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TotalAbstract In reply to Saraty [2005-12-22 17:02:42 +0000 UTC]

I think this one has a an uneasy feeling about it. Not something you usually associate with a land scape painting.
Many many people ask about the Title thing. I dont do it because it changes a persons perspective. How many times have you looked at a piece of art and you see it one way but after you read the title and you go, OHHHHHH!!! You forget about how you felt about the painting when it first caught your eye and you look at it from the perspective of the title. With no title you can ask 10 people what they thought it was about and you will get 10 completely different answers but with a title you will get 10 answers all with the same theme all based on the title and how it relates to the painting. When I was younger I used titles to help make a point or for notheing more than shock value. Later I used them to miss lead the viewer and make them go WTF??? At some point I started to think of them as a gimmic to sell work. Give a painting a title that people can assiciate with and it will sell wether its good or not. I have seen it done over and over again. I have friends who do it to sell thre work. Not that think tiles are totaly bad. I have a bunch of poems I wrote when I was much younger that I would like to turn into paintings. I feel its perfectly ok to use the poems tile of a line from the poems as titles for these as they will be a direct result of the poems. Anyway, I am sure you wernt looking for such a long answer. careful what you ask for

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Saraty In reply to TotalAbstract [2006-01-05 13:43:52 +0000 UTC]

Well, well, well.... Who told You that I wasn't looking for such a long answer?? Of course I appreciate whole types of comments, but much more pleasent comments are those which dosen't end up by saying words ''cool'' ''great'' ''wow'' or somethin like that.
Quiete an interesting point of view if we talk about a titles.. I really used to look at the picture from title context. Not allways, but quiete often. Sometimes I also think about giving some better title. Maybe because I see image different than artist does, so the given title dosen't really fit with my own interpretation of the image. But.. I can't imagine my works without a title! This is actually the very first thing I think of after finishing picture. And often even before finishing it...

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