The Fine Art Blog of Darren Daz Cox

I love being an artist, being able to inspire and be inspired is a direct connection to God for me. I have shown my work to thousands of people now thanks to the internet and art shows and while I’ve yet to sell an actual painting (I’m still winning Vincent!) I will make money selling my art this year. I plan to make 11×18 full bleed mini posters (that’s edge to edge color – no border) and sell them for 99 cents and also provide this service for my fellow artists. Riverfront Media is expanding and getting so many clients it is hard to predict anything but total success and the capital to really promote the arts in the way I feel is the best way.

Speaking of the arts, I had so many amazing gifts on my birthday, the most spectacular was this news story about Michelangelo’s first painting! 

The Torment of St. Anthony I have not seen this one before, which means it just wasn’t in the art books,  and so I am very thankful I can see it now! 

I remember when I was younger, how fascinating the power of creating monsters was and I do not subscribe to the theory that there are ‘phases’ in art even though it felt like I went through a monster/action/masculine/line stage and now pretty much work in a more feminine /organic/color style.

Michelangelo’s Saint Anthony with monsters is a perfect example of ‘line’ work,he literally used tiny lines of color to make a very clear sharp edged graphical painting. Compare that one with the one below with the same story being told, Saint Anthony being tormented by wiches who turn into beautiful tempting women. Fantin-Latour uses ‘color’ instead of line, meaning he makes the shapes from blobs of paint rather than from lines. I love Michelangelo but his picture is not as plesing to me as the one below. St. Anthony is not in the Bible he’s just in extra stories someone was inspired to write, and over the years it’s turned into a part of the Catholic religion. here’s the link to the story with more pics!  http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/may/13/art-michelangelo-torment-saint-anthony

collection.nmwa.go.jp/en/P.1959-0099.html  

Henri Fantin-Latour [Grenoble, 1836 - Buré, 1904]

The Temptation of St. Anthony

and I almost forgot! Salvador Dali did an awesome Temptation of Saint Anthony too!!

and how could I forget another of my favorite surrealist artists, Felicien Rops, did a Temptation of Saint Anthony as well!

I, Darren Daz Cox am an artist too but I make up my own stories. Here’s some of my recent sketches! I don’t use my art models the way the old masters did, they are not just bodies with light on them, but rather their actions and thoughts help inspire my art in the way I want it to be.

Beff in her holocaust cloak (from The Princess Bride) stormed the castle of bad weather and brought us some sunbeams!

Beff is a romantic who inspires these type of pictures!

My art model Beff as a little old lady reading to her grandkids and pets… pencil on paper then the liquify filter by famous artist Darren Daz Cox. I asked Beff what book her future self I drew here might be reading and she said the classic The Monster at the end of the book featuring Grover. I love that book too!

Oh, and here is the monster at the end of the post! (painted by Michelangelo)

Monster by Michelangelo!!!!

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Originally posted 2009-05-18 08:19:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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