LDS Art

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:33 am

Some of Greg Olsen's stuff is okay. But some of it's...cheesy. And a lot is too glitzy. Same with Liz Lemon Swindle and Simon Dewey.

I like a lot of Carl Bloch's stuff. Walter Rane is okay. Arnold Friberg has some good stuff (though I haven't figured out why all the Book of Mormon prophets had to be shirtless...). My favorites, though, are Harry Anderson's Biblical paintings (I was surprised to learn that he was Seventh Day Adventist) and Del Parson's paintings.

But I dislike Minerva Teichert's stuff. I'm partially biased because I'm not a fan of impressionism. But it also bothers me that everyone in her paintings is effeminate. And the paintings always have the same lack of color saturation, making them all seem bland. But worse than those are the beardless Jesus paintings. Ugh.

Whistler · Post by **Whistler** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:51 pm

I meant to mention Brian Kershisnik (http://www.kershisnik.com/). He's not just religious art. Anyway, check him out!

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:13 pm

Hmm...can't say I'm a fan. I generally (though not always) prefer paintings to look pretty realistic and exhibit a great deal of detail.