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This is your chance to share with the world your
ideas and thoughts about this painting.
Chris DeWeese says:
I truly believe that, through his paintings, Roger has tapped into one of
our parallel universes. Maybe technology will some day allow us all
to experience first hand what Roger already knows.
Pedro Mauras says:
This painting for me just gives me a feeling of peace of mind. As 19 year
old art student in Philadelphia I see art everywhere and am very inspired
by the various types of work. I learned about Roger Dean from a fellow student
in school. I was amazed when I got the oppurtunity to view his work, and
this painting is definately my favorite for its sense of reality and the
feeling of peace of mind that I get from it.
Thomas Flis says:
Roger, your talent is truly extraordinary, unprecedented and unmatched.
After viewing your landscapes for a short while, I imagine myself crawling
through the window of the frame to exist in these worlds - to sit on the
mossy rocks undeneath the windswept tree and watch the rock islands drift
by. Your images are simultaneously natural and supernatural, begging
us to not take for granted the beauty that surrounds us.
davepowell says:
your work has facinated me since 1971, i have seen 8 concerts over the years,and
have 16 old lp's. what can i say your art work is fabulous to look at.when
i was young buying an lp was only half of it the rest was the art work.....thankyou
for this, an old fan.
Frank Johnson says:
ROGER ALWAYS SEEMS TO BRIDGE THE GAP, BETWEEN TIME & SPACE,UTILIZING
MUSIC, IN TUNE WITH ART.
Elma-B. Grosskopf- Germany says:
Congratulation to the artist! It's wonderful to see that't possible to draw
a dream in such a way.
Caz Dodson says:
At the moment I am doin my GCSE in art and was asked to choose an artist
to incorporate into my work. Thanks a bunch to Roger Dean because without
him and his brill pictures I wouldnt be able to produce my own visions. I
love his work because it is not only a view of other worlds but I think it's
a different way of looking at our own world
Thanx again! xxx
Luis Otero (Uruguayo) says:
This picture is my inspiriations of life. En 1984 copie esta pitura y la
de Oceanos Topograficos, y fue de gran escuela para mi aprendizaje....realmente
asombrosa la fantasia y la sugestion que crea este trabajo. Congratulations
William Graf says:
As an artist myself I can say that Roger Dean's work has not only
impressed me but has also inspired my own work. Since the days of
the "Yes" album covers I've been in awe of his art.....his work
takes you to another level, both visually and intellectually.
Robert J. Gowdie, Jr.
says:
I particularly enjoy this image for its peacefulness and serenity.
Growing up near the sea I always find Rogers' use of color and composition
familiar. Familiar to the places I explored as a boy.You can find
a minature world in the smallest tidal pool. I am still fond of
these places. This may be the main reason I relate to Rogers' art.
cloudscapes says:
Great source of inspiration. I have Dean's 1975 book Views. It's
been the kicker for all my artwork ever since I saw it.
Dean's artwork is overwhelming really!
Jaime Karl Hudson says:
'Floating Islands' is one of my favorites because of the distribution
of colors Roger uses. The scene is like a living rainbow. I also
like its playfulness -- as if a magician wished to take the art
of bonsai to a 'higher' level. Roger's work always shows an almost
spiritual reverence for how wild and beautiful the natural world
can be. As Jon says, "We have heaven!"
Garry Smith says:
When your images first appeared mapped across my retinas, I immersed
myself into the fantastice landscapes that you envisioned, and the
stories that Yes songs told. I'm not sure that I've ever truly returned...thanks
for the journeys.
Marcos Bueno says:
The fantastic voyage far from beyound the stars...
Etan says:
This painting cast an eerie resemblence to modern day existence.
In a subway or a packed mall, one see floating islands everywhere.
Each one apart from one another, self sufficient, alienated and
sadly floating alone. Each island express defiantly it bare living
by the growth of a tree. How pathetic its rebellion. It is a haunting
and and apt backdrop to the failure of modern living. Of all Dean's
fine painting, this one kept me going back, to look at it again
and again. Perhaps it is ironic that this was the cover of the ABWH
live and last album, before they all YES-men reassembled for the
UNION album. Floating islands indeed!
Jasper Joppe Geers says:
Great Painting to talk about! To me this is just one of those Roger
Dean Images which carries a special story to me. For YesFans this
is of course the image that came along with the Evening of Yesmusic
Plus album, a.k.a. the ABWH live album. So to me this painting somehow
relates me also to Blue Desert, but that's another painting which
we have discussed before... The elements of the floating rocks enhanced
with trees is a well known RD object. Stones like this appear on
Yellow City Image, the second Keys to Ascension album cover, the
Uriah Heep cover of Dream On. Floating rocks has always been a favorite
thing for Roger to paint all his life... Can you remember the space
painting in the Yessongs series? Can you remember The Flights of
Icarus? (also a personal favorite, together with High Pool) Not
to mention the Ladder Image? I must say, it is one of those objects
which brings a Roger Dean Image really to life...
Although the RD fan knows various sorts of floating rocks nowadays,
it still stays a beautiful, mystical thing. I would like to mention
one particular project Roger did by painting flying rocks on pictures
of the sky taken by his brother Martyn. He painted the rocks in
such a way that they really became part of the image, so that you
could hardly seen the difference between the painted parts and the
picture! This project called Natural Avenues can be found in Roger's
book Magnetic Storm. I believe this project was originally an album
cover.
Now that I mentioned the book Magnetic Storm, a couple of pages
later you can find a project Roger did for Barry Devlin, called
Braking Starcodes. This is to me the very first time we see Roger
starting to paint rocks in the way he continued to do after the
Blue Desert Image, which led to the so called Stone Age... Interesting...
Another i'd like to mention is the use of colour in this image.
for those people who don't like my boring stories about technique
etcetera, don't bother to reed further! It seems to me that the
choice of the shadow colours on the flying rocks and the tree on
the front, has someway to do with some colour use techniques in
photography. If you perhaps have done some artificial education,
you might perhaps know the existence of the colour circle, divided
in 360 degrees that shows you that every colour has a totally other
colour on the contrast. If you take the colour Blue, than the contrasting
colour is Orange. If you take Red, the opposite colour will be Green,
and Purple opposites Yellow. Why I'm explaining this? I believe
that Roger takes advantage of that knowledge when he did i.e. Floating
Islands. On the Flying rocks you see in the shadowed colours he
used green together with purple. On itself two colours almost opposite
of eachother. Now this makes a perfect underground to paint the highlight
colours on top of that! And this procedure can also be found i.e.
in the Ladder Image, Hunting Dragon, Yellow City, Sea of Light and
the Arches Image, although the Arches image has been done in purple
and blue to make the Image more silent. The only thing that refers
in my eyes directly to the Blue Desert image is the reddish shadow
colour on the tree, that links to the reddish teints done one the
two stone pillars...
To me Roger is full of all kinds of painting tricks, hints and whatsoever
to bring his images and ideas to life. Sometimes i wonder if it
would be a nice thing to tickle Roger for a painting clinic? (hint...)
See you next month! Jasper Joppe Geers, Creative director Yes Appreciation
Society Holland
Paulo says:
Roger Dean: I can't understand why Picasso's painting are so famous
and are priceless (in terms of money), since we have a guy (you
Roger!) who paints fantastic, moving and perfect pictures. If the
world was a fair place in terms of justice, then you should be in
Picasso's place, Roger! Your pictures are better then everyone else's
Take care Paulo
PS: Sorry for english mistakes. I live in Brazil
Jeffrey Porter says:
Roger Dean seems to have a way of turning a dreams sequence into
reality on paper
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