tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post5115495355050600256..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: Who's WhoThomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-16938443028877662722009-03-15T13:55:00.000-07:002009-03-15T13:55:00.000-07:00Unbelievable...thats great.Unbelievable...thats great.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853491825832197697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-53737440436979234392009-03-14T22:52:00.000-07:002009-03-14T22:52:00.000-07:00Thank you. I wrote to Rockwell several times and e...Thank you. I wrote to Rockwell several times and each time he sent a gracious reply, even once including a little doodle. But this note was just what I needed to keep going with my work.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-46853572076875550332009-03-14T21:10:00.000-07:002009-03-14T21:10:00.000-07:00When people give a sneer or the equivalent of an “...When people give a sneer or the equivalent of an “eh” to Rockwell, I haul-out a copy of Southern Justice. “This”, I tell them “entirely vindicates the man as a truly great artist. He could have painting nothing else — or anything else — and yet this one painting would be sufficient.” Indeed, I have yet to encounter anyone who didn't look at that painting, and give it a quiet but sincere “wow”. And, in the context of that moment, I then pull out copies of some of his other work, because now people will take a second look.<BR/><BR/>Of course, not everything that Rockwell painted is particularly profound or even telling, but I don't know of any artist whose every work was.<BR/><BR/>I will envy you this note from Rockwell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com