To my dear friends in Calgary:
I couldn't make it to the Expo this year, I hope you guys had a great time. I'll be seeing some of you in August for sure.
Here's some more noise:





Abrazos,
—Alberto






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The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming.
This is a fault.
Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.
They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.
The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved.
No artist has ethical sympathies.
An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.
Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.
Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art.
All art is at once surface and symbol.
Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless.
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While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at .
Oscar Wilde.
I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and allows less room for lies.
Le Corbusier.
"There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral--immoral from the scientific point of view."
"Why?"
"Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of some one else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly--that is what each of us is here for.
People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one's self. Of course, they are charitable. They feed the hungry and clothe the beggar. But their own souls starve, and are naked. Courage has gone out of our race. Perhaps we never really had it.
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion--these are the two things that govern us. And yet I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream -- I believe that the world would gain such a fresh impulse of joy that we would forget all the maladies of mediaevalism, and return to the Hellenic ideal-- to something finer, richer than the Hellenic ideal, it may be."
Oscar Wilde.
37 comments:
sweeet sculpt!
ya I wish I could've attended the Calcon too...X(
ah well
good to hear from you-been awhile
I heard that eating local honey can help with allergies(over time)
Thanks, Wolverine!
I may be in the minority here but I'm not too fond of the taste of honey. I tried it last year but apparently it's something of a regiment.
Another 2 weeks and I'll be done.
Good noise!
It could be worse; I'm allergic to tree, flowere ANd grass pollen! That's 2-3 months of hayfever! :/
I think the honey does help, but yeah, it has to be regimented.
Can I blame my spelling errors in that last post on my alergies? ;)
The Calgary con was Stellar. Jaclyn and myself definitely missed seeing you there.
Saturday night we had a wicked time at our Drink and Draw event at a near by pub. Steve Silver, Dave johnson, and Cheeks brought a handful of the professional gang as well. Never mind the 30 plus local artist that decided to show up. It was pretty Epic.
There will be another next year, without a doubt.
I hope you get better Soon, and well catch up at the Tattoo convention.
All the best Alberto.
La Paca Partida: Gracias por tu comentario, Paca. Muy bueno tu blog, dicho sea de paso.
David Cousens: Unfortunately, I'm allergic to honey.
Don't worry about the spelling errors, I butcher the English language like I do the female figure and it hasn't hurt me none.
Dan Van Cool: I'm glad to hear you had a great time. I'll see you in August. Please give Jaclyn my best.
Abraxos,
—Alberto
Cuidate(lo mejor es el pole...la mantiene como el primer día) la alergia Alberto y suerte con el cambio. Conociendote seguro elijes el mejor camino. Y recuerda el proverbio chino que decía: Si las desisiones llamal a tu puelta, lesibelos desnudo. Solusional no... pelo leite un lato segulo.
;oD
Un fuerte abrazo.
Dramiro: Gracias por el proverbio, por lo menos me alegró el dia.
Geniales esas formas, me gusta mucho tu visión del desnudo femenino. Curvas rotundas y deformaciones armónicamente fluidas.. no sé muy bien como describirlas, pero me parecen brutales.
1 Saludo, Alberto.. don't stop! ;)
I hope your allergies don't kick you butt too bad this year, hang in there Buddy. The sculpt is Awesome (of course) :)
Alberto: Well in that case, I'd ignore my advice and steer clear of the honey then! :) This is why I draw things instead of being a doctor; I get a lot less malpractice law suits this way!
PS. As if you mangle the female form! You know your stuff is great! :)
Alberto,
Sorry to hear about the allergies, I used to have it bad this time of the year as well, until I was put on Prednisone after a transplant. Seems one of the (cooler)side effects is that it acts as a very powerful antihistamine :) .
Will U be attending Heroescon?
bootiful berto.
&Rew.
KRStyle: No, I won't be attending any more conventions this year, except for San Diego, mainly because I've already paid for the booth, hotel and plane tickets. Hopefully I'll be in good shape for the 2010 show. It's a shame I can't go this year because Charlotte is one of my favorite cities in the whole world, I've done it 4 year straight.
Regarding my allergies, I'm using "Fluticasone propionate" , a nasal spray which is the generic name for "Flonase"
It's pretty effective dealing with the nose end of the business, sneezing attacks, itchy/runny nose and all that but it doesn't seem to relieve my irritated eyes, The itching and burning is so intense, I rub the skin around both my eyes until I bleed. It feels as if I'm wearing contact lenses made out of jalapeño peppers.
The nasal spray doesn't help with my itchy balls either but that may be an entirely different medical problem :)
&Rew: Not nearly as bootiful as your lovely figure (and I don't mean your flatulent body)
Álvaro Álvarez: Esa precisamente es la idea, no sabria haberlo dicho mejor. Gracias por tus comentarios. Te mando un abrazo.
Mike Feeney : Gracias, Miguel! Great to hear from you.
Hi Alberto!
I haven't talked to in what seems like forever, I hope you are alright! Allergies aren't awesome, I'm a sufferer as well.
The sculpture looks great! So do all the books. :)
Awesome sculpt.
Red Rooster: No, you are awesome . . . and cool.
btw, I sent you the quote via ms.
Shannon: Yes, my dear, it's been a long time and allergies do suck. They are my sworn enemies.
Happy Cinco de Mayonnaise. Everybody!!
art papi! i'm back once again :)
Hermano no puedo invitarte a una Cerveza, pero.... si que puedo preguntarte ¿Cómo estas?
Los problemas son como un mal pedo, duelen hasta que salen. Pero una vez salen es como si estuvieras en el paraiso. Jajajajajaja, Y más si es traicionero (dicese Cuesco ausente de ruido de olor profundo. Considerado en ciertos ambitos y matrimonios arma quimica no permitida)y te lo sueltas con el jefe en el ascensor.
Bueno Alberto, que un fuerte abrazo.
Ciaoooo
friggin' allergies
David: Estoy bien, nada que un par de Coronitas no curen.
Scott: I was beginning to worry about you. Good to hear you are back among the living :)
Very cool sculpt!
Thanks, Thorsten.
Nice sculpture!!
Carnal ¿Hay algo que no hagas bien? Una escultura fantastica. Ya me diras como te lo montas.
Un Abrazo
P.D: Esto... tu obsesión por la mujeres, haztelo mirar. No es normal ese conocimiento y dominio de la anatomia femenina que tienes. jajajajaja
Hay que joderse con la maldita Alergia!
Comparto problema y sé el auténtico rollo que representa.
Yo probé todo y no conseguí nada. Ni vacunas, ni pastillas ni sprays nasales ni nada... Llega la primavera, y siempre un par de meses jodido.
Sólo me faltó probar la acupuntura de los chinos y sus needles, oí de casos que funcionó, pero no sé...
Ánimo desde el otro lado del charco.
Lo mejor es unas vacaciones al ártico, donde escasean las florecillas!
it's really cool to see how your style translates to sculpture.
Milan Me voy pa'l infierno, Estoy casi seguro que las malparidas alergias no me seguirán allá abajo.
Gracias por comentar. Te mando un abrazo.
Dramiro, Alina, Jetter Thanks for chiming in, guys and girl.
Tu trabajo ma ha impactado, pongo un link en mi blog para seguir viendote.
Saludos
Alberto
Gracias tocayo. Buen trabajos los tuyos.
—A
Hola Alberto! te saludo desde Argentina, son realmente muy buenas tus obras. Me encantan! Yo dibujo pero no tan bien como vos! ja, q va ser no?!
Bueno Alberto te deseo lo mejor, un abrazo!
Natacha desde Misiones, Argentina
Gracias por tus cálidos comemtarios, Natacha.
Te mando un abrazo. No te pierdas.
—A
Absolutely stunning work, Alberto!
These are looking bad ass, Alberto!
Much appreciated, Dave & Thorsten.
WOW! Very cool works!
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