Monday, February 20, 2012

Impressions

New Impressions

During the past month or so, Georg Miciu seems to be everywhere. In a couple of recent fly fishing magazines, Gray's fly fishing issue and American Angler, for example, you've seen his work illustrating several pieces. 

An Austrian who has lived most of his life in Argentina, Georg studies the landscapes that are familiar to his region. Family, ranching and, of course, angling feature prominently in his work. Stylistically it's impressionistic and the technique of using a knife or spatula when painting is a stunning effect. The canvases are thick with the image.

Georg Miciu, Pilo Lil

Georg Miciu, Boris

Equally impressive (perhaps more so, just don't tell his father) is his son's work. Emaus Miciu has followed in his father's footsteps. They seem cut from the same cloth both stylistically as well as subject matter. I understand there's another son who is a photographer. Quite the artistic clan.

Emaus Miciu, Got One

New Literature

Along the journey of researching this article,  I also stumbled across a new (to me) online magazine, The Contemporary Sportsman. Worth a read though for your iDevice users it seems it's flash based so you'll have to go dig up your computers.

12 comments:

  1. Interesting that you note this. I just got the latest Gray's, and was noting how "thick" he slapped on the paint. Up close, the first impression is a bit sloppy, for lack of a better and properly "artsy" term, but if you step back a bit, then the image really comes out. I guess it's not really my style, but I certainly found the paintings refreshing for their differences.

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    1. I'm not sure I'd hang it on the wall, but then again, maybe I would. It's definitely eye catching.

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  2. Always wanted to paint, don't have any talent for it.

    Mark

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    1. Yeah, they certainly make me feel like I'm from a family of misfits.

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    2. Self restraint! Don't fail me now! AA

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  4. Anyone else get annoyed with the e-mags? I get thoroughly frustrated trying to navigate the online formats. I am probably missing a ton of interesting reading and photos, but I find the e-mags tedious at best in terms of turning pages, etc.

    The paintings? Interesting work....

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    1. If I'm at a computer, no problem. When I'm on a tablet, big problem. They clearly need to catch-up quickly to the whole tablet/smartphone trend.

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    2. Maybe I need to catch up with the trends as well.

      DAMN MY EYES!!

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    3. Yeah, that's becoming an issue too. That small screen just isn't as big as it used to be.

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