I am enjoying your work and philosophy of your art work. The freedom that you have found in movement and color is breathtaking and something the eludes me. hahaha
love your new process and outlook, was a complete surprise after following your more academic style this is just what the artworld needs, a modern day Dali/Picasso
A wonderful exploration of inner consciousness and art. I wish you every success in Milan. The work reminds me of a quote from the Seth books, circa 1970. “You have no words for the kind of images referred to here. For they are not objects or pictures of objects or images of images, but instead the inner dimensions. Each separate but connected glowing prisms of knowledge that have within themselves more reality than you can presently begin to imagine”.
I agree. When I look at these paintings the first word that comes to mind is “hell”, as a literal place. It isn’t something I want to look at or experience.
I love them! They're insanely unique, straight from the mind. Maybe not even and made as the brush goes. They look like dreams, like unreal worlds. They say the unknown scares us humans. But I'm incredibly entriqued by it somehow.
I think what you're doing here is very interesting. I wonder what ideas it will lead you too. It's remarkable how the abstraction looks like objects from life. The materials of fabric,metal, and flesh, the form of objects and space, and the shine of light. Very interesting paintings. These abstract paintings are reminiscent of the grand multi-figure paintings of war scenes or even the grand religious paintings. Keep deep diving!
@@amats3 That's interesting, I find myself wanting to look at them or even study them because I'm fascinated by it being 'real' without there being 'objects.' I see it as an interesting exploration of 'what is real, especially in terms of the visual. Often when learning to draw or paint an object oriented approach is used. There is a different approach one can use though which has to do with purely abstract visual elements, and can be used to paint from life. With that second approach one doesn't need to study the object 'arm' to draw an arm properly , one instead needs to observe the abstract vision that give rise to the idea 'arm'. These painting to me seem to be an exploration into these modes of thinking and seeing, 'object vs abstraction' if you will.
@@partingmist8550 sorry, my previous reply was meant for a comment below and not yours. A drawing exercise? He has technical skills which rival the old masters. Instead, it’s most likely a search for something to say. I don’t see nature in it nor anything relatable. I find it ironic that someone who escaped communism and whose education was a rebellion to find realism- has now returned to post modernism (marxist) thought. I know all too well the meaningless double speak banter of Hegelian theorists, forced down our throats as youngsters. The work should speak for itself without a volume of text. This is the opposite of nature and of truth. Maybe it’s just a marketing ploy to make money under the guise of “something new”? Truth is something we greatly lack in our day. There is a thirst for it. I hope to see it return in his work. His talent is immense.
Absolutely amazing. I've never seen such work before. It's like Dali it feels dreamy but also it's totally not like his work. It's like no one else but yours and you absolutely nailed it. I can't put a finger on it but why would I. Because it's rare, your work is truly something else.
It's good to see you again! My wish for you is to have a fabulous, well received show in Milan. I think you are taking art to a place it's never been before, and the world will be better for it. Well done Cesar!
Omg... such a big change in your forms.. and use of colour.. in the past one year.. looks very morbid and intense. The other side of the spectrum of the world we live in. not just beautification but power and in solidarity with creatures amongst us. I love it
In the flow of nature, where colors play, he grabs a palette knife and seize the day, Brushwork like a dance, in shadows they sway, Cesar Santos' art, in a harmonious array!
Artwork on the level of the best of 17th century masters of the Italian baroque style. The movement and execution of your paintings is flawless as well as emotionally stirring.
Now i can feel the spirit of the painter,the movement of his hand, the light and the darkness in his soul through his body, through his soul, i can see the space where his dreams come in life, i see a global expression through his energy . Let free your self ,close your eyes and let the space to come inside...
I love your work, Cesar. I wish i could do oil painting too. Is it possible to wash the brushes with vegetable oil instead of paint thinners? Is it possible to avoid paint thinners or it will be too difficult to clean up? I don’t have much ventilation in my room, so i worry about the health hazzards but i want to do oil painting.
I'm not Cesar, but short answer... Yes you can. I suggest you use safflower oil to remove the oil from your brush. You can wash the brush at the end of the day with regular dish soap to get the residual oil cleaned from your brush. Try it for yourself and experiment.
Better solution - after each session I dip my semi clean brushes - in a container with linseed oil. I basically don't need to clean my brushes anymore, ever. Cleaning with water and soup can deform them quickly (especially if they are natural). My set up - plastic box (from ice cream) with a lit, I have cut small section under the lit (not on the lit) where I put my brushes trough) and on the same side of the cut - I have taped wooden leg, so the whole box is under an angle - this way I don't need to fill with oil the whole box, just where the brush hairs are. I place my brush nearly horizontal, and thus I don't damage the hairs. If I place then vertically - they got deformed. But even simple design is to just dip the brushes straight into a cup fill of linseed oil. The problem with vegetable oil is that some of it may stay on/in your brushes and may later end up on your painting. Vegetable oil cures very badly (if at all) and will goes yellow. In practice if you have enough money you can use linseed oil instead to clean and it will be absolutely fine. Also there is few citrus-based alternatives to the classic thinner designed exactly for your case, search them...Also there is water soluble oil paints - the best solution for you maybe? But they are a bit pricey. If you treat your oil brushes like aquarelle while painting (you need to clean it very good, very frequently while painting) - means you have some technique problem. Just paper towel should be enough. Rather - think about having more brushes for each type of color and switch between them, instead of painting and cleaning one brush constantly. You don't need to clean black brush just to dip it in white and than again clean it - to use it with black again... Potential problem is that cleaning with linseed oil can lead to self-combust/fire when it's on rags/paper towels...so yeah, that's that, you have been warned. To be fair I don't see any reason why not use classic odorless white spirit in container with a lit + some metal box+lit for the used paper tower. Just don't clean your brushes that often, mainly in the end of the session, and than dip them in oil container.
Would you like tobe a real Traveling Artist like VanGogh That's Why you need the Color and Canvas with a little sketch book because Life should be Sweet and Colorful just like Vincent did that . VanGogh looks like the Water for the fish , and " fish " is the traveling Artists Vincent is a kind of great Lifestyle , believe Me Go mad and Release Yourself just like Vincent did that , and this is the Greatest LifeStyle in the Earth Release Yourself like VanGogh Release Yourself like VanGogh Release Yourself like VanGogh
Hi Cesar , I have a question if you don't mind . Is it better to artist to stick to one drawing material or learn several materials and draw with different medium from time to time ??
These look like luxury paintings of the inside of hoarder homes. Just looks like "flowing" piles of clothes and garbage. The reason we paint nature is because it is the most beautiful. Where are your rippling ocean waves and see spray? The emotion of a human face? The power of the muscles held tense of a lion ready to pounce? I do not find the beauty of nature in your work.
Buen trabajo compatriota! me gustaria ver tu expo en Milan, ya compre el catalogo pero espero algun dia poder disfrutar de tus pinturas en persona, dejanos saber si has planeado alguna expo en US
@Bhodisatvas i think too.. due brexit, i wont buy Rosemary but i have 2 eclipses which work very well. Im testing various brands from local shop. Currently, Zahn Brislon. A bit soft though :)
@Bhodisatvas ok thanks for the tip. It might be worth for the difference for shipping costs. Im also interested of "rare" mediums that are available there :) Michael Hardings paints are amazing.
"No, it always has to be explained to me, and then I have to have someone explain the explanation." - George Costanza I don't know what the hell you just said, but I love what you're doing, going in this new direction. I must be honest (biased) I love your extreme realistic portraits you'd do way back, but this this new neural styled art is pretty badass as well. Love ya bro, keep up the amazing work. As a self taught artist I never understood art critic talk. That's why I made that first comment, not trying to be a dink
please Mr. Santos, stop with the meaningless blobs of flesh and goo, it is absurd and ridiculous. Paint some glorious scenes from the Gospels, do not squander your great skills on this nonsense.
when I look at those colors and draps, it does look like a Raphael-Leonardo if it was put in the mixer. I think those are traditional painting put in a mixer.
You give good advice and you pantings a so awesome 👌 👍
So very proud of you. Congratulations 🍾
Wishing you a great exposition in Millán, let us know.
I am enjoying your work and philosophy of your art work. The freedom that you have found in movement and color is breathtaking and something the eludes me. hahaha
Woow. Molto bello ed interessante
love your new process and outlook, was a complete surprise after following your more academic style this is just what the artworld needs, a modern day Dali/Picasso
It's like very realistic abstract art. At once strange and familiar.
Reminds me of Max Ernst
These pieces look exceptional, completely unique extensions of your subconscience. Bravo!
Wonderful….such inspiration and ability……thank you
A wonderful exploration of inner consciousness and art. I wish you every success in Milan. The work reminds me of a quote from the Seth books, circa 1970. “You have no words for the kind of images referred to here. For they are not objects or pictures of objects or images of images, but instead the inner dimensions. Each separate but connected glowing prisms of knowledge that have within themselves more reality than you can presently begin to imagine”.
The technique is absolutely marvellous. But I cannot say I like the subject of the paintings nor the paintings themselves.
I agree. When I look at these paintings the first word that comes to mind is “hell”, as a literal place. It isn’t something I want to look at or experience.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. As an artist, I know growing is important, but I can’t look at these. Best of luck.
I love them! They're insanely unique, straight from the mind. Maybe not even and made as the brush goes. They look like dreams, like unreal worlds. They say the unknown scares us humans. But I'm incredibly entriqued by it somehow.
I agree. Seems to have lost the plot since going to Italy 😢
I agree.A phenomenal painter but hideous image's.There paintings of nothing.
thankyou for doing these videos, and letting people know your thought process.
Beautiful , interesting and inspirational.
I think what you're doing here is very interesting. I wonder what ideas it will lead you too. It's remarkable how the abstraction looks like objects from life. The materials of fabric,metal, and flesh, the form of objects and space, and the shine of light. Very interesting paintings. These abstract paintings are reminiscent of the grand multi-figure paintings of war scenes or even the grand religious paintings. Keep deep diving!
When I look at these paintings the first word that comes to mind is “hell”, as a literal place. It isn’t something I want to look at or experience.
@@amats3 That's interesting, I find myself wanting to look at them or even study them because I'm fascinated by it being 'real' without there being 'objects.' I see it as an interesting exploration of 'what is real, especially in terms of the visual.
Often when learning to draw or paint an object oriented approach is used. There is a different approach one can use though which has to do with purely abstract visual elements, and can be used to paint from life.
With that second approach one doesn't need to study the object 'arm' to draw an arm properly , one instead needs to observe the abstract vision that give rise to the idea 'arm'. These painting to me seem to be an exploration into these modes of thinking and seeing, 'object vs abstraction' if you will.
@@partingmist8550 sorry, my previous reply was meant for a comment below and not yours.
A drawing exercise? He has technical skills which rival the old masters. Instead, it’s most likely a search for something to say. I don’t see nature in it nor anything relatable. I find it ironic that someone who escaped communism and whose education was a rebellion to find realism- has now returned to post modernism (marxist) thought. I know all too well the meaningless double speak banter of Hegelian theorists, forced down our throats as youngsters. The work should speak for itself without a volume of text. This is the opposite of nature and of truth. Maybe it’s just a marketing ploy to make money under the guise of “something new”? Truth is something we greatly lack in our day. There is a thirst for it. I hope to see it return in his work. His talent is immense.
Like the best of the baroque era in Italian art. Flawless depiction of form and materials.
Absolutely amazing. I've never seen such work before. It's like Dali it feels dreamy but also it's totally not like his work. It's like no one else but yours and you absolutely nailed it. I can't put a finger on it but why would I. Because it's rare, your work is truly something else.
i like the realistic stuff better. im not an abstract guy.
It's good to see you again! My wish for you is to have a fabulous, well received show in Milan. I think you are taking art to a place it's never been before, and the world will be better for it. Well done Cesar!
Omg... such a big change in your forms.. and use of colour.. in the past one year.. looks very morbid and intense. The other side of the spectrum of the world we live in. not just beautification but power and in solidarity with creatures amongst us. I love it
Congats on your upcoming exhibition. It already looks amazing!
In the flow of nature, where colors play,
he grabs a palette knife and seize the day,
Brushwork like a dance, in shadows they sway,
Cesar Santos' art, in a harmonious array!
What a lovely evolution. An the exhibition opening was on my Birthday.
crushing it! cool to see your continual evolution
He speaks not just about art but of life, as we travel on a narrow path between the dark and the light...
Muchas felicidades, qué alegría ver los resultados de tu nuevo estilo!
I think you are on to someting! I think you will blow them away!
It feels a bit like oil painted AI artwork when the word prompts are unclear.
Complimenti sono bellissimi e originali.
Beautiful❤❤❤
Artwork on the level of the best of 17th century masters of the Italian baroque style.
The movement and execution of your paintings is flawless as well as emotionally stirring.
Now i can feel the spirit of the painter,the movement of his hand, the light and the darkness in his soul through his body, through his soul, i can see the space where his dreams come in life, i see a global expression through his energy . Let free your self ,close your eyes and let the space to come inside...
Your ❤ work is far away beyond my limited range of appreciations..
# Dr.Kanchans desk
I think Good Visual art should not be explained by words
👍🏻
I love your work, Cesar. I wish i could do oil painting too.
Is it possible to wash the brushes with vegetable oil instead of paint thinners? Is it possible to avoid paint thinners or it will be too difficult to clean up? I don’t have much ventilation in my room, so i worry about the health hazzards but i want to do oil painting.
I'm not Cesar, but short answer... Yes you can. I suggest you use safflower oil to remove the oil from your brush. You can wash the brush at the end of the day with regular dish soap to get the residual oil cleaned from your brush. Try it for yourself and experiment.
Better solution - after each session I dip my semi clean brushes - in a container with linseed oil. I basically don't need to clean my brushes anymore, ever. Cleaning with water and soup can deform them quickly (especially if they are natural).
My set up - plastic box (from ice cream) with a lit, I have cut small section under the lit (not on the lit) where I put my brushes trough) and on the same side of the cut - I have taped wooden leg, so the whole box is under an angle - this way I don't need to fill with oil the whole box, just where the brush hairs are. I place my brush nearly horizontal, and thus I don't damage the hairs. If I place then vertically - they got deformed. But even simple design is to just dip the brushes straight into a cup fill of linseed oil.
The problem with vegetable oil is that some of it may stay on/in your brushes and may later end up on your painting. Vegetable oil cures very badly (if at all) and will goes yellow. In practice if you have enough money you can use linseed oil instead to clean and it will be absolutely fine. Also there is few citrus-based alternatives to the classic thinner designed exactly for your case, search them...Also there is water soluble oil paints - the best solution for you maybe? But they are a bit pricey.
If you treat your oil brushes like aquarelle while painting (you need to clean it very good, very frequently while painting) - means you have some technique problem. Just paper towel should be enough. Rather - think about having more brushes for each type of color and switch between them, instead of painting and cleaning one brush constantly. You don't need to clean black brush just to dip it in white and than again clean it - to use it with black again...
Potential problem is that cleaning with linseed oil can lead to self-combust/fire when it's on rags/paper towels...so yeah, that's that, you have been warned.
To be fair I don't see any reason why not use classic odorless white spirit in container with a lit + some metal box+lit for the used paper tower. Just don't clean your brushes that often, mainly in the end of the session, and than dip them in oil container.
Thanks for the suggestions @clevepage @LyubomirIko I will see what works best.
Would you like tobe a real Traveling Artist like VanGogh
That's Why you need the Color and Canvas with a little sketch book
because Life should be Sweet and Colorful just like Vincent did that .
VanGogh looks like the Water for the fish ,
and " fish " is the traveling Artists
Vincent is a kind of great Lifestyle , believe Me
Go mad and Release Yourself just like Vincent did that ,
and this is the Greatest LifeStyle in the Earth
Release Yourself like VanGogh
Release Yourself like VanGogh
Release Yourself like VanGogh
❤
Hi Cesar , I have a question if you don't mind .
Is it better to artist to stick to one drawing material or learn several materials and draw with different medium from time to time ??
I wish I understood what you are saying.
Still in Surrealism style ?
These look like luxury paintings of the inside of hoarder homes. Just looks like "flowing" piles of clothes and garbage.
The reason we paint nature is because it is the most beautiful. Where are your rippling ocean waves and see spray? The emotion of a human face? The power of the muscles held tense of a lion ready to pounce? I do not find the beauty of nature in your work.
Buen trabajo compatriota! me gustaria ver tu expo en Milan, ya compre el catalogo pero espero algun dia poder disfrutar de tus pinturas en persona, dejanos saber si has planeado alguna expo en US
Si! En April estamos en NY
@@santocesart gracias maestro, le prometo mi presencia, estaré al pendiente del día y el lugar.
oh no...cesar santos went 'contemporary' 🤦♂🤦♂
cool works.. what types of syntetic brushes are you using? Been using hog bristles and want complement them :)
@Bhodisatvas Eclipse?
@Bhodisatvas i think too.. due brexit, i wont buy Rosemary but i have 2 eclipses which work very well. Im testing various brands from local shop. Currently, Zahn Brislon. A bit soft though :)
@Bhodisatvas ok thanks for the tip. It might be worth for the difference for shipping costs. Im also interested of "rare" mediums that are available there :) Michael Hardings paints are amazing.
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"No, it always has to be explained to me, and then I have to have someone explain the explanation." - George Costanza I don't know what the hell you just said, but I love what you're doing, going in this new direction. I must be honest (biased) I love your extreme realistic portraits you'd do way back, but this this new neural styled art is pretty badass as well. Love ya bro, keep up the amazing work. As a self taught artist I never understood art critic talk. That's why I made that first comment, not trying to be a dink
it's a struggle to forget your formal training
please Mr. Santos, stop with the meaningless blobs of flesh and goo, it is absurd and ridiculous. Paint some glorious scenes from the Gospels, do not squander your great skills on this nonsense.
What a tool.....
when I look at those colors and draps, it does look like a Raphael-Leonardo if it was put in the mixer. I think those are traditional painting put in a mixer.