If you want to see some of his art, go to his website at http://www.kendanby.ca/.
Some criticized his art because many of his paintings looked like photographs. Perhaps, but I think this takes talent. Look at the painting to the right. Doesn't it speak to you about the soul of the man?
Compare this to the picture to the left, a Barnett Newman painting called Voice of Fire. The National Gallery of Canada paid $1.8 million for something I could do in 15 minutes with a paint roller.
That's the great thing about art. We can argue about it all day long and nobody's right. However, there are some people who I believe are afraid to say that something is not very creative. It is sort of like the people who were afraid to tell the emperor that he had no clothes. If so and so says that it is brilliant, it must be so.
If you like Ken Danby's work, you might be interested in looking at a couple of other Canadian artists.
Christopher Pratt
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/arts/agnl/cpratt.html
Alex Colville http://www.gallery.ca/exhibitions/past/alex_colville/english/visualpreview/index.html
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