Paul Klee

“Art does not reproduce the visible, it makes visible,”

Rodney Greenblat

I just stumbled on this

http://www.whimsyload.com/home.html

What! This is his bio…..

Rodney Alan Greenblat is a creator of intriguing and whimsical art. His paintings and sculpture have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. He is the author and illustrator of children’s books, and creator of computer art and characters for children and adults. Rodney’s sculpture was featured in the 1985 Whitney Biennial, and his work was a major component of the East Village art scene. Rodney designed the characters for 1996 hit Sony Playstation game “Parappa the Rapper” which has sold over 3 million copies world wide.

WHOA ! …..
The Center For Advanced Whimsy is Rodney’s New York City showroom and studio.

THERE’S MORE !

Welcome to my (Rodney) web site, a constant work in progress. In this latest version I am switching many of the older areas over to a new database driven format. The gallery page demonstrates how many of my works can be viewed through a search system. I am constantly creating new works, and since the 1980s I have created thousands of pieces. Little by little I am adding older works to the database, and over the next few months I hope to add info on works from the 1980’s and 1990s. Many of my famous productions such as Funscreen, Dazzeloids, and Canworld are not yet well represented on the site. My children’s books, Thunder Bunny and Slombo The Gross will eventually be added. Many of my Japanese consumer products can bee seen in the shop area, and I hope to include projects that I did for Sony, Minolta and Family Mart in the main database in the future. For now you can find images of those projects on RodneyFun.com.

Lucian Freud

More Charlie Rose goodness

Lucian’s art dealer and friend (art critic) were so adorable talking about their friend. Their affection was infectious. Maybe people just get giddy about talking about flesh.

The dealer complained about posing
how SLOW and long a portrait takes  
(Lucian mixes a new color for every stroke! )
and then said it wasn’t EVEN done yet
so he had to go back for ANOTHER two week stretch
———-and then said  “I loved every minute of it.”

Lucian, at 80, is evidently in love with a horse.

He has to wear silk ski underwear and drive out with assistant for 45 minutes to visit his love

Lucian says he never goes out but that isn’t quite true.

How did young Lucian differentiate the sex of an eel? Asked his grandfather.