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@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub
Wow, a definite departure, but like a lot of your work, the images make me think, and wonder, is there a message here ?

Not really, but maybe we could have a cup of real brewed coffee sometime!

This was certainly a challenge and I re worked it after several years because I didn't like the awkwardness of the cows. Now I am happy with it, though.

@Tobylou8 said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

I am so glad you all are taking my art so seriously. But, really, don’t be so stuffy. Have a little fun with it. But don’t milk it to death.

You steering us away from fun? I'll calf no part of it! Cud you please leave us alone? I don't know what the veal problem with us having fun is!

The problem is........cows don’t have fingers. Come on, let’s not be silly here.

@SSmith1226 said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

@Tobylou8 said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

I am so glad you all are taking my art so seriously. But, really, don’t be so stuffy. Have a little fun with it. But don’t milk it to death.

You steering us away from fun? I'll calf no part of it! Cud you please leave us alone? I don't know what the veal problem with us having fun is!

The problem is........cows don’t have fingers. Come on, let’s not be silly here.

You think Cows have a problem by not having fingers! Cows never had fingers, but Steers are in real trouble. They are missing the parts that turned into Rocky Mountain Oysters. Now that is not being silly. It is a real issue if you are a steer or ox. No Bull!!! (Any more)

You, however, have a lot of Cajones, though

@Tobylou8 said in Set lists:

We have a set list. We practice the eventual list plus a few extras. Sometimes good tunes get cut, but the week of a performance, the list is set and there are no audibles for extraneous tunes. We've played one encore since I've been there. There are two folders, practice and performance. Only the performance folder attends the concert. I feel sorry for you having to lug all that music around. I used to play in a church band that did that. 500 charts and any song could be called up at any time. We played 8 different tunes on any given Sunday. I took my file "bucket" home to practice the tough songs (the ones George Rawlins recorded!!) and lo and behold an audible was called. The other trumpet player wouldn't let me look on his music, he turned it away!
Anyway, The conductor isn't going to change, none of them do, so maybe a little cart for your horns and file "folder". This is what I used for years and it is still in good shape!

I’ll message my shipping address. Can you get it to me by tomorrow?

@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:

What do you call a deer with no eyes?...No eye deer!

Me neither.
What do you get when you cross a Rhinoceros and an Elephant?

Elefino.

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

Hi BigDub,
How a person can take a flat surface and with some paint, create a scene that reminds me of up north is beyond me. When I try something like this, it ends up looking like a Jackson Pollock after a 5th of scotch. In short, a painting not fit for human consumption. I don't know if it's the lack of a steady hand, keen eye or patience that is the issue. Knowing my luck, it's probably a mix of all three.
Jackson Pollock was fortunate to travel in the right crowd, in the right place, at the right time. If not he would have had to fold up his drop cloth and go back to painting houses!
As for how a person can do what you said, I would have to say, it is a very long process with plenty of setbacks along the way. My desire it to get better. Every new painting I start. I know what I want to make better. It’s just a matter of figuring out how to accomplish that. I look at many other artist's work and ask myself the same questions- how do they get that to look like that? And what do I need to do to make that look like I imagine it looking in my mind? Sometimes, maybe many times, the lightbulb lights up and I get an aha! moment and I will try what I think might work and it does.

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.

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

When I was still working, one of my friends was the maintenance person for the same store I worked in.
A woman in one of the departments was never comfortable with the temperature. It was either too hot or too cold. She constantly demanded, pleaded with my friend to do something about it......every day. At least.
One day, he decided to surprise her and showed her that he had installed her own thermostat, right there on the column near her work area. See, he said, turn it this way and it will get warmer, and this way, to the left, it will get cooler, just like that!
She never, ever, complained again.
End of story.
Not so fast, there. He, my friend, never wired it to anything...and when she retired, he gave her the thermostat in a box with a bow on it. Here. Now you can be comfortable wherever you go, he said.

@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.

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

Meet Your Second Wife SNL Style

This.
Is why it’s best to be in the dark about the future! We have enough to handle with the present, and of course, the past, too.

A US Marine retires after a long and successful career and takes on a new career as an inner city high school teacher.
He had ended his Marine service with a serious back injury and started his new job with a full torso plaster cast. It fit under his dress shirt and couldn’t even be detected.
The first day, he had been given a class that was notorious for giving every previous teacher terrible time.
Our Marine starts out his first day with this challenging class by opening the window for some fresh air. The wind came in so strong it blew his tie sideways so he grabbed the stapler, opened it up and stapled his tie to his chest.
No one in the class ever gave him any trouble at all the whole year.

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.....

@SSmith1226 said

Who do you expect would have any experience in that territory?

I’m pretty sure it’s a trap. Don’t take the bait.
This is coming from an unqualified, non expert.

Here's another to scrutinize at your leisure

My cousin has a job where his crew works on punch lists for new homes. One recent occasion he had to secure someone to mow a section of lawn that was currently an eyesore. He asked his one employee who could communicate in Spanish to ask the young Spanish speaking man if he could do it. After showing the young fellow how the commercial mower worked for a few minutes, the young man said he was “listo” ( ready )
After about a half hour after watching the man mow, a supervisor came over and asked my cousin what was taking so long. He wasn’t happy. My cousin went to get a closer look. The mower was making laps and had been doing so all this time. The grass was the same as when he started! He didn’t realize he mower blades needed to be engaged in order to cut the grass. He was just going through the motions, like a car race.....

Yes. True story.

Here's a tip.
Surround your car with chicken wire.
It'll be impeccable.

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

Hi BigDub,
Isn't it amazing that when your painting is compared to a photo or to seeing the trees and mountains, your trees don't look like trees and your mountains do not look like mountains but our imagination allows us to appreciate your trees and mountains far more than we would if we were to look at a simple photo. Bravo!

The funny thing is, more than once I have had someone say in response to a painting I have shown, “you should paint that one, it would make a great painting”
Uh, hem, yeah.....I did already. That’s it right there. You're looking at it.
Here, for example, is something for your keen eyes to examine for “yer own self”
Which is which?