Painting, Sculpture http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-61.html Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:19:37 +0000 Phorum 5.2.8-RC1 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,158850,158850#msg-158850 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,158850,158850#msg-158850 shapeandcolour.wordpress.com]]]> Uwe Kolitsch Mineral Art Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:34:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,154831,154831#msg-154831 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,154831,154831#msg-154831
Specimen size is 10 x 8 x 5 cm.

Illustration by Marija Nabernik
Watercolor on art paper, 25 x 30 cm, 2009

© M. Nabernik 2009

]]> Igor Dolinar Mineral Art Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:19:21 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,153254,153254#msg-153254 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,153254,153254#msg-153254

Rhodochrosite	© crocoite.com

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Steve]]> Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:41:30 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,152588,152588#msg-152588 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,152588,152588#msg-152588 Please PM me?
Thanks! Gail]]> Gail Spann Mineral Art Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,151096,151096#msg-151096 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,151096,151096#msg-151096
My therapy is either looking at minerals through my microscope or painting. Tonight I chose the latter. Here is the result...

Scholzite from Reaphook Hill in South Australia...

Scholzite, Reaphook Hill. Watercolour on paper	© crocoite.com

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Steve]]> Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:12:14 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,150638,150638#msg-150638 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,150638,150638#msg-150638 Gail Spann Mineral Art Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:31:41 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,148459,148459#msg-148459 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,148459,148459#msg-148459 [attachment 16460 DSC_0254.JPG]]]> Gail Spann Mineral Art Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:20:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,144882,144882#msg-144882 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,144882,144882#msg-144882 Started this about an hour ago....hoping to have three or four paintings for one of our 53 cabinets at the show.
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Bastnaesite]]> Gail Spann Mineral Art Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:44:21 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,142316,142316#msg-142316 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,142316,142316#msg-142316
Mimetite, Dry Gill, Cumbria.

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Steve]]> Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:45:40 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,135874,135874#msg-135874 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,135874,135874#msg-135874
beside minerals I collect also Ex Libris (bookplates) with geological themes.

Is there anyone else in the world who shares this hobby with me?

Attached are two Ex Libris created for me: a copper etching from the German artist Andreas Raub and a hand colored copper etching from the German artist Olaf Gropp (the yellow flower is the the very rare Viola calaminaria, an ore indicating plant, which grows only on soils contaminated with Zinc. The only place in central Europe are the old dumps at Stolberg near Aachen). The third picture shows one of my oldest ones: a wood engraving from an unknown artist from about 1800.

Joachim Esche]]> Joachim Esche Mineral Art Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:28:46 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,130192,130192#msg-130192 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,130192,130192#msg-130192 Painting Minerals with Brandy Naugle

Yes, very random and it is EXACTLY like watching paint dry. Watch Brandy squint!

Live right now, 11pm PST, til she falls asleep, maybe around 5am, then back on again later! Who knows! Tune in randomly and see if she is painting!]]> Justin Zzyzx Mineral Art Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:19:12 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,128569,128569#msg-128569 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,128569,128569#msg-128569
I'm not using that much forums lately, so i've just noticed this new (for me) part of the Mindat forum: that sounds great for me! I'm going to take soon a while for checking all of the posts and all of the attached files, just to know better about other "mineral artists" here...
Up now, I've known who is, to me, a real artist, who is, plus, an excellent scientist, photographer and mineral collector: I'm talking about Wendell Wilson! Please if you don't know his art yet, look for it, as it's simply amazing...

Regarding me, I'm an illustrator, and rockhounder, beside, obviously, mineral collector since I was a child.
I would like to share with all of yours a bit of my works, just because I feel home, in this forum!

I'm finishing my first book, "FAERIES OF CRYSTALS" (LE FATE DEI CRISTALLI") , where i speak about legends, stories etc. about mines and minerals from all over the World. My book tells how Little People (Faeries, Gnomes, Elves but also Dragons) is involved with mineral world...
I'm attaching few spots of illustration from it.

Enjoy! :)

NB: I do use, in this case, photoshop tachnics plus inks.


Sarah]]> Sarah Sudcowsky Mineral Art Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:20:18 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,128020,128020#msg-128020 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,128020,128020#msg-128020
I am a swiss rockhounder and do also some wood carving.
Sometimes I do both together and a sample is th picture here.

Reto]]> Reto Mineral Art Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:23:03 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,127669,127669#msg-127669 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,127669,127669#msg-127669 Gail Spann Mineral Art Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:00:21 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,126159,126159#msg-126159 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,126159,126159#msg-126159 Sophia Shultz Mineral Art Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:11:03 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,125703,125703#msg-125703 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,125703,125703#msg-125703
This is a view from near where I am renting while we build our new house. Its a picture of South Bruny Island from Woodbridge in southern Tasmania. The hills are formed due to weathering resistant Jurassic dolerite.

This painting will be heading over to the northern hemisphere in a week's time, as it is a painting done for an international watercolour swap group that I belong to.

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Steve]]> Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:48:24 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,125651,125651#msg-125651 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,125651,125651#msg-125651 Sophia Shultz Mineral Art Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:49:17 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,125371,125371#msg-125371 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,125371,125371#msg-125371 Sophia Shultz Mineral Art Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:54:34 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,124211,124211#msg-124211 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,124211,124211#msg-124211 Sophia Shultz Mineral Art Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:16:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,120777,120777#msg-120777 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,120777,120777#msg-120777
Here my first try after long time. I`ve done some in the 90'ies.

An interpretation of a barite from Pöhla, Saxony, Germany. No actual specimen, just a drawing. If I find the time i will do some drawings of actual specimen.

Regards,

Sebastian Möller]]> Sebastian Möller Mineral Art Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:42:37 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,120776,120776#msg-120776 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,120776,120776#msg-120776
Here my first try after long time. I`ve done some in the 90'ies.

An interpretation of a barite from Pöhla, Saxony, Germany. No actual specimen, just a drawing. If I find the time i will do some drawings of actual specimen.

Regards,

Sebastian Möller]]> Sebastian Möller Mineral Art Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:22:26 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,119493,119493#msg-119493 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,119493,119493#msg-119493 Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:18:12 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,119478,119478#msg-119478 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,119478,119478#msg-119478 Gail Spann Mineral Art Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:21:55 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,119164,119164#msg-119164 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,119164,119164#msg-119164
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Steve]]> Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:30:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,119163,119163#msg-119163 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,119163,119163#msg-119163
So, as promised, here it is...

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Steve]]> Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:38:44 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,118783,118783#msg-118783 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,118783,118783#msg-118783 Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:00:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,118750,118750#msg-118750 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,118750,118750#msg-118750 Mineralogical Record Art Museum

My favorites are John Sinkankas and Wendell Wilson.

Those Wendell Wilson oil paintings are just TOO freaking amazing! I'd sell my soul off for that talent!

John Sinkankas, just beautiful. Painted as the specimen is in real life. That's what it is all about. My favorite!

Eberhard Equit, wow...the way he gets the detail in there with the combination of watercolors and colored pencil...amazing.

Rose Ann Fox...I'd like to publish the coloring book! Very cool illustrative images!

Susan Robinson...I love the way everything is done like a scene laid out before you. That Asbestos garnet is just too good.


So, what are your favorites?]]> Justin Zzyzx Mineral Art Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:12:15 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,109289,109289#msg-109289 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,109289,109289#msg-109289
Brandy and I made the discovery that Chris Hughes is an amazing artist, doing pencil drawings of minerals, one purchased by the Smithsonian while he was drawing it! Chris is the young man you see working for Chris Wright of Wright's Rock Shop. Of course, when we went to the Norton Simon a few months ago the guards told us several times to quiet down. My favorite quote from one guard was "Enjoy in Silence".

Can I note, that wasn't ME they were telling to quiet down...it was Chris and Brandy. =)]]> Justin Zzyzx Mineral Art Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,107729,107729#msg-107729 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,107729,107729#msg-107729

*A learned person or Master of Arts (now rather obsolete)
*One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry (also obsolete)
*A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice - the opposite of a theorist
*A follower of a manual art, such as a mechanic - partly obsolete
*One who makes their craft a fine art
*One who cultivates one of the fine arts - traditionally the arts presided over by the muses - now the dominant usage

So, my brother is an "obsolete" car artist - I like to call him a mechanic, but he has mad skills.

My mom painted ceramics. It wasn't art. It didn't take a craft and make it into a fine art, though those patchwork ceramic raindeer were adorable!

My friend who studies and performs astrology readings was considered an artist back in "THE DAY" tm

MY scribblings are certainly not art, they are trash. However, my ideas are inspired by the muse, certainly an extention of art as a feeling and not an ability. I'm no artist.

Good Micromounting is certainly an art. Which is why I don't attempt it.

Born with it doesn't help when you don't cultivate it.

Just about every one of us get's that "Eureka" moment when we can do things that are traditionally out of our league. Then we wake up the next morning with a mix of accomplishment and saddness we can't recreate that moment. Art can just happen, but an artist is made, through trial, teaching and practice.

It is a skill set that must be built, no matter which definition you read.

Arguments against me follow below.]]> Justin Zzyzx Mineral Art Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:18:15 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,107533,107533#msg-107533 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,61,107533,107533#msg-107533 www.crocoite.com] and some of my more recent work here --> [crocoite.blogspot.com]

(my wife is a quilter)

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Steve]]> Steve Sorrell Mineral Art Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:20:19 +0000