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ArtOfTheMystic — Vindobona Altarpiece III
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Published: 2007-02-26 19:09:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 7400; Favourites: 162; Downloads: 0
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Full Title:VINDOBONA ALTARPIECE III - SNAKES AND LADDERS
Graphite Drawing on Arches Etching Paper
19 " x 25.5 " - 48 cm x 65 cm
1994
If you consider purchasing a print, consider my new upload, better resolution taken with a Hasselblad here: fav.me/d5wod3y
Update May 2015:
For some time now I've been asked to write a little something about this work by the collector who owns it. I finally did take the time and wound up writing something just short of my life story. I composed it on Google documents and downloaded it as pdf, which I then uploaded to Issuu. This is embedded on my website, together with download links for the document (as pdf and ODT files):
www.artofthemystic.com/vindobo…
This drawing was entered in the SECOND SAACHI GALLERY SHOWDOWN COMPETITION, ROUND 5 (many years ago) - thanks to your votes, it made the TOP 50 FAVORITES!
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I was recently on an Albrecht Durer kick and I thought I'd look around and see if anyone today could still produce that quality of a collage...apparently the answer is yes. I will be buying this print.
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Thanks - I am flattered you like it!
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I should have answered this long ago - yes, you are right, Rudolf Hausner. I met up with him in 1980..... but there are also other references in there, such as Ernst Fuchs' Unicorn. Has to do with my deep connectivity to the Vienna School (thus the title).
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My present wife is Viennese and I myself have lived in Vienna. I remember my first meeting with The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism; it was for me the missing link between surrealism and psychedelic painting. I’ve recently read that they have opened a new museum in Vienna dedicated to Die Wiener Schule der Phantastische Realismus and am looking forward to visiting, perhaps this summer (Phantastenmuseum Wien – Palais Palffy).
What an honor to have met Rudolf Hausner! My former wife’s father (also Viennese) was apparently friends with Fuchs, but that was before I met her …
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Great layout ! ..A Nice flow that lands on the eye like a fly that gives my pupil a massage with it's feet...rather than immediately annoying me into the instinctive 'shu away' action !
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If the Catholic church can manage to put 16,000 people past a dead pope in an hour ....they need to be given control of all fast food places worldwide~ Fangfingers~The Viable Prophet
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Very poetic - I am flattered. This is indeed my best drawing to date. Now I am saddened to think that it has been 13 years since then......
On another subject: I like the philosophy in your footnote. When I am hungry, I want my food NOW......... as long as it isn't still alive.......... beef has to be rare: knock off the horns, wipe the butt and bring it on!
Cheers
Otto
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>>>This is indeed my best drawing to date. Now I am saddened to think that it has been 13 years since then......
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>>>as long as it isn't still alive.......... beef has to be rare: knock off the horns, wipe the butt and bring it on!
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it weaves an intriguing narrative.. like an unraveling of abandoned influences, forgotten tangents that have feathered out into the endless depths of conscious endeavor. both alluring and bewildering at one time ? .. such dedication to a single piece is inspiring...
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Nice composition and balance of light. I like the way you've twisted and played with perspective here.
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The detail on this, like a lot of you work, is just exelent. I love it, the eye on the top is mindnumbingly good.
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Nice piece - The choice of media was right, if you'd coloured it, it would have appeared very bustled and frantic.
As it stands, the picture has alot going on, but the same tones make it less bustled.
Your work on toning and curvature is flawless. Love it.
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i think this could have made a great painting, the lady reminds me of the old old paintings people used to paint. just imagine if people saw it in those days.
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fabulous drawing...i registered at saatchi too...hope to see you there...im planning to make a drawing entry too....best of luck to us!!!
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Luck has nothing to do with it: It's all in the lobbying and who can shout the loudest! Maybe ask Pope Benedikt for a blessing........................
Yeah, buddy, let's go for it! And everyone else: why not, give it a shot!
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Indeed...I'll see if James, and others would like to join...Dont worry benedict got our back...
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To everyone that picked this piece as a favorite and/or came by to visit: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! You made my day!
Cheers
Otto
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Beautifull precise fluid a dream well captured, heavy sad oozing.... well done!
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being down in the pit with the snakes (bottom right corner), but I survived it!
Thanks for dropping in!
Cheers
Otto
Vote for me next week!!!! Link is in the note!
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I hit send too soon... i wanted to say how much I love this one. and the hermaphroditic torso and the skull with the cranium that looks like a mozzerella and the fuchsesque unicorn. all comes together so beautifully
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I tried to register to that site, however it wouldnt let me. is it by invitation?
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no, isn't, but voting on the Showdown doesn't start until next week (submissions all through this week). You can join, however, to get in on the rat race. Should be able to, anybody can register - I did that not long ago - just a few weeks before I found deviantArt (found it through a news paper article).
Cheers
Otto
PS: don't forget to vote, and if you join and put something in, let me know so I can return the favor!
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i will try again
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Gromyko said he just joined them to submit a drawing....
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Fie! i must do it!
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*GASP* I think I will sit here in stunned silence. Nothing really to say about how absolutely incredible this masterpiece is. I stand in AWE of your pencil talent.
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you make me blush, which, at my age, is quite something.....
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LOL, well glad to hear it.
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I just love your jawdrop! Thanks for stopping in!
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Thanks! And you're welcome. Your gallery makes me jawdrop.
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age and practise - but I'll have to start all over again soon, since I am a bit rusty, not having produced anything as elaborate as this for quite some time.....
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I hail you as my Science
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