Almighty painter

Chapter 582 Burning Emotions

Wehrlein never for a moment ignored the man who could snatch the contract for The Little Prince from him.

The person who knows you best is usually your opponent.

He was well aware of the anonymous illustrator's abilities.

Even after "The Blazing World" came out, Wehrlein was one of the people who wanted to order a copy to see what it was like.

Regrettably.

He went to several Barnes & Noble bookstores near the hotel that had cooperated with the publishing house, but none of them had this unpopular work for sale.

Wehrlein is a person who does not know how to use the Internet platform.

He called his assistant and asked him to order a copy online for him, but he was told that the book would not be delivered to his home until the end of June at the earliest.

therefore.

In the past few days, Wehrlein has not seen the new work of Detective Cat.

He said to himself that no news was good news.

If the other party produced another work as popular as "The Little Prince", the market response should not be so lukewarm.

"It's just a book I picked up to make my resume look better." Wehrlein consoled himself quietly.

But this kind of thing is a thorn.

As Wehrlein sat in the theater, looking at the introductory leaflets about the candidates distributed by the organizing committee, his eyes swept over the name of "Burning World" in the column of Detective Cat's representative works, as if he saw a pimple under his skin.

It's not painful, nor itchy.

But it will just tickle you a little.

He didn't know whether it was just a harmless boil or a growing malignant tumor.

When Wehrlein was looking at it, it seemed to be looking at him with its dark eyes.

now.

The true face of Mount Lu was finally revealed.

The host was teasing the detective cat.

On the big screen behind him, introductions to Detective Cat’s various works were sliding through one after another, including those about “The Little Prince” and “Burning World”.

It wasn’t just the printed pages of The Blazing World that flashed across the screen.

There are also high-resolution scans of original drawings submitted by the artist to the publisher, such as this one titled "Court Hunting."

The composition of the picture is not complicated.

A woman in a blue robe stands at the front of a small boat on the lake.

She left her back to the guards rowing the boat.

In the distant sky, cumulonimbus clouds gradually accumulated.

Although the elements of the work are so simple, the emotional appeal of the entire painting is extremely brilliant.

In paintings, clouds are often soft, fuzzy, ethereal and romantic.

In his own painting process, Wehrlein likes to use long and elegant brushstrokes to express clouds.

This is also related to the fact that Wehrlein's main artistic direction is watercolor.

He always felt that oil paint was too viscous, dull and heavy.

When it comes to expressing delicate color textures, it has a natural disadvantage compared to watercolor, which gives the scenery a light veil-like texture.

of course.

Wehrlein would not be so naive as to think that the romantic sentiment in Detective Cat's works would be fatally flawed because of this.

Give me a break.

The advantages and disadvantages of a painting method mainly depend on the artist's own technical level.

All his resentment towards the detective cat disappeared completely when he saw the cover painting of "The Little Prince".

I am not as good as her - before such a painting, Wehrlein could only allow himself to come to this conclusion.

Even something as gentle and weightless as moonlight.

The other party can express it just right with an oil painting knife.

What are mere clouds?

However, this painting made Wehrlein see a completely different way of dealing with the issue.

She did not use the exquisite skill of a palette knife to smooth and thin the paint.

No.

She had absolutely no intention of doing so.

The clouds drawn by Detective Cat are not the kind that are lighter than air, but the kind that are as light as a whisper, fluffy and stretched as if they do not exist.

She did the opposite and very deliberately highlighted the characteristics of knife painting.

Thick, heavy and hard.

The edges are too hard and clear.

The painting knife is hard.

The pigment is thick.

The texture of the clouds is also extremely solid.

It was so solid that it seemed like a dark mass pressing down on the picture, making it hard to breathe; it was so hard that Wehrlein seemed to be able to smell the strong earthy smell before the storm clouds came.

As if written by a detective cat.

The clouds were no longer made up of hazy water vapor, but were composed of water plants in the dark pool below the boat, mixed with mud and sand, as if they were cast by the magic of nature.

The sunlight that contrasts with it.

A ray of golden sunlight pierced through the darkness, the dust and water plants in the sky, and the cumulonimbus clouds above the boat.

The woman was in the sun.

She is at the junction of the coming storm and the light, and the colors are very impressionistic.

She stood at the bow, leaning on an old-fashioned matchlock rifle used by the British royal guards during the Enlightenment. The wind created ripples on the lake and blew her shawl, making it flutter slightly.

Mottled light and shadow.

Strong, confident, calm.

The woman's face and facial features were not shown in the picture, but the projected image of the painting only appeared on the screen for less than 3 seconds.

In just a brief glance.

Wehrlein believed that she must be an extremely beautiful woman.

Anyone who was there and saw this back.

Whether it is a man, a woman, an old person or a child.

The same thought as him would arise in everyone's mind -

"beauty"

This is completely different from the concept that "Oh, Gypsy, Gypsy" wants to convey.

"Oh, Gypsy, Gypsy" never hesitates to spend a lot of time to depict the appearance of the characters that will appear in the illustrations.

Mottled, deformed, with collapsed noses, bald heads, and burned by tea leaves...

And I want to tell everyone that this is "beautiful".

It is a textbook work of political correctness that is very popular in North America. Some critics questioned whether it was intended to vilify the gypsies. Ms. Gina responded sharply, angrily accusing the other party of "needing to innovate her aesthetic vision. She is a believer and supporter of Beauvoir, so - 'I will never paint anything that is oriented to please men'."

Wehrlein had "reservations" about the other party's work.

no doubt.

In any case, it is very low-class to divide a person into third, sixth, or ninth levels based on their figure and appearance.

A person who has been burned at the stake, has a disease, and has scars should also have the right to walk in the sun with his head held high and his chest held high.

Not only women, men as well.

This is not about gender rights.

It is about the dignity of human survival.

But does this mean we should call a horse a zebra, and turn something that is not “beautiful” into something that is “beautiful”, and something that is not “handsome” into something that is “handsome”?
more specifically.

If Ms. Gina's subtext is to define those behaviors of relying on fitness, self-discipline, and spending time and energy to dress up carefully as "pleasing men", "fawning on men", and "unfeminist" behavior.

It's not just about provoking gender binary opposition.

Isn't she oppressing her female compatriots in another sense, just like burning the heretics to death?

Don’t girls have the right to pursue beauty and express their feminine beauty?

Does anyone who does this being incorrect or inferior to others?

It’s not that there are no critics who are aware of the existence of this problem, but given the overall public opinion environment in North America, it is not very convenient for people to express it.

In comparison.

Even as a competitor, Wehrlein still appreciates the way Detective Cat handles his works.

It's so beautiful.

This even goes beyond the simple meaning of beauty.

There is no ink or brush strokes to depict the woman's facial features in the picture, only her back, holding a musket and staring into the distance.

Beautiful and full of romantic sentiment.

Beauty and pretty are not the same.

"Romance" and "romanticism" are two completely different things.

There are many ways to express beauty.

The beauty of the woman in the painting is definitely not the kind of beauty that seduces hormones, nor is it the kind of beauty that obscenely expresses the naked bodies of actresses in the style of Hollywood youth exploitation films of the last century.

Rather, it is a combination of sunshine, rainstorms, water waves... the beauty of everything in the picture coming together, which is a highly condensed expression of the character's temperament and the atmosphere of the picture.

Just like "beauty" is a highly condensed version of "pretty".

She is majestic, high-spirited, confident, calm, and even has a desire for power and ambition - if I really have to describe it, it is like the sunshine that is shrouded in her.

Romanticism is also a highly condensed expression of "romance".

It has gone beyond the level of lovey-dovey scenes between male and female protagonists, and has transcended the level of Baroque painters painting prostitutes and Apollo and goddesses making love in bed. It is full of anger and passion, emphasizing rich meanings and strong emotions.

The writing of Detective Cat is not like the children's fairy tale of "The Little Prince", which is full of pink bubble dreams.

No more romance, no more tenderness.

The temperament of the entire work has changed completely.

The clouds she painted were Delacroix's rolling dark clouds, the rain was Turner's heavy rain, and the sound of the trembling lake, if it could be heard, would definitely be Beethoven's thunderous symphony.

The protagonist's brilliant aura overwhelmed all the dark clouds, rain, and the shaking lake surface.

That piece only stayed on the big screen for a short time.

But Willlais couldn't help but recall and think deeply over and over again.

What would the woman at the bow look like if she turned her face to the side?

Will the storm in the distance come?

The bright sunshine in the sky is the last remaining sunset before the day fades away, or the first ray of dawn breaking through the darkness.

The name of this painting is "Court Hunting".

What was she hunting, the ducks flying low over the lake, the storm, or the world?
Even Wehrlein could not resist poetic fantasies.

As the boat moves forward among the waves, will the sunlight above the woman's head also move forward with her, just like a boat paddling through the deep green lake, cutting through the cumulonimbus clouds ahead.

till the end.

Does this make the whole painting brighter?

Such a simple illustration with a bold composition can hide such delicate and rich emotions beneath the colors.

Wehrlein could only sigh; this was the unique and iconic painting style of the detective cat.

So impressive.

It's totally impossible to refuse.

Moreover, he is not only good at painting, but also good at writing.

"French feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir said in her work The Second Sex - 'Love and beauty are the two greatest forces in human life.' Only those who have a rich heart and know how to love others can write works that are worthy of love, and those who are willing to respect beauty can write works that are worthy of respect."

"She also said that in this increasingly rational and cold world, people always suppress their emotions. Artists like Van Gogh are becoming fewer and fewer. Therefore, if there is a chance to vote for artists, I think I will vote for burning emotions like everyone else."

When submitting their work, each candidate can submit a work introduction to the judges, record a short video, or a manuscript of about 200 words.

when the host introduced them at the awards ceremony.

The introduction and their works were projected onto the big screen in front of the theater. For Roald Henry, the promotional video of "Vegas Boxer" was directly played.

This introduction to Detective Cat was written for her by Miss Elena.

Anna also saw Gina's interview about her work.

Miss Critic has such a sharp and venomous tongue.

Could she let her detective cat sister suffer like this?
Roald Henry was eating hotpot and singing songs there, he didn't bother anyone, and he came happily to receive the award.

It was because the board of directors wanted to influence the jury to push him to be the winner of this year's "Outstanding Contribution to Writing and Art Award", squeezing out Detective Cat's spot.

When chatting with Osborne, she changed his name to "Wimpy Taylor".

Although Gina’s “male-pleasing” speech was not primarily aimed at criticizing Detective Cat.

but.

Anna just cursed back without using any profanity.

Just two hundred words.

They lifted up the detective cat, criticized "Oh, Gypsy, Gypsy", and lobbied the judges. All of them were done.

Wehrlein was keenly aware that someone was looking at him again.

He turned his head and saw Gina, wearing a red headscarf, giving him a provocative smile.

The old painter, who was as thin as the skeleton that had just crawled out of the coffin in the morning, glanced at the words on the big screen and then looked at the woman who was grinning foolishly there.

"I don't know how much more advanced their tricks are than yours."

He let go of her hand and slumped down in the chair.

It was like an old skeleton who had climbed halfway but felt the outside world was too scary, so he went back to lie down in his coffin.

have to.

Have fun wherever you want, your home has been robbed.

(End of this chapter)