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I probably have posted this one in the past, but not on this site.......
this is known locally as the Bridge Tender's Station. Actually it is a former switch tender's house from the Penn.RR.
They purchased the Delaware and Raritan Canal in the early 1930's and pretty much put the canal out of business simultaneously. I was able to learn this from my friend who had his little shop and art studio right across the street from this. -
This is quite beautiful. Do you take commissions?
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Hi BigDub,
I don't know how you do it. How a person can take splotches of color and make me see stuff that's not there is magic. Keep up the good magic! -
@administrator said in Artist on BOARD:
This is quite beautiful. Do you take commissions?
I do take commissions. They take up maybe a quarter to a third of my work, actually. Email me and I can give you more information. Thanks.
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@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
Hi BigDub,
I don't know how you do it. How a person can take splotches of color and make me see stuff that's not there is magic. Keep up the good magic!
Thanks, Dr-Mark! I guess to answer your question, how I do it is often a mystery to me as well, lots and lots of flops and disappointments, trial, error and repetition.
Few are the times when I feel like the paintbrush is simply taking me along for the ride, but when it happens, it is quite exhilarating, to say the least. Most times it’s quite a battle and struggle. I cannot NOT paint, though, at least it would be hard to stop. -
Big Dub, did you study at an art program or otherwise?
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Charlie Parker"Even if I could play like Wynton Marsalis, I wouldn't play like Wynton Marsalis."
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@Kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:
Big Dub, did you study at an art program or otherwise?
My only real formal education was a two year program at my local community college but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the influence from family members. Then there is my constant appetite to read as much about technique and theory, and observe other artists work, and learn from as many people as I could whether it be negative or positive- all the time.
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Ach so. You might find this observation interesting, then.
I was doing an abstract water colour in class at the Honolulu Academy of the Arts once, and felt this presence behind me. It was my teacher peering at what I was painting and he said, out of the blue, "Are you a musician?" And I said "Yes. How do you know?" And he answered, "I can tell by the way you use colour". Astute.
And I guess you just can't get away from it.
Benge 3X
Martin Committee
Getzen Capri Cornet
Adams F-1 Flugelhorn"If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."
Charlie Parker"Even if I could play like Wynton Marsalis, I wouldn't play like Wynton Marsalis."
Chet Baker -
@Kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:
Ach so. You might find this observation interesting, then.
I was doing an abstract water colour in class at the Honolulu Academy of the Arts once, and felt this presence behind me. It was my teacher peering at what I was painting and he said, out of the blue, "Are you a musician?" And I said "Yes. How do you know?" And he answered, "I can tell by the way you use colour". Astute.
And I guess you just can't get away from it.
Wow. That is very interesting for sure.
I think one thing does help the other, in that you want to have ebb and flow, loud and soft, things like that, and the creativity of it all.
I have listened to some wonderful music ( to me, at least ) while painting, so maybe the right things align themselves there as well. Very interesting.
When I am playing, I think about the shape and texture of the notes, varying the dynamics, subtle stuff like that which almost mirror what I do when I paint as well. -
I was asked if I do commissions. Here I will share in the next couple of days commissioned pieces I have done, and I would suggest you see if you can discern a difference in the subject matter. This will be easy, I think.
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This was a family farm from Wisconsin ( I think I recall correctly ) that I did as a commission a few years ago.
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Hi BigDub,
The farm scene reminds me of my youth living up north and walking through the deep snow with the air so brisk it hurts the lungs even though the sun is so bright it hurts the eyes. All of this from splotches of color. Really cool! -
@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
Hi BigDub,
The farm scene reminds me of my youth living up north and walking through the deep snow with the air so brisk it hurts the lungs even though the sun is so bright it hurts the eyes. All of this from splotches of color. Really cool!I had a girlfriend in Germany who was Russian. She said that in the depth of winter, when she walked to school, she had to walk through a trough of snow piled so high, it was over her head. That's deep. Gad!
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@Kehaulani
For those who have lived up north, they know the feeling of their pants being frozen from the snow as they plod through snow that's accumulated to the point that it is measured in feet. As much as people avoid it, I love it. -
Everything in its season for me. Snow in winter along with aromatic fireplaces, fragrant flowers and pollen in spring, sweat in summer quenched by fizzy alcoholic beverages, and magnificent fall colors with a crispness in the air.
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More from the "Commissioned Paintings"
This one is almost 40 years old.
As you can see here, this is not my typical choice of subject matter.... -
Kehaulani- I had mentioned to you the influence of family when answering you about the formal art education I did or didn’t have. Here is a sample of my older cousin's artwork. He was about the most influential person in my life when it came to art.
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Next I share another commissioned piece. There are plenty of things in this painting that I enjoy painting, the restrictions and things that had to go into it put a bit of a damper and made me feel a bit handcuffed in regard to my overall feeling of the whole thing.
People did like it a lot, however, and that is the bottom line, isn’t it?
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@BigDub
Very nice. I still don't know how you do it but please keep doing it. -
@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
@BigDub
Very nice. I still don't know how you do it but please keep doing it.Thank you, Dr-Mark....I don’t think I will be stopping any time soon, Lord willing. Not even sure I could stop. It is a very strong desire to continue.
