{"id":598,"date":"2012-08-22T07:35:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T07:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19644"},"modified":"2012-08-22T07:35:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T07:35:53","slug":"brazilian-artists-substitutes-paint-with-marijuana-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/brazilian-artists-substitutes-paint-with-marijuana-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Artists Substitutes Paint With Marijuana Smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/brazilian-artists-substitutes-paint-with-marijuana-smoke\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"227\" height=\"222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-artist.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"marijuana artist\" title=\"marijuana artist\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19645\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/brazilian-artists-substitutes-paint-with-marijuana-smoke\/attachment\/marijuana-artist\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19645\" title=\"marijuana artist\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-artist-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Marijuana and art have enjoyed a successful union for decades in the United States, and perhaps for even thousands of years in other regions.\u00a0 <a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\">Marijuana.net<\/a> has been proud to report on stories that highlight artists inspired by marijuana.\u00a0 However, a new story has come to our attention that takes the marriage of art and cannabis to a new level.<\/p>\n<p>While most artists have a preferred medium, Brazilian painter Fernando de la Rocque\u2019s palette is particularly unique.\u00a0 This artist utilizes marijuana to craft his paintings.\u00a0 Fernando de la Rocque actually smokes and then exhales cannabis through a stencil and onto paper.\u00a0 The results are actually beautiful works that have a golden tint to them.\u00a0 Though it may seem like a lazy way to create his drawings, the finished product actually requires him to blow up to five joints through the stencil per day for about a week.\u00a0 There may be a translation issue with the title of his new collection as Fernando is calling it \u201cBlow Job\u201d.\u00a0 All jokes about the title aside, Fernando de la Rocque was very serious in describing his work.\u00a0 He recently said &#8220;more important than freedom to smoke marijuana is the freedom to think about it and make art with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fernando de la Rocque\u2019s work is showing just how much marijuana acceptance is growing.\u00a0 His work will even be included in the La Cucaracha Gallery in Rio de Janeiro.\u00a0 Obviously his work will not be relegated to a fringe audience as a mainstream gallery feels it deserves floor space.\u00a0 The pictures typically are sold for approximately $2,500 each.\u00a0 While that may seem expensive to some (though work from other artists can be sold for much more money) Fernando del Rocque\u2019s medium costs considerably more than pastels or water paints.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of his work may also appreciate his dedication to his craft.\u00a0 As is the case in most countries, marijuana is illegal in Brazil so there is risk in the art Fernando creates.\u00a0 Artists have been depicting images for thousands of years that could get them in trouble, though this may be one of the first instances where it is the medium itself that cause the controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"227\" height=\"222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-artist.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"marijuana artist\" title=\"marijuana artist\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19645\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/brazilian-artists-substitutes-paint-with-marijuana-smoke\/attachment\/marijuana-artist\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19645\" title=\"marijuana artist\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-artist-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Marijuana and art have enjoyed a successful union for decades in the United States, and perhaps for even thousands of years in other regions.\u00a0 <a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\">Marijuana.net<\/a> has been proud to report on stories that highlight artists inspired by marijuana.\u00a0 However, a new story has come to our attention that takes the marriage of art and cannabis to a new level.<\/p>\n<p>While most artists have a preferred medium, Brazilian painter Fernando de la Rocque\u2019s palette is particularly unique.\u00a0 This artist utilizes marijuana to craft his paintings.\u00a0 Fernando de la Rocque actually smokes and then exhales cannabis through a stencil and onto paper.\u00a0 The results are actually beautiful works that have a golden tint to them.\u00a0 Though it may seem like a lazy way to create his drawings, the finished product actually requires him to blow up to five joints through the stencil per day for about a week.\u00a0 There may be a translation issue with the title of his new collection as Fernando is calling it \u201cBlow Job\u201d.\u00a0 All jokes about the title aside, Fernando de la Rocque was very serious in describing his work.\u00a0 He recently said &#8220;more important than freedom to smoke marijuana is the freedom to think about it and make art with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fernando de la Rocque\u2019s work is showing just how much marijuana acceptance is growing.\u00a0 His work will even be included in the La Cucaracha Gallery in Rio de Janeiro.\u00a0 Obviously his work will not be relegated to a fringe audience as a mainstream gallery feels it deserves floor space.\u00a0 The pictures typically are sold for approximately $2,500 each.\u00a0 While that may seem expensive to some (though work from other artists can be sold for much more money) Fernando del Rocque\u2019s medium costs considerably more than pastels or water paints.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of his work may also appreciate his dedication to his craft.\u00a0 As is the case in most countries, marijuana is illegal in Brazil so there is risk in the art Fernando creates.\u00a0 Artists have been depicting images for thousands of years that could get them in trouble, though this may be one of the first instances where it is the medium itself that cause the controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[364,365,52,366,367,56,9,51,368,70,369,1,3,61],"tags":[2942,2943,2632,2944,2945,2636,2631,2946,5,2947,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}