Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Drawing while eating in the hospital cafeteria / A different way of thinking























"The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same thinking that created them."

-- Albert Einstein


















Interesting to try to draw an oil painting with pencil on paper. "Aguas Verdes" is a large diptych (53" x 68") painted in oil on linen by Caryn Friedlander. It hangs in the St. Joseph Medical Center cafeteria in Bellingham, Washington, and is a renewing presence in a hospital setting.

6 comments:

Loren said...

Remember, you need your eyes to listen to Bob Dylan :-)

Loren said...

Oops, that was supposed to say "ears" (not eyes) because that second one reminds me of a Van Gogh.

am said...

Loren -- Both versions work for me (-:

I do need my eyes to listen to Bob Dylan, and Yoko Ono once said, "Listen to these pictures."

Now that you mention it, the painting is like Van Gogh's drawings and paintings. I liked it but didn't know why.

Anonymous said...

I love the way you draw your world in the moment.

I like Loren's comment about eyes too!

Anonymous said...

hospital art conspires in ways super supplements could not imagine. this is a treat to see, and to see the continuing line. kjm

The Solitary Walker said...

Yes, I agree, the Friedlander is very Van Gogh - the swirls and the colours, the whole spirit of the thing.

The Einstein quote made me think of Dylan's 'Gonna change my way of thinking'.