You know, I always want to go to San Diego Comic Con. Every year it looks even cooler and cooler. Either I don’t have the time or when I have the time something always come up and stop me from going. So those who went to the Comic Con this year, consider yourself very lucky. I heard that trailers for X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Tron 2 were super.
Also check out the New York Times article on this year’s Comic Con. Awesome as always.
San Diego Comic Con 2008
My Top 10 Most Remarkable Paintings
10. “The Runaway” by Norman Rockwell
This is also another painting that tells its own story. The policeman is trying to convince the
kid not to runaway from home. It’s a classic image of the U.S. in 1940s. Well, that maybe just me.
9. “The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali
Very surrealist and dream-like painting. You’d imagine yourself being in a dream once you
see this melting clock and possibly look for an exit from the place where time stops or melts.
8. “Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
This painting also contains rich details of its background. You can feel the sense of live
energy in this painting. Most of the paintings would just focus on the foreground of the
painting. But this one focuses on both foreground and background. That’s what makes it great.
7. “Three Musicians” by Pablo Picasso
I like this painting because, personally, I think Picasso’s Cubism movement is one of his
finest working period. You can actually feel the live music by just looking at this painting.
6. “Olympia” by Edouard Manet
This painting can tell the story for itself. My take on the painting is the woman just receives
another flower by her admirers. But from the look of her force, she’s getting bored and
perhaps wants something new.
5. “The Milkmaid” by Johannes Vermeer
This painting is richly detailed. You can practically see almost every detail in this painting.
The lighting is also perfect – not too dark and not too bright. This maybe just me but I like the
way Vermeer hung the basket behind the maid. It looks natural.
4. “Son of Man” by Rene Magritte
To this day, I still can’t figure it out what the apple stands for. My take on the picture is the
sense of mysteriousness that this man has – the man who wears Bowler’s Hat.
3. “Blue Poles: Number 11″ by Jackson Pollock
I would say that his painting technique is quite brilliant – to let the paint drop freely onto the
canvas. Let it takes its form. The result is Pollock’s finest painting.
2. “Water-Lilly Pond Series” by Claude Monet
Monet had this ability to paint a very dream-like picture in his paintings, including “Water-
Lilly Pond Series”. You can actually feel the water ripples through the pond.
1. “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper
The key theme of the painting is the loneliness within the city. It was late at night and we
have these people sitting in an all-night diner. This really captures that feeling of loneliness in
the city. It has been tweaked to various occasions – from Cartoon Network commercial to CSI
promotional material.
This is a very nice shot of Mount Everest. Check it out.
Everest
I’m not sure exactly how this look but I think it’s a cute little whale. I think it’s for decoration.
Cute Whale
Maybe this is just me but I can actually feel the “after the rain” atmosphere in this painting. This was done by an artist name Alison Vernon and I found this on Artcatchr. Take a look.
After the Rain
Well, either this little kitten is very small or the cup is very big, hehe.
Kitten in the Cup
