September 28, 2007
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Fine Art Friday
Still Life with rumpled blue cloth 2000
Oil on canvas 46 in x 52 inContemporary artist Renee Radell is the creater of this painting and was unknown to me before I read Dr. Russell Kirk’s 1974 article re-published this past Spring (’07) in The University Bookman. I chose this one precisely because it is different from the ones discussed in the article. I wanted to post one of the two which featured Adam and Eve with the apple tree, and then link to it at Semicolon’s Apple Fest, but chickened out because of the newdity.
See more of her work at Artnet.com.
Perhaps you’re intrigued as I was and will use Artnet to view the paintings specifically mentioned in Dr. Kirk’s article, Renee Radell – She Paints Confusion in Search of Order. The opening line linking her to T S Eliot grabbed my attention because I need pictures to help understand what he’s saying. Apparently her paintings continue to merit exhibition as she was recently celebrated by the National Arts Club. Here’s a link to a press release announcing the opening of 1966 Echoes 2006 in New York City this past February.
Hmmm….there may be a problem displaying her work as Xanga wont let me upload the picture.
Hope you’ll take the time to browse through her stuff anyway. If Dr. Kirk recommends her, then we need to know about her.
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Comments (3)
I’ve really dropped the Fine Art Friday ball lately. I am going to try to jump back in next week.
I love how you love Dr. Kirk. It reminds me of my dear Latin teacher. If he recommends *anything* I’m all for checking it out. What a blessing you’ve been given to have had him for a teacher.
Dr. Kirk has used Renee’s art on the cover of two of his books–Watchers at the Strait Gate and Lord of the Hollow Dark and had a show of her work in his library in Mecosta, Michigan. You do a great job. Raymond G.
Hello. I stumbled on this site while searching for information on Renee Radell, so I thought I’d drop a comment here. I too discovered the art work of Renee from the same article in the University Bookman and was immediately enthralled by her paintings. I appreciate what you said about needing pictures to help you understand Eliot. So do I. But I could also use more narratives to help me understand Radell. And while we’re at it, I tried reading professor Kirk’s tome on conservativism several years ago but gave it up because the man just rubs me the wrong way. I know it’s wrong but, for the life of me, I cannot approach him, however much I may agree with what he has to say without feeling that I’m listening to an overstuffed pompous swellhead. In any case, I’m glad he was a blessing for you and for others.