although I have to admit that I wouldn't be able to paint such art for the rest of my life - it would be too boring for me.


I see, I didn't know that.


Yeah, not my cup of tea either...


Ha, I love Vermeer! :) My favourite old master... I copied one of his paintings at an art school. I don't like Cezanne though (his still lifes are OK ;)).


Realistic still life paintings have been around for a long time and art was commercial back then too. Many of the old masterpieces we admire today were simply commissioned by rich people or the Church. For me that doesn't take away anything from them though.

"Still Life with Herring, Wine and Bread" by Pieter Claesz, 1647:

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@Bobko, as for "what's the point" - I kind of explained it in my previous post, I think... It's about marveling at human skills and it's a challenge. An art challenge :) "How realistic am I able to make it look like?" You know, pushing yourself, perfecting the skills... And those paintings are usually simply beautiful from the visual point of view.


OK, so what art does speak to you? This is what this thread is all about, after all :)

Btw, I've got to say I'm a bit surprised - I thought that people who aren't very much into art like/appreciate realistic/photorealistic art the most - that's one of the reasons why I chose those two artists for the start of this thread :) So that's an interesting turn of events for me - I'm intrigued now what kind of art you guys like :))

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I see, pity... That's why it's always better to give some basic info also at the back of the painting - the author, the title, the date, the technique... Maybe there's something at the back of that painting? 🤔


Wow, that's a pretty strong sentiment...


I'd say that Gabriela's art is saying "Eat me!" ;D And if it looks so edible then it means she did a good job ;)

I wouldn't say that her paintings are "soulless". I generally don't like dividing art like this. Every art style has its place, imho. Realistic/photorealistic art doesn't have to say anything. It's supposed to "wow" us. When I look at such art I marvel at the human artistic skill. And I personally like that feeling of wonder, especially that I know first-hand how much skill, practice, work, time, patience and observational skills such paintings require. Especially at the level of Nick Sider, for example.

@AntV, so what kind of art you do like? Do you have any favourite artists/paintings? :)

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@jon357, I agree, she's very good, especially considering the smaller size of her paintings :)

I've noticed that hyperrealistic paintings usually range from big to very big - I think the reason for this is that it's easier to paint all those realistic details on big canvas. Painters are restricted by the size of the smallest brushes available, so the bigger you go, the more details you can fit in and the more realistic the painting looks. 🤔

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@jon357, interesting, does that craft have any particular name? 🤔


lol That's funny :D
Do you know the name of the author of that painting, btw?

And another artist:

Nick Sider lives in New York and is a self-taught hyperrealistic painter who paints with acrylics, which makes his big paintings even more impressive, imho. He mainly paints big cats, but he can also paint other animals and humans. He wanted to be a painter since he was a little kid, but decided to do other stuff after high school. At the age of 25 he quit his job and decided to teach himself to paint - with great results, as we can see :)

From his website:

"Sider has always maintained a hyperrealistic style, attempting to create paintings that extend beyond what a photograph could ever capture, ."my favorite moment while painting is when a subject on my canvas begins to come alive." His main goal for his paintings is to use detail and color to create the illusion of life spawning from the canvas."

Some of his paintings (he must have a lot of patience to paint all that fur, damn! ;O):

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History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

@jon357, I don't know, I don't see a reason to withhold such basic info - whether she died of natural causes or not. Look at all the info/details given here:

tvn24.pl/swiat/zolnierz-jednostki-grom-zginal-w-afganistanie-ra301879-ls3422496

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Yeah, true.


Why not?

History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

@Alien, I think any normal family would want to know what happened and would want an autopsy...

History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

@Alien, I imagine that in such a situation there must've been an autopsy performed...


True, but I think that an autopsy would show that...


Sorry, her father was a soldier and her husband a BOR (Polish Secret Service) agent.

History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

Today is the 15th anniversary of the death of Ewa Baran, a GROM soldier. It was a mysterious death - she died a few months after coming back from Afghanistan where she was the only Polish female SF soldier. It's suspected that she got either infected by some unknown bacteria or virus or that she was poisoned by the locals back in Afghanistan. She left a husband, also a soldier, and a daughter:

warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/tajemnica-smierci-ewy-baran/ar/c1-33501

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News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

@Lenka
Were you living in the area affected by that flood?


"No tak, a nie odpowiadamy tylko za trzęsienia Ziemi, gradobicie i koklusz!" :D 😂

News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

Czechowice-Dziedzice:

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The Racibórz Dolny dry detention basin is the biggest hydrological object in Poland. The dams alone are 22 km long.
It's supposed to protect 2.5 mln people.

Its build was planned since 1883, but it was too expensive. Finally it was the Millennium Flood in 1997 due to which 56 people died in Poland that prompted the decision to build it. For this to be possible the course of the river Oder had to be changed and two villages liquidated and people resettled. The build was financed by the Polish state, the World Bank and the EU.

The first plans were made in 2001, the tendering for the project took place in 2010 and the building started in 2013 and got finished in 2020 (right in time, I guess ;O). The basin wasn't tested by such a big flood yet.

News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

@Lenka, I hope so, but this is what I've read yesterday:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/kolejny-hydrolog-alarmuje-ws-wroclawia-mowi-zupelnie-co-innego-niz-prezydent-sutryk-7071783755590560a


There was a leak at night already:

polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2024-09-17/raciborz-dolny-przeciekal-w-akcji-bralo-udzial-wojsko/

Apparently it was taken care of with the help of the army, but if there was a leak even though the reservoir isn't full yet... I hope it will hold though and it will become the Hero of Poland :)

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, again, why do you have to be such an a$$hole about such a simple thing?

I don't like it when people mislead others regardless if it's RuSSian propaganda or scammers on Facebook posting AI generated images as real watercolour paintings in order to get likes.

If you're too lazy to make a thread about photography then next time at least be honest enough to inform people what you're actually posting.

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, it is spamming (or trolling, depending on the intention, I guess) if you're confusing people by posting photographs in a thread about paintings and you're not even informing that they're not paintings.


I haven't noticed any so far.


Why do you have to be such an ass?

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, so do you want to be like that Serbian spammer now?
When people come to this thread they're expecting to see paintings being posted here. I myself thought that you mistook those photographs for paintings.


There's nothing stopping you from making a general thread about Polish art or about Polish photography in particular.

News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]


My family from Wrocław went through that flood and it looks like the flood that will hit Wrocław this time will be similar :( People are already buying out water from supermarkets there.

Two years ago (what a timing...) there were Polish TV series made about the 1997 flood titled "Wielka woda" ("High Water"). I haven't seen it yet, but it's apparently very good. You can watch it on Netflix:




What's the difference? lol The temperature is getting higher, not lower...


And you came to that conclusion based on what exactly?

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

@jon357, that's all great, but the title of the thread is "Paintings of artists from Poland" and not "Polish photography" or more general "Polish art". Photographs are not paintings.

News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]


You mean citing Polish scientists from PAN (The Polish Academy of Sciences) who warned already in 2020 about what we're experiencing right now?:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/s/ziemianarozdrozu-pl/susza-i-powodz-jednoczesnie-oto-polska-w-czasach-zmiany-klimatu-7071690951986080a

This summer there was barely any rain where I live (Kielce). And then suddenly this weekend - a downpour. It was raining all Saturday night and on Sunday in the morning.

Summers are getting hotter, drier and longer here (I already wrote about this on this forum some time ago). The climate is definitely changing in Poland :(

News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]

@Ron2, "what's going on? It's getting better... That's an improvement from the 39th place (Ranking of Happiness based on a three-year-average 2020-2022).


Maybe it has something to do with the fact that women take care of those aging men (their husbands) while noone takes care of those women?

News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]

People are being evacuated by the military with the use of helicopters:

instagram.com/reel/C_8znfwMHam/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]


It does :(((

The first country to offer help to Poland was Ukraine by proposing to send 100 rescue workers:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/polska-walczy-z-wielka-woda-pomoc-deklaruje-ukraina-i-litwa-wielki-szacunek-7071651138061953v

...and then followed by Lithuania.