ARTQUEST-TRAIL#8 (ARTchallenge) Theme Announcement. 700 TRAIL +60 STEEM Prize Pool
Vladimir Kush
I am happy to announce a new theme from a new home @artquest-trail. The contest is organised by @aksinya.
THEME FOR ARTCHALLENGE #8 will be a painting of a Romanian Artist Gyuri Lohmuller
Please write what you see at this painting full of meanings:
The RULES are very easy.
- Write a comment with your interpretation of the photo I posted. I will be very happy if you want to make a separate post with the tag #artchallenge. Please don't forget to leave a link to your post in the comment to this post.
- You can make up to 3 versions
- End of challenge will be Sunday at 12:00 noon (UTC +3).
PRIZES:
- Winner - 300 TRAIL + 30 STEEM
- Second place - 250 TRAIL + 20 STEEM
- Third place - 150 TRAIL + 10 STEEM
I want to thank our SPONSOR @looftee who donated 30 STEEM to the prize pool. Thank you very much for your support!)))
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME!
You can see the previous artchallenges here:
Winners of Artchallenge#7 6 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#6 7 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#5 8 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#4 9 participants
Winners of Artchallnege#3 11 participants
Winners of Artchallenge#2 6 participants
Winners of ARTchallenge#1 14 participants
Please VOTE and RESTEEM this post and I am waiting for your entries!
I will be also very happy to any support of the artchallenge! If you want to be a judge or a sponsor, you are very welcome!
I would like to THANK again those who supported this challenge, all the participants, and our sponsors @ogochukwu and @looftee.
Join me on a quest to discover the treasures of beautiful artworks!
Always yours, @aksinya.
Thank you for bringing this artist to my attention. I am learning a lot about different international artists!
My interpretation:
We usually see goldfish in a bowl in people's homes or in office spaces. This painting alludes to this idea of the decorative pet goldfish in the urban environment because we can see the big city skyline in the background. The beach in the foreground seems much more inviting but why is the goldfish in the bowl placed on a pedestal on the sand? Goldfish cannot survive in saltwater so this goldfish would not be able to live in the ocean. However the fish may still long to enjoy the view of the vast open sky and sea and hear the gentle waves kissing the shore. Maybe that is why the owner put him there. But where is the owner? Has the owner abandoned the fish?
There is a sense of danger lurking though because when it is high tide the waves will become bigger and may cause the pedestal to topple over and the bowl to break, leaving the goldfish in dire straits. What will happen if it starts to rain? I see the painting as a warning for people to be aware of the "calm before the storm" and "be careful what you wish for" because it may not necessarily be good for you in the long run!
Wow! Interesting interpretation! It hasn't come to my mind)) I think it is worth to be posted)) Thank you very much!
Thank you. Here is the link: https://steemit.com/artchallenge/@snooway/artchallenge-8-calm-before-the-storm
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Very nice painting, Here is my Interpretation:
The motive of painting is to give a message to those free spirited people, to those who don't want to get lost in crowd that world want to see us like this. A fish trapped in a fish bowl, in front of the sea. We can see the sea, we are just at the corner of the sea, we could feel its waves, could feel the taste of freedom. But the world had a lot of dominant power that would scare us from going into the sea, telling the sharks would eat us. The building staring at the fish is the world. Like buildings, the world like to stand at a single place and stagnate for throughout the life instead of measuring the depths of sea, instead of facing the dangers of eaten by shark. But we are different people. We are free willed people. We could make a choice. To choose to jump out of fish bowl and get our freedom, or to live our life watching our freedom die and telling ourselves that we could not jump out of the flask. The painting is telling us that we are always at a brink of choice. Either we could ignore the world and jump out in the sea to seek our own ventures or we could just spend our lives thinking we could not jump.
The painting is asking us a question, are we strong enough to make that choice and believe in ourselves?
I would make a post of it also tomorrow.
Really great interpretation and it is really worth to be posted)) Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!
@artquest-trail @aksinya here is my entry as a post: My entry in Art quest Trail#8
Welcome.
Here's mine.
#artchallenge 🎨🖼️ # 8 - Minnows, your dream home here on steemit
Hmmm..... I see the gold fish as a person, an individual who is inside the fishbowl of the "rat wheel of life". He/she is trapped in there own mind, shackled in a sense to this invisible idea of having to repeat this cycle day in and day out. He/she can see through it all and look out beyond the shackles of this bowl and see a great vast ocean where anything is possible if only he/she would just let go and take that first step into the surf releasing themselves from the fear of the unknown and into the new. The sky is gloomy up above representing the past but the beach behind is bright and all is possible for this person. It represents the present choice at hand. The city off in the distance represents the life he/she currently dwells in and so wishes to leave behind. Looking out at the ocean, the unknown, with great wonder and curiosity........ what choice will he/she make? Thank you. I do enjoy these.
Very very very good! Beautiful interpretation and it is worth to be in the post))
Thank you so much! Enjoyed this!
Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/artchallenge/@pyrowngs/bubbles-goes-on-a-field-trip-to-the-beach-my-entry-for-artchallenge-8
Thanks a lot! And congratulations!
Here's my interpretation. https://steemit.com/artchallenge/@yakuhi/art-challenge
Congratulations!
Thanks! fun stuff :D
Thanks for introducing us to another great artist. I will submit my interpretation soon!
Perfect!