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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. 8632. wabbit - 8/22/2008 12:06:27 AM Oooh, Morandi, one of my faves, I'll come to NYC for that. I'll want to see the African Textile exhibit as well. And I cannot miss the horse exhibit at AMNH. Maybe we can hook up for lunch on one of these trips? I'm working on getting to the Met to see Turner before it closes, but have to work around my mother's impending ankle surgery, round deux.
That monoprint is wonderful — JaH is right about the water, and that small bit of red… well, it's lovely. 8633. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/22/2008 1:49:39 AM How sweet, thank you both.
Every good wish wrt Mom's surgery.
I made a pilgrimage to London to see as many Turners, Constables and Auerbachs as I could, but the one object that blew me away was Turner's death mask at The Tate.
This is one from the National Portrait Gallery, but the Tate's was better. It was a lot funkier and maybe made by a different person.
8634. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/22/2008 1:59:45 AM I just checked and the image of Turner is the cast I saw at the Tate so I guess it's the lighting that tames it somewhat.
My latest obcession is to go to Scotland on a pilgrimage to se the Scotish Colorists--especially S. J Peploe and F.C Cadell
8635. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/22/2008 3:00:56 AM More Peploes . . .
8636. judithathome - 8/22/2008 3:11:29 PM Wow...not exactly what I think of when I imagine Scots colorists! 8637. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 8/22/2008 3:45:33 PM They all studied in France and were influenced by the Impressionists and the Fauves, Judith.
I love the way they condense so much into a few colored strokes ala Van Gogh and Matisse--believe me, it's not as simple as it looks.
If you're interested in seeing more, you'll need to Google "Scottish Colourists" with a "u." 8638. judithathome - 8/22/2008 8:20:31 PM Thanks...I'll certainly do that!
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