Comments on: Painting by Robert Carter

By: modern canvas paintings

modern canvas paintings — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:48:33 +0000

Wow, these are awesome paintings. What a true talent and an inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

By: Realistic Pencil Drawings

Realistic Pencil Drawings — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:35:41 +0000

Cool work. Thanks for posting all of these. Robert is very talented!

By: 1800 Postcards

1800 Postcards — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:53:43 +0000

Robert Carter has some skills. Serious skill that is undeniable. I can’t believe he did all of these paintings!

By: daniel james

daniel james — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:35:54 +0000

sorry not house, some other actor with a long face

By: daniel james

daniel james — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:34:39 +0000

is that beaver taking over the planet?
are those canadians supposed to look like nazis?
did he really have to paint a picture of house?

yeah, well, nice job painting but it is kind of just something to stumbleover and move on with my life.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:54:43 +0000

Wow, his talent is ridiculous.

By: Funny

Funny — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:34:10 +0000

I would love to see more! Amazing what kind of emotions arise from this fellow’s talent. amazing work, ignore the ingrate and keep up the good work.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:51:17 +0000

I don’t agree with K, not in technicalities, but in premise. Art doesn’t have to mean anything, do anything, say anything, be anything. All who create are likening themselves to divinity. It’s people with a “license in art” who take all the soul out of everything and try to put labels onto everything. Why can’t the man just paint? Does he have to have controlling factory educated people complaining about it?

By: K

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:14:49 +0000

Anthony Dominguez is right. And there are no words left for the man who responds to his critique with ‘you, sir, are a moron’. Sophisticated.
Maybe somebody should explain why exactly this art is somehow uninspired? First of all, the symbolism has been already used so many times, that it became a cliche (like depiction of the cross as an allusion to divinity, the threatening shadow, the shadow that appears something else than the object that casts it, etc.) Then, the subjects are rather fit for illustration purposes, than for stand-alone painting. Yes, pop art changed these delimitation, but it had a statement behind it and clever ways to adapt techniques. This artist’s technique has nothing particular and no interesting resolving. The general impression is that the artist has reached a decent level of skill, but his ideas are naive and the symbolism facile. The painting of the strange-eyed native american man is plain kitsch, and stereotypical.
People on the internet have popularized this kind of art, because it’s easy to understand and it appeals to the masses.
Perhaps the fact that i have a license in art doesn’t give me any discernment, right? Right, i’ll go back to my crayola box, trying to achieve this degree of awesomeness. And excuse my English.

By: Wolfie Rankin

Wolfie Rankin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:01:51 +0000

Very well done, I really like the Canadian one… I’m Australian by the way.

Wolfie!