{"id":71706,"date":"2016-03-24T12:19:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=71706"},"modified":"2016-03-24T12:19:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T16:19:15","slug":"claire-baslers-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=71706","title":{"rendered":"Claire Basler&#8217;s flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/2_recadre2blogo-cb-copie.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 2_recadre2blogo-cb-copie.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><big>In an office yesterday was a Japanese four-panel painting on wood of chrysanthemums, goldenrod and wisps of flowering miscanthus.<br \/>\nThe stark white of the mums popped against the tawny background, but the panels&#8217; overall effect was of a soothing, subtle glow with quiet movement etched onto its surface.<br \/>\nAny business to be conducted in that office would not be disrupted by this lovely but soft-spoken art.<br \/>\nWhich got me thinking about the current state of flowers pictorially. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/peintures-910.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo peintures-910.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are artists still interested in glorious, full-throated renderings of flowers?<br \/>\nOr have we been done in by the sentimental, genteel approach, like chintz wallpaper, or overly stylized graphic design musings?  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/Screen%20shot%202011-04-24%20at%208.53.01%20PM.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo Screen shot 2011-04-24 at 8.53.01 PM.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By providing those twin stark contrasts, you can tell I&#8217;m not really <em>au courant<\/em> with the subject.<br \/>\nBut I do know when I first came across French artist Claire Basler&#8217;s large scale flower paintings they held that proverbial shock of the new for me.<br \/>\nSee for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/peintures-991.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo peintures-991.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/peintures-810.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo peintures-810.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/om-pom-claire-basler-new-12.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo om-pom-claire-basler-new-12.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/Claire_Basler_245.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo Claire_Basler_245.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/tumblr_n4jevlBmOs1r5dkjoo1_1280.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo tumblr_n4jevlBmOs1r5dkjoo1_1280.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2016\/tumblr_n4jevlBmOs1r5dkjoo2_1280.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo tumblr_n4jevlBmOs1r5dkjoo2_1280.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clairebasler.com\/en\/paintings\/\">Claire Basler<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an office yesterday was a Japanese four-panel painting on wood of chrysanthemums, goldenrod and wisps of flowering miscanthus. 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