herb jung studio

Sunflowers

herbjungstudio — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:57:16 +0000

Grace, sold

Sunflowers, sold

Awakening, sold

Grace Study, sold

Liberty

Liberty Study, sold

Sunlight, sold

Sunflower Study, sold

Emerging, sold

Reverence, sold

Welcome!

herbjungstudio — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:56:12 +0000

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” Pablo Picasso

Here’s a glimpse of my latest painting of a Sultan Supreme Iris. Click on the links above for the different sections and purchasing info. I appreciate your feedback.

Thanks for stopping by!

Herb

On painting flowers…

herbjungstudio — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:11:37 +0000

The minute the artist attempts to imitate, capture, render every detail of the flower, he will lose what first inspired him: the spacious life and beauty of it. Too much attention to detail tends to confine vision, and imitation excludes individuality. The dictum “less is more” is especially true in painting flowers.

I’ve found that you have to see through the lens of feeling. Then and only then can you move beyond looking from the outside in—to a standpoint that proceeds from the innermost looking out: translating your world through the language of art, beauty, perfection, soul.

You begin to see the part in relation to the whole, and details serve rather than dominate the composition and vision. The height of inspiration is equal to the depth of feeling. This is my recipe for painting flowers.

To the artist the opposite of simplicity (beauty) is ego and fear. It is the ego that obsesses over detail; fear that drives us to second guess the innermost inspirations. Monet never let details overwhelm him, and would often measure the beauty of his paintings by comparing them to a rock. Perhaps , it was the same “rock” William James talked of: laying in the field, it’s picked up by a hiker but is largely ignored, whereas a “watch” which he has found in the same field is the object of his praise for its beauty, design and evidence of intelligence. Monet forever the pragmatist realized the superiority of nature.

At a certain point in painting, as in life, you may have to give up all your careful planning. You are pressed on all sides with confusing choices. What colour for the background? How do I proceed from here? At this juncture it’s best to be calm and listen.

Ask yourself “what is the concept, essence I want to express? What details are necessary? Then listen some more. Soon you will see what needs to be done: the painting will begin to emerge both in part and whole, and dictate its own direction.

Hang a painting on a wall and you’ll notice that it adds space, actual living space. Take that painting off the wall, and you feel its absence. To look at a painting is a “visual experience” that requires a deeper seeing and engagement: at its best, it prompts inner discernment, both thought and feeling. Deep thinking results in the deepest of feelings. This in turn illumines and transforms our living space.

Trevi Fountain and Fresh Flowers

herbjungstudio — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:49:20 +0000

Exhibition: December 11-31 at Meet at 66 King St. Cobourg

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 11: 11-5

Debut reading of Trevi Fountain collaboration piece by

Canadian playwright Dave Carley: 3:30-4 pm

Exhibition September 13-14

herbjungstudio — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:40:47 +0000

Exhibition September 13-14, Saturday and Sunday 10am -5pm at the artist’s studio. 81 Pine St. S, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.

Port Hope Estival August 2-3

herbjungstudio — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:57:51 +0000

Come celebrate Estival August 2-3 from 11-5 at the River’s Edge Presentation Centre in downtown Port Hope. View exclusive art by three local artists: Mary Kahn, Herb Jung, Cynthia Whatley.

Located: 1 Thompson Dr. across from Shopper’s Drug.