We saw the Mona Lisa at Christmas mate. A massive disappointment. But in the same room, turn around and look at the massive painting on the opposing wall. It's extraordinary.
I've heard it's really small? The Mona Lisa that is. On the other hand some of Monet's would be too big to fit on the side of a bus.
Not my thing at all really, I'd struggle to draw a decent stick man as well. Me and the Mrs did go to see the Da Vinci and the last supper in Milan when we were there a couple years back. An unbelievable place, there was something awe inspiring about the place.
Is that one of those huge paintings? That's how I picture it but equally it could be the size of a postcard.
Yeah it's on the side of one of the walls on the church/chapel or whatever. There's a painting opposite which is equally impressive. The one which is mentioned loads in the da Vinci code.
Heard the other day that Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Donatello were all gay. That's one gay Raphael away from a very different ninja turtles.
It is small. I've no idea why it's so significant tbh. It's not even his greatest work. I saw the Monet exhibition when it was over, I think at the National Gallery back in the early nineties. My ex got some tickets. It was amazing. Seeing 7, 8, 9 versions of the same scene and getting it. But you're surrounded by hundreds of oversold tickets and Japanese and Americans sticking their faces 3 or 4 feet from the pictures and getting in the ****ing way when you're supposed to appreciate them from a distance was ****ing annoying.
Yeah that's a bit of a problem, hard to enjoy one on one time with a painting when you're being elbowed in the ribs by other tourists. I think the obsession with the Mona Lisa is over why she's smiling, if it is indeed a smile, not really bothered personally but I do like paintings that make you think about what's happening in the moment. That's one of the things I like about Vettriano there's an element of mystery to them.
I like quite a few Paint artists mainly those who use colours or patterns to great effect Pollock Klimt Monet Rothko Gogh Vassileva I'd certainly look at these artists if they are your cup of tea
He's got a range of classy but at the same time seedy paintings, I like them. I guess you have the dancing on the beach ones in the lounge and the staring into a woman's arse ones in the bedroom.
One of my favourite paintings is Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer. A big red stag deer on a Scottish hillside. Absolutely majestic. My cousin who is a very good artist did one of my lurcher with a rabbit in her mouth. He did it from a photo on a block of polished wood. My ex wife still has them both.
BBC2 recently showed " Billy Connolly, Portrait of a Lifetime ", featuring three great contemporary Glasgow artists John Byrne, Jack Vettriano and Racheal Maclean. The programme is a brilliant showcase of all involved, especially Glasgow itself. I have never been there, but it is on my "should do list."
