Monday, October 29, 2007

Mindful Moment-fire painter, Russell Maier

21 comments:

cynthia!! said...

In this picture there are many different colors such as blue, red, yellow, white, black, green, aqua blue, and a little bit of purple. Some flames are rising up and catching more things on fire. On the right side there's a big hand that seems to have some red paint, that makes it seem as if there is blood dripping off the hand. In the middle there seems to be an eye just looking straight at you with no second eye. But all the colors are in different shapes.

This painting could be about anything. To me it's like fire burning down nice bright things. Fire could have a whole lot of power that will mess things up really bad.

Kelli said...

At first glance I see lots of colors, and shapes. It looks like some type of shaped painting, covered with fire. I think the fire maybe real. A hand is coming through the fire. The colors in the background are yellow, purple, red, green, and white.

I think the fire represents something bad, or evil. The hand that is reaching out looks weak, and burnt. I think the colors in the background are meant to be beautiful or unique. The fir e is burning the colors and the hand is trying to stop the fire.The fire is small and slowly burning. I see th image of windows this reminds me of a house. I think the artist lit the painting on fire inside his house, or near a window.

Anonymous said...

Well, in this piece of work, I see flames. I also see a person in the flames. In the backround I see random blue, purple, yellow, red and black shapes. comming up from the flames and smoke I see a bloody hand. The hand looks like it's grasping for something.

In this piece of artwork there is a person engulfed in the smoke and flames. The persons hand is reaching for somethiing he cant reach. from the looks of the multi-colored shapes i can start to see a window. This is telling me the person is in a house and is trying to get out, but cant. So to conclude this painting i can see that the artist is is telling me the flames are dangerous and can destroy anything in sight. and the flames give no mercy.

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Giraffecrazy17 said...

This painting, i think, is about all the colors, like race, and how maybe judging it the wrong way can lead to disaster and hate. Like the fire in the painting is what happens when the world makes the wrong decision, and someone gets hurt. We all make mistakes, and sometimes can't be fixed.

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asheeton said...

I see fire and im guessing that equils destruction and there is a hand comeing out of the fire and that symbloises death and the hand is supposidly reaching up to salvation and the shapes are falling into the fire and also pushing the hand back into the fire.

Cynthia said...

In this painting i can see a hand that looks bloody and fire surrounding the piece of art. There are two eyes or seem to look like eyes but they are booth different color and shape. Everything is scattered around and the colors are all different ,there is much red and yellow. There are various shapes like circles triangles, squares but the shapes aren't perfect like one of the triangles has a bigger side than the other.
From my perspective the hand symbolizes a lot, I think the hand shows the sign of someone in need off help something that is killing him which is the fire that is injuring the tips of his hand and fingers he may need more help so he's reaching his hand out. The eyes may reflect the things he sees and feels. His eye are looking up maybe looking up to the sky or searching for someone....

Cynthia Arel......

dillon is here said...

In this picture i see a bunch of eyes looking ot you and there is fire that look like they are polling a person down because the hand is coming like it is looking for some one to poll them out .And i also see a buch of diferent body parts.

i think i see in this picture that the hand coming out of the flames is wating for a helping hand and it is very abstract and has tuns of diferent colors.

Anonymous said...

if you close your eyes and get kicked in the head a the same time you might see this picture.

John Torres said...

In this painting, there are many different things going on. There are many different colors in many shapes, as if it were a stained glass window. At the center of the painting, there is, what I perceive to be, a face. It seems to be grieving and suffering.
There is a mix of both warm and cool colors, domiated by warm reds and oranges. A flame is one of the most abundant parts of the image. I see the flames symbolizing a type of evil or hate in the world. The hand rising from the flames is probably the focal point of the painting. It represents mankind rising up against hatred and violence. It also shows struggle in society; a battle between good vs. evi.

angelo bolor said...

I see two bright colored eyes staring me down but well concealed eyes. an odd shaped face with a weird nose. there is a hand that looks like its trying to get out. A flame as well is engulfing the hand.

this painting looks like a sad one. there is a figure of a head and arm. the person looks like he is in pain. the flames looks like the cause of it. the hand has blood and the person inside the flame if she/he dont get out.

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Anonymous said...

i think this is a chaotic society I also think if you close your eyes and get kicked in the head at the same time you might see this art work. There's a face made of a bunch of different pics. burning.

Alejandra said...
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Alejandra said...

On this image I see 2 eyes that are looking outward. There are also shapes of every kind all over the painting. The reason the shapes standout is because every little shape is outlined in black and is colored differently. I also see a hand reaching for the sky and fire in the background. I observed that one of the fingers of the hand is actually on fire.
To me this image is very depressing and at the same time confusing. All the odd shapes and colors represents confusion. The eyes, which are very creepy by the way, represent the devil himself. This image looks like a scene of hell. I say that because it seems to me like someone is reaching up for help while the person is burning. I know the person is burning because its finger is on fire. I really like this painting because it has such a strong meaning.

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Anonymous said...

This picture has a person's face. It has the person's hand. It looks like there is fire on him and he is trying to runaway. There could be another person behind him. They are probably knights fighting in a war and they possibly avenge each other. Also there is a blue background with no cannons and no men fighting and that means they hid in a place where no one could find them. The man has many shapes to create him and make him come alive.

The two men are mad at each other and one of them pushes the other in a fire to watch him die so he cannot be liked by everyone. Eventually the man who is alive is liked by everyone

Allie

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jfiglioli said...

I see a hand and lots of flames. I also see what looks to me like an eyeball.The fire in the painting is live-action and everything else is cartoon. The painting to me represents chaos and discord, and finally, the first word that comes to mind when i look at this painting is trippy.

Anonymous said...

This piece of art is clearly dominated by a mass of fire and smoke. A hand seems to be rising from the flames with fingers spread. There seems to be blood on the hand, indicating injury. Parts of the painting are brighter and more colorful, untouched by the blaze. There are shapes all around that seem random, almost surreal.
This painting could mean a lot of things. It could be as complex as human nature or the futility of existence. Perhaps the entire painting was created from sheer whimsy. In light of current events, I see how fire destroys everything it touches, even life itself. I would call that a pretty powerful message.

Jeffy said...

In this panting, there are random shapes of red, yellow, blue, black, white, green, and puple. there is also a hand and arm that are reaching out of the flames that are destroying the painting. The fire is in contrast with the shapes because the flames are realistic looking and the shapes are abstrat. The hand and arm is bloody. There is an eye hat is looking outward but there isn't a second eye. There is also four squares that give the apperance of a window.

This painting could mean a couple of things. But to me it means that something is being destroyed. The window, hand, and eye makes me think that it is a person that is being destryed. The flames coud be anything that the artist is trying to say that is destroyng us as peope.