# How have I missed this artist for so long? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311 "2004-01-02T16:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/1 "2004-01-02T16:57:37Z")
I even have [this](http://community.webshots.com/photo/12392177/12392723LbJPuiJHXX) as my wallpaper. Then I found [these](http://freespace.virgin.net/josephine.wall/Gallery.html). I am stunned at their beauty. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/2 "2004-01-02T17:09:56Z")
Well, no offense (seriously), but I guess that just goes to show you how subjective art is. I think those are hideous. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/3 "2004-01-02T17:25:41Z")
I guess that’s why they make vanilla _and_ chocolate! Not really my taste either! ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/4 "2004-01-02T17:27:11Z")
Ya know, in hindsight, I hope my response didn’t come across as condescending or anything, because I really didn’t mean for it to. I really am fascinated by the extremes of opinions art can bring. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/5 "2004-01-02T17:33:31Z")
I like 'em. I’m not as taken as you are ivylass, but I like 'em. Certainly they can’t be called hideous ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/6 "2004-01-02T17:34:34Z")
No worries, **Ana** , no offense taken. I know all art is YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/7 "2004-01-02T17:37:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*No worries, **Ana** , no offense taken. I know all art is YMMV. \*\* Yeah, but now I’m feeling bad. It clearly moved you quite a bit; I probably could have disagreed with you without going so far as using the word ‘hideous’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/8 "2004-01-02T17:58:00Z")
Don’t fred, **ana**. I’m not upset. What art do you like? ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/9 "2004-01-02T18:09:24Z")
I think they’re kind of nice. But nothing that sets me on fire, or anything. But as a wallpaper? Ugh. Busy wallpapers are NOT good. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/10 "2004-01-02T18:17:00Z")
Good, I’m glad I didn’t offend. I love John Singer Sargent; [“Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra…”](http://www.jssgallery.org/Paintings/Rehearsal_of_the_Pasdeloup.htm) has always been one of my favorites. Marc Chagall is another artist I love. Many of the impressionists: Seurat, Monet, Manet. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/11 "2004-01-02T18:21:56Z")
I think Ms. Wall’s work is quite nice. I’d even consider buying a couple of the pieces at the second link. **ivylass** , if you like this sort of thing, may I recommend [Ragen Mendenhall? I have two of her prints: [url=http://www.ragensart.com/catalogpages/rosa.html]Rosa](http://www.ragensart.com/) and [The Thirteenth Hour](http://www.ragensart.com/catalogpages/thirteenthhour.html), but much of her work is similar (and even better, IMO) to Wall’s work. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/12 "2004-01-02T18:24:09Z")
Sorry about the bad links… they still work, sort of. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/13 "2004-01-02T18:40:03Z")
By the way, there is another site for Josephine Wall, which looks more complete and more informative, [here](http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/). Much more user-friendly. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/14 "2004-01-02T18:45:34Z")
**Avalonian** , I can’t access that site from work. I’ll have to wait until I get home. Busy wallpapers don’t bother me, because at work I always have a minumum of 7 windows open that I flip back and forth through. So it’s nice to shrink all of them and then get a nice surprise when my desktop shows. I love the detail of it. ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/15 "2004-01-02T18:47:40Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Anamorphic_ > > **I love John Singer Sargent; “Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra…” has always been one of my favorites.** Wow. I’d never seen that before. I love it. The Josephine Wall stuff is cool too (really), but all that visual stimulation confuses my brain. I’m a “simple shapes, clean lines” kinda girl, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/16 "2004-01-02T20:04:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\* > I love John Singer Sargent; [“Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra…”](http://www.jssgallery.org/Paintings/Rehearsal_of_the_Pasdeloup.htm) has always been one of my favorites. Marc Chagall is another artist I love. Many of the impressionists: Seurat, Monet, Manet. \*\* Not quite my cup of tea…a bit bleak for me. Still, who wants to live in a world where we all have the same tastes? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/17 "2004-01-02T20:14:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*…who wants to live in a world where we all have the same tastes? 🙂 \*\* Quite right **ivy**. It’s all Eye of the Beholder. and now for a shameless plug, 😃 here is some of my work. Let me know what you think, positive or negative. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/18 "2004-01-02T20:52:17Z")
They’re good, **photopat**. Some of them remind me of those closeups of everyday items, where you’re supposed to guess what the object is. Very stark and crisp. Almost eerie and haunting, some of them, like _Breakwater_ and _Rising From the Depths_. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/19 "2004-01-02T21:21:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*Quite right **ivy**. It’s all Eye of the Beholder. > > and now for a shameless plug, 😃 here is some of my work. Let me know what you think, positive or negative. \*\* I really like those. Especially leaves. It reminds me of electron microscopy. ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311/20 "2004-01-02T21:22:22Z")
Veneer is excellent, **photopat**. Good work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-i-missed-this-artist-for-so-long/222311.md?page=2)