Artist on BOARD

@BigDub
Unfortunately, when it comes to painting (unless its a wall) my lightbulb is burned out

GeorgeB

@BigDub
I toyed ( yeah toyed ) with water colors for almost 2 years in the late 50s. I did not put in the necessary work needed to improve. I had too many other things on the go at the time: playing trumpet with a busy little 5 piece band, writing fiction for some pulp mystery magazines, some amateur acting, fiddling around with photography, and forming a career in the publishing industry. The latter is the only thing I can truly say I was successful at.

Oh, yeah one other thing I was successful at, picking the right girl to share my life with.

BigDub

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub
Unfortunately, when it comes to painting (unless its a wall) my lightbulb is burned out

Maybe. But you're a Dr, Dr Mark. Remember that.

BigDub sez;
"Maybe. But you're a Dr, Dr Mark. Remember that".

Hey! That's true! I can't paint to save my life but according to society, I'm a scholar and smart. Wow, do I have society fooled because I've got so much more to learn before I can sit in the "smart section" where Dr-GO, my partner in musical crime legitimately sits.

Dr GO

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

BigDub sez;
"Maybe. But you're a Dr, Dr Mark. Remember that".

..I'm a scholar and smart... I've got so much more to learn before I can sit in the "smart section" where Dr-GO, my partner in musical crime legitimately sits.

My father was a gypsy... I believe therefore I may be illegitimate.

@Dr-GO
Your Dad was a Gypsy and my Mother was Gypsy Rose Lee!
Maybe we're more related than we thought.

BigDub

OK, everyone- it's time for another one. This one was done as a wedding gift for a nephew and this is what they wanted.

BigDub

Here's another one, if you please.......

moshe

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moshe

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Here's another one, if you please.......

I am still stunned by how beautiful those paintings are.

Some of them remind me of being on my grandparents' farm 60 years ago,
a time and place that I miss so much it moves me to tears.

So your paintings not only speak to my eyes,
they even speak to my heart.

I seriously thank you for blessing me with a few moments of wonderful memories that your paintings induce.

Morris / moshe

GeorgeB

@moshe
Yeah Wayne's work has a bit of magic to it.

Dr GO

@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:

@moshe
Yeah Wayne's work has a bit of magic to it.

AND that magic is for sale. You can have a little bit of BigDubs magic brighten up your house!. I have 6 rooms in my house (and one at my Mother in law's house - as a gift) of BigDubs brightening pieces of magical art!

@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:

@moshe
Yeah Wayne's work has a bit of magic to it.

It sure does! How he and people with that skill do it is beyond me.
Yes, magic is a good word for his work.

BigDub,
You're a blessed man. Not everyone can do this. Some art is so realistic that it looks like a photograph. You take splotches of paint and create something even better.

Dr GO

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

BigDub,
You're a blessed man. Not everyone can do this. Some art is so realistic that it looks like a photograph. You take splotches of paint and create something even better.

You too are blessed Dr. Mark. I have heard you play and you take splotches of sound and turn them into beautiful music!

BigDub

@moshe said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Here's another one, if you please.......

I am still stunned by how beautiful those paintings are.

Some of them remind me of being on my grandparents' farm 60 years ago,
a time and place that I miss so much it moves me to tears.

So your paintings not only speak to my eyes,
they even speak to my heart.

I seriously thank you for blessing me with a few moments of wonderful memories that your paintings induce.

Morris / moshe

Wow, that is the best kind of comment anyone could say to me. I feel like my efforts are touching the heart.
I am very humbled, indeed.

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

You too are blessed Dr. Mark. I have heard you play and you take splotches of sound and turn them into beautiful music!

Dr-GO,
Now that's high praise! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
I think of us as partners in musical crime. If we can hear it, we can have it and don't much care who wrote it. Good artists borrow. Great artists steal.

BigDub

I entered this recent painting in my County Senior Art Show in the professional Acrylic painting category. It was awarded first place. Now it goes into the State exhibit. Two years ago my entry won first place in the entire state. We'll see how it goes this year. You never know how a judge will feel about your particular style and subject matter.....

Hi BigDub,
This reminds me of the beginning of Fall in Appalachia. The smells, the sides of hills displaying more colors than can be imagined, a crispness in the air, WVU football, getting to class on time, cool weather coats, the swimming pools have been closed for a while, drinking stout beer by a camp fire, leaving the windows open at night since its cool. A general feel that Summer has expired.
All of this and more from splotches of paint! That's what great art does. It stirs more than the senses. It stirs the soul.
Bravo!

GeorgeB

@BigDub
I remember this one. It made me wonder what was up around the bend.