Alastair Blain on the Mythic Landscape, Poems of Ossian and the Joy of Grief

The Scottish kitsch-painter Alastair Blain visits The Cave to convey his love for landscape painting and the importance of making it mythical. He is concerned with ancient tales like The Poems of Ossian, and claims they have wisdom or even medicine for us "if we can come to behold them from a universal perspective". Blain will also discuss how historical knowledge of the Western Scottish landscape has opened up its timeless dimension, as well as the challenges of painting landscapes in a studio. The conversation was produced by Bork S. Nerdrum and assisted by Sebastian Salvo. The centerpiece was landscape painting of Glen Rosa by Alastair Blain. 01:33 Introducing the guest 02:12 The Glen Rosa landscape painting 03:36 Life took me to New Zealand 05:21 Hungry Creek Art and Craft school 08:09 Oleg Korolev and the Academy of Visionary Art 17:05 The River Gryffe and the mythic landscape 24:55 Being craft-oriented and making your own tools 27:27 John Constable and painting inside VS outside 30:11 The Apelles palette is so blue! 31:08 Veiviseren (The Path Finder) 32:09 Influence from the poems of Ossian 37:04 Escaping the sad realities of modern life 43:44 Horatio McCulloch and Degas' academy idea 47:03 The joy of grief and The Sick Child by Munch 55:03 Blain's handmade brushes 1:00:25 Beautiful books and James MacPherson 1:05:50 Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn MacCool) 1:08:05 The tale about the piper called Alastair SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Dean Anthony Jon Harald Aspheim Alastair Blain Anders Berge Christensen Erik Lasky Fernando Ramirez Herman Borge Hårek Jordal Andreassen Iver Ukkestad Jack Entz Warner Jared Fountain Jon Harald Aspheim Jose Luis Marion Bu-Pedersen Maurice Robbins Michael Irish Stacey Evangelista Tonelise Rugaas Trym Jordahl Villiam S-ian Yngve Hellan Would you like to get premium access? Become a patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn Check out our other channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/SchoolofApelles https://www.youtube.com/c/CultureWarsNow Podcast available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify: https://soundcloud.com/caveofapelles https://spoti.fi/2AVDkcT https://apple.co/2QAcXD6 Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/caveofapelles/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/CaveOfApelles For inquiries — talk@caveofapelles.com