Art Depreciation Round Wrap-up

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Votes are in, votes are counted. Regrettably, the proper answer to this one is this wretchedly impenetrable chunk of meaningless artspeak:
"The painting is "Vertical Horizon" by Colin Harbut. Harbut says about his work: "My latest paintings are an exploration into the boundaries between abstraction and figuration. While I admire the intuitive process of abstract painting, I investigate the communicative possibilities of the oil medium through color, form, and texture. In this approach I search for unique, non-cliché method to discuss the human condition from a completely innovative, non-representational perspective.""

Both ceruleanst and kittenpants (being artists) knew that this is the sort of self-important crap you have to come up with to sell a painting, so they get a point each.

In the voting, kittenpants produced a creditable chunk of artspeak herself, and fooled 5 of you, gaining 5 points for the tragic tale of Ivan Vrubel. jackbabalon23 picked up three votes for Klimt's encounter with mass human sacrifice. fionnabhar convinced two people it was a Chagall, for 2 points. Coming in at one vote apiece were triadruid, who called it a Sycamore at Sunset, diermuid's bluegreen man of Atlantis, wildnsquirrelly's story of Earnest Rowe, driven mad by Dungeons and Dragons, and 8elements' attribution of scratch-off crayon painting to Andy Warhol. karinablack voted for her own answer, and gets no points, just a sound implied thrashing :-P

Current point totals:
jackbabalon23 – 16
kittenpants - 15
saffronhare – 13
fionnabhar - 10
druidevo - 7
ottercat - 6
zerself – 6
8elements – 5
diermuid – 5
wildnsquirrelly - 5
adammaker – 4
catvincent – 4
hekatatia - 4
theslice - 4
ceruleanst – 3
lexpendragon – 3
malvito - 3
triadruid – 3
capriciouslass - 2
greektoomey – 2
infintysquared - 2
matchgirl42 - 2
rfunk - 2
becky_gardens - 1
lilia_blackbear - 1
lordkalkin - 1
opaljax - 1
orcjohn - 1
senset - 1
sxypaganmom - 1
ysabel - 1
zianuray - 1