Felix Tannenbaum

January 03, 2009

new birds

a few new ones, and a few with some changes... I would love to hear what you think- are some more incomplete than others? others more lovely than others? thank you!

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December 25, 2008

funfun

some of the colors are a little blown out from the flash - ill retake some pics tomorrow in the daylight- but i wanted to try out my new camera and show y'all the new paintings i'm working on- here ya go:

I am a little reminded of Renoir by these paintings- not that they are comparable in quality or whatever. Here's the story:

I sometimes liked Renoir's paintings, his use of color and stuff; but i always sort of hated the sacharin sweetness in his paintings. It was too much- didn't feel real or tangible at all. Was just a fantasy, and I thought his work was lame and sucky.

There was a pretty big retrospective on him at The Art Institute of Chicago while I studied there, and I learned some interesting stuff about the man. He was very sickly and fragile; his life was filled with sadness and decay. (The glass man in Amelie was sort of based on him, and of course he was constantly painting Renoirs' Le moulin de la Gallete) So anyway, it became apparent to me that his paitings were indeed fantasy- but were amazingly powerfull because of it. These paintings were where he experienced pleasure, and where he was able to make the life he wanted for himself.

Now as some of you may know, this has been a real skullfuck of a year for me, and I think I am painting these silly little truffles because they are fun for me to paint. Its nice, and painting the funny little birds makes me smile. I hope that they are fun to look at, and that you all buy them all for thousands of dollars each.

Merry Christmas yall- and have a good new year!

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December 18, 2008

what i did with my early 20's

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the one above doesnt seem like much at first, but if you look at it for a while, it gets real real interesting. Probably some of the best "space" I've ever drawn.

A fairly simple silly painting of two twinkies, and a apple and a ceramic thingy- but look at that motherfucking apple!!!

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December 17, 2008

a few old old watercolors im proud of.

So these are both from 2001 i think:

this one has always been one of my vey favorite paintings. I made it in Paris- so it might've been '99- geez, thats a long time ago.

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December 09, 2008

choosing drawings for a portfolio

So I am working on a portfolio for Architecture school, and found some drawings that I'm real proud of and thought should be on here. They are all from the last three years or so.

This is a page out a sketchbook showing the work i am doing for a new comic; the young fellow in the glasses is my pop, the woman is my mom, and the little guy in the hat is me. :
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