Maxfield Parrish
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Somehow Maxfield Parrish inserted his imagery solidly in my psyche back in the 70s and whenever I see particular skies, his work comes to mind, his hyper-idealized world of skies and clouds. If you don’t know his work, you can view several images with a simple google search, but here are two, for a nice bit of escapism. Laurie
Ecstasy (!) and Morning
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Hello Laurie, you made me remember his work, especially Ecstasy I remember well.
Googling I found in wikipedia the following text: “He is known for his distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery”.
And this is what triggered me to reply now, because I was working on an image for the topic “Monsooner sunrise” in which Michael explains his working with hues and saturation and in which he shows some astonishing examples of early morning cumuli (just check), As a contrast I planned to to produce one that was made at sunset in stead of the untimely early sunrise. The result however made me remember your topic of Maxfield Parrish and I concluded that the result is more at place in this topic. What do you think?
And thanks for making me remember!
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Yes, Hans, that’s the dreamy quality of Parrish but I do like your more subtle colors. Gray is so soothing, and with those warmer highlights – it’s lovely.
May I ask, as I live in a monsoon area too, in the late summer, in the southwest US and storms are daily producing amazing sky scenes – should I submit photos to the gallery regularly, or post them here? Where is most appropriate, so I’m not overdoing things for the site?
Glad to pique your memory of Parrish. His commercial work is rather bizarre too.
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Thank you Laurie.
I hope I am right, but is it you that posted a picture of a cumulonimbus on 31th of May this year? When yes, I should say share more of those on the gallery. This could have been a Maxfield Parrish view with a mighty cumulonimbus in the pinks and blues of the sunset.
It seems you live in the same region as Michael who once started the first Black & White topic on the forum. He wrote a few times about the monsoon conditions in Phoenix Arizona. He also sends spectacular pictures to the gallery, I guess almost on a monthly basis. Just check on the gallery. I imagine you have fantastic cloud spotting opportunities over there and I think you will find your own way in finding the answer of overdoing or not. I look forward to see one of your monsoon sceneries in the gallery. The forum you already found. Good luck!
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