The New Renoir

Who are or were the great artists? Many believe the Renaissance spawned some of the greatest artists and thinkers of existence. People such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, made even more famous by a rat named splinter who named his ninja disciple's after his four favourite Renaissance artists, a clever thing to do for a rat some might say. Needless to say, splinters word has proven to be fairly accurate amongst many art critics. Personally i believe Da Vinci was a bit of dick, never finished too many paintings and i stand by my judgement that the guy had his fingers in far too many pies.

Anyhow, back to topic, they were 'considered' great artists, along with names like Botticelli, Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, Dali and Rembrandt. All these names conjure up the image of artistic genius. They are all instantly recognizable names in their chosen fields regardless what you or i think they portray a certain ideal of a certain artistic movement.

Needless to say you've heard these names, your know their work, in my opinion these people have had their day, but we must now move on. I discovered a new and exciting artist i would like to share with the world. About 3 years ago i discovered an image that actually made me cry tears of joy. An image so strong and powerful i saved it to my computer in the folder 'other'. Very recently after several bottles of white wine i decided to actually find out the name of this great artist. And i was shocked to find each piece of art is even more magnetic than the last.

I say we give this fine specimen of a human the attention and credit he quite rightly deserves, lets get this guy in the Louvre, without any further adue, i introduce Mark Chamberlain. The patron saint and innovator of gay batman watercolours.