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8612. marjoribanks - 8/16/2008 10:31:18 AM I like the painting in that book cover, Wiz. So subtle, and rich. It's interesting (and oddly, the first time that I'm properly considering it) to think that this extremely painterly artist also makes blunt, brutal, totally (and effectively) in-your-face editorial images. 8613. wonkers2 - 8/16/2008 3:50:45 PM Thanks, 'banks, I'll give it a try when I have a bit more time. 8614. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/16/2008 3:55:41 PM Kind of you marj--thanks!
I've been dancing with a watercolor brush of late and trying to conjure up the solace of the Tuscan sun . . .
8615. wabbit - 8/16/2008 4:09:52 PM wow, those are beautiful! I love that cloudy day thing you do with the light. 8616. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/16/2008 4:10:47 PM Castello di Montarrenti
8617. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/16/2008 4:17:29 PM Thanks wabb--the water stains bring it all back somehow and it's like being in a trance. You can see the ridge behind the castle that shows where the watercolor's view was. 8618. wonkers2 - 8/17/2008 10:38:33 PM Beautiful water colors, Wiz. 8619. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/17/2008 11:57:01 PM Thanks wonk!
They seem to be painting themselves. They're just water stains on a piece of paper and so much fun to do when you don't take them seriously.
I remember reading somewhere a quote about artists. Something to the effect of: To be a painter at twenty is to be twenty; to be a painter at fifty is to be a painter.
8620. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/19/2008 10:41:53 PM 
8621. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/19/2008 11:00:33 PM Batman! 8622. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/19/2008 11:43:03 PM 
8623. anomie - 8/21/2008 1:34:41 AM Wiz, I love your work. You've said they are not watercolors I believe, but whatever they are, I like em. 8624. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/21/2008 4:33:05 PM Thanks anomie, I appreciate the response and these last few are watercolors . . . on various type papers. 8625. wabbit - 8/21/2008 5:19:53 PM Love the cat! 8626. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/21/2008 9:58:20 PM Thanks! Miss Hiss/Squeakypuss is gettin' on. Of late, she may have a bladder or kidney problem . . . or hopefully, just a UTI.
Wabb- FYI Department: A big Morandi show at The Met (NYC) in September. 8627. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/21/2008 10:17:15 PM Did you hear??? --- Morandi!!!
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I'm still waiting for a definitive essay on his work. No one with words( IMO) has ever done justice to his humble and cryptic vision.
8628. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/21/2008 11:04:26 PM Works on paper -- the process . . .
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. . . From doddle sketch to watercolor . . .
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. . . to monoprint . . .
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8629. judithathome - 8/21/2008 11:08:13 PM They're all wonderful but my fave is the monoprint. Of this batch, anyhow...and the cat!
In this last one, I adore the reflective quality of the water. 8630. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/21/2008 11:16:02 PM Oh thanks, Judith. I couldn't part with that print for the very same reasons. I was most grateful that it didn't sell in the show.
I'm trying to expand my "oeuvre," as they say, and trying to make the commonplace uncommon is one of the last hurdles of an artist--a representational artist, I should probably say. 8631. judithathome - 8/21/2008 11:40:42 PM Well, you accomplish that with every stroke of the brush, in my opinion.
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