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Art Times, March 2005
Review "Geoff Hunt Portrait of a Marine Artist" Expertly edited and immensely informative, Engrossing. *****
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During production of the documentary, "Geoff Hunt: Portrait of a Marine Artist," SEA~TV was allowed full access to Hunt’s Wimbledon studio. During two days of the production Geoff allowed a rare, candid shoot of his work in progress. Geoff was beginning the sketch for a painting, which would ultimately be titled First Shots. It depicts the first cannon shots fired at Lord Nelson’s ship, Victory, as it approached the famous Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
In "Geoff Hunt: Painting in the Studio", we join Geoff as he is sketching and then he goes on to begin painting the ship, the sails, the sky and the sea. He describes his technique and explains how he builds a painting and achieves the accuracy and detail. Then we see him six months later at work on the final painting. This video also contains commentary from marine art expert and gallery owner, J. Russell Jinishian.
It is a rare chance to watch a world-class artist create a painting in its crucial formative stages and see how it emerges into the final painting.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
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By AC (MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geoff Hunt: Painting in the Studio (DVD)
Unlike Marley, I did expect this to be more of a 'how to' video.
I also found that this video unfortunately covers a lot of the same ground and even the same footage as the 'Portrait of a Marine Artist' video. Both videos were certainly interesting for fans of Hunt and O'Brian, however I expected a little more on painting technique in a video titled "Painting in the Studio". His book "The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt" is very informative about the research behind each painting and I recommend it. I also thought both videos were rather short, but having said all that, I did enjoy them both.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Documentary!,
By Bob Marley "Chad" (Brooklyn, New York USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Geoff Hunt: Painting in the Studio (DVD)
I disagree strongly with the first review. This is an instructional
documentary, not a how-to video. It even says it's a documentary in the Editorial Review. You can learn a tremendous amount from it, whether you are an artist or an art fan. Who wouldn't learn from watching a fabulous artist like Hunt in his studio It's not a brush-dabbing teaching lesson and there are plenty of those. It is about how to build the basic elements of a painting. There's not much of that conceptual, macro kind of instruction out there. As for the camera-work. I have taken a few video courses in college and sometimes you have to do what it takes to shoot a good documentary. Taking time to set up multiple cameras and stuff would have taken the spontaneity out of it and much of the artistry may have been lost. This video works for me big time! It is a rare work of art in itself.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Became a part of my family! ;-),
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This review is from: Geoff Hunt: Painting in the Studio (DVD)
I really enjoyed watching an artist like Geoff Hunt painting.
The last couple of weeks i had a huge picture on my easel myself and the video ran at the same time. Somehow he became a part of my family over this few weeks. I'm glad that it's not a typical how-to video. He speaks more about things that are behind the painting itself. Things like research or the historical work behind his projects.
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