Saturday, November 21, 2009

ART PRIZE  |   Ran Ortner  





Causey Contemporary | Ran Ortner The art journey continued a week ago. Visited more galleries, and then the winner of the ART PRIZE ($250,000) in Grand Rapids, just an hour north of us.
I never cared much about seascapes...you know, the horizon with waves breaking on shore and the light shining through part of one of the waves.
but this was different. 3 panels, huge, focused and detailed.
a surprise. chosen by the voting of general public.
and the painting sold.

the causey contempory link above for more of the surf!

8 comments:

  1. This one is certainly different! Stunning, in fact. Wow!

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  2. WOW! WOW! WOW! Just takes my breath away!
    had any snow yet? snow #4 is on it's way to us! happy turkey day!!!

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  3. Wow is right. Wonderful! I would loved to have seen this in person. Thanks for sharing it.

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  4. I love to sit and listen to the sound of the waves. I love to watch the waves but I have no desire to be in that wave. Just beautiful. :)Bea

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  5. Quite amazing! The perspective, color and volume make it spectacular!

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  6. just popped over from artinredwagons blog...and can feel the waves washing over me...no wonder the art viewing public voted this as a favorite. Just amazing. Thanks for sharing...

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  7. well, the surprise in the vote was that there were MANY "wow" factor pieces, like a wooden sculpture in the river like the lochness monster, or someone painting with an easel on top of a structure for days, etc.......but the classic won out.

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  8. Wow! What a painting! Absolute talent and worthy of the prize in my book!

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