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8372. wabbit - 3/9/2007 12:57:15 AM Beautiful. Quiet, still, beautiful. 8373. wonkers2 - 3/9/2007 3:57:19 AM Wiz, very nice! But where are the sailboats? 8374. alistairconnor - 3/9/2007 10:48:45 AM Damn fine Wiz... but now I can't find the "work in progress" versions you posted a while back... I wanted to compare them. 8375. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/9/2007 11:07:50 PM Many thanks, all. Wonk, they're coming, but slowly–I still have a lot to digest about sailboats, and Alistair, I think those studies are somewhere in The Cafe.
I'm getting ready for a show called "Outports And Fishing Sheds."
Here's a watercolor study from Newfoundland . . .
8376. judithathome - 3/9/2007 11:19:52 PM Whoa...I love that! I like how the water absorbs some of the sky color and the village seems to be playing referee between the two! 8377. arkymalarky - 3/10/2007 12:43:13 AM I agree with Judith. I love them both and the red and blue in both. 8378. prolph - 3/10/2007 6:13:20 AM wizard, you are a great artist thanks for your paintings, patsy 8379. wonkers2 - 3/10/2007 7:08:06 AM Wow, that one's great! 8380. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/10/2007 6:47:27 PM Thanks again for your encouraging responses. I love the Monopoly Board quality of the little structures and their resilience to the potentially overwhelming power of nature. I tend to associate vulnerability with beauty somehow. There's no grandeur in the buildings, just functionality.
I know this sounds pretentious, but it's really what I care most about when I'm captivated by a place, and why I think it's worth capturing–especially for the souls who will be deprived of these places in the future.
There was a most remarkable British artist, Richard Parkes Bonnington who died at twenty-six and he had incredible talent. He painted fishing villages in England and France in the early nineteenth century and I think, in retrospect, he influenced me more than I realized.
If you're ever in New Haven, there is a wonderful collection of his work at The Yale British Museum. 8381. wabbit - 3/12/2007 3:17:17 AM I want to take a watercolor class with you sometime. 8382. wonkers2 - 3/12/2007 4:42:42 PM Who owns the music of days gone by? 8383. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/12/2007 4:42:48 PM Ha! Thanks wabb, though it's highly unlikely that this burned-out teacher will ever teach again.
I just finished a big plate of that subject and I'm very excited about it. I'll post an image after I print something I like. 8384. prolph - 3/15/2007 12:03:23 AM wizardm where will your show be? patsy 8385. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/15/2007 12:22:27 AM In Connecticut, Patsy. 8386. judithathome - 3/22/2007 10:30:40 PM Wiz, I tried to email you and it came back...I used the address I always do.
Anyhow, in the mail today I received something you sent me and I am agog at how beautiful they are! Thanks you, thank you, thank you!
8387. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/29/2007 9:23:44 PM You're very welcome, Judith! (I just saw this, sorry for the late response.)
If you click on these thumbnails you can see some of the recent harvest . . .
8388. wonkers2 - 3/29/2007 10:15:20 PM Beautiful pictures, Wiz. 8389. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/29/2007 11:07:12 PM Thanks wonk, do you want me to send a card to your brother? 8390. wonkers2 - 3/30/2007 2:20:37 PM Please send me one also. We are going to NJ in May for a birthday party and might make it over to Connecticut. 8391. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/30/2007 2:33:53 PM Sure thing and if you have the time, come for dinner.
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