tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post5063046341349246807..comments2023-11-22T01:09:46.040-08:00Comments on myartspace>blog: Art Space Talk: Craig HawkinsBrian Skibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03707398699208090454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-26450987581633357022008-12-10T06:22:00.000-08:002008-12-10T06:22:00.000-08:00I've been to an opening and met Craig - he'...I've been to an opening and met Craig - he's the real deal! His work is excellent, because it's directly inspired. He has both [incredible] technical skill & the ability to beautifully convey his message...even if you're not familiar - you're drawn in by what he is able to say through his work.<BR/><BR/>Regarding inspiration & worship, Ingmar Bergman said it best: &Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-15994652028989370352008-12-09T18:32:00.000-08:002008-12-09T18:32:00.000-08:00Excellent read. I have viewed many photos of Crai...Excellent read. I have viewed many photos of Craig's art online and would love to see some in person one day. Keep up the great work, Craig!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523467115625356528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-6733064426550465972008-12-09T15:10:00.000-08:002008-12-09T15:10:00.000-08:00kinkaide is not a spiritual painter, he is kitcsh ...kinkaide is not a spiritual painter, he is kitcsh for the suburban hosuewife. Wallpaper. All great art is spiritual, much of it religious. all great art is infused with the feeling of god, and about Man, Nature and God. How is up to the artist, but the thmese must all be much greater than himself. We are but dust, and humility before the Universe essential to all art. Something forgotten in our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-71667984385954394822008-12-09T14:11:00.000-08:002008-12-09T14:11:00.000-08:00This work is amazing. When I think of religious ar...This work is amazing. When I think of religious art with Christian values I think of Thomas Kinkade or some other lame painter. My opinion has changed now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-66875416207222926882008-12-08T18:05:00.000-08:002008-12-08T18:05:00.000-08:00Not bad, not bad at all. Back to fundamentals, bot...Not bad, not bad at all. Back to fundamentals, both of art and who we are. Good luck, keep working. Also see a show here in LA, at the Old Chinatown, which is falling apart. A Hungarian guy named Peter Sudar, eight small portraits done in a realist nineteenth century style, but present, and modern. Gotta go check it out.<BR/><BR/>MoLAA here in the LBC had a Puerto Rican guy named Arnaldo Roche, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com