Posts made by BigDub

Just finished some more paintings, for those interested….
This one is of a harbor in Camden, Maine. I was very inspired by a reference photo I used with permission from the person who took it.

@barliman2001 said in A little humour:

@dale-proctor Would you play trumpet with your nose?

Ha. That’s exactly what I thought. There’s about an equal chance for a Dolphin playing the trumpet from either of those orafices. ( sp?)

Now, there’s New Zealand, I know, I know.

Where's plain old Zealand?

A guy was bragging about his identical twin girls to a coworker.
Do you have any pictures? Says the coworker.
Sure, and shows them his wallet.
That’s only one. Where’s the other one?
I only needed the one. They’re identical, I told you.

@dr-go said in Artist on BOARD:

Who Dey wants to buy more of Bigdub masterpieces, perhaps a Bengal Tiger as a thought.

You mean……like…….

@barliman2001 said in Artist on BOARD:

@bigdub Can't be - no electric wiring anywhere. Must be an old-style petroleum hurricane lamp.

Must be that. In a totally made up imaginary scene like that……

@georgeb said in Artist on BOARD:

@bigdub
Great, Wayne. I can almost hear the waves crashing against the rocks. Man, you are getting better and better with each new painting.

Thank you, George, that is very kind of you to say.
Ideally, that’s what I try for- every new painting I do would preferably be better than all the others. Of course that is a bit hard to achieve, but what I strive for!

Did another one already. This one from Maine, where the Pemaquid Lighthouse is located….I didn’t do the lighthouse. Yet.

@georgeb said in Artist on BOARD:

@bigdub

But be careful not to drink too much. I once did a water color after consuming several ounces of Jack Daniels and well...what a royal mess....

I did learn not to set a coffee mug down next to my water can……
That’s the strongest thing I drink!

@kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:

Don't forget the alcohol.
Water based…..

I know……I know

@kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:

@bigdub said in Artist on BOARD:

I try to constantly work to learn something new on every new painting I do. Always finding someon else’s art to learn from as well . .

Then 'bout time to absorb some Jackson Pollock into your pastoral scenes.

Big Bub, those snow, rustic scenes are wonderful. Never stop.

Thanks a lot. I already have done some Jackson Pollock work.
Piece of canvas, laid on the floor, do some painting work with lots of spills and colors, and presto! I have a Jackson Pollock!

@shifty
Thanks so much, shifty!
I try to constantly work to learn something new on every new painting I do. Always finding someon e else’s art to learn from as well- and that can mean learning what not to do as much as the good parts!

Here are two recent paintings I have done this year so far.

@dr-go said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@bigdub said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@dr-go said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

Was this on Tik Tok by any chance?

NO ClockFace Book

@dr-go said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

Was this on Tik Tok by any chance?

@dale-proctor said in This is strange.:

I refrained from commenting on this thread till now, and I think out of courtesy, I will say no more…

Well, that’s no fun

@barliman2001 said in This is strange.:

@bigdub Wayne, I presume you started playing music on a viola. Only viola players can't count to three...
You know:
Conductor, "Start again at measure 2!"
Violas: "We don't have numbers!!"

Touché

@georgeb said in This is strange.:

@bigdub

It's probably stupid of me to ask this, but is there a chance that somehow the valves may have got mixed up ?
George

We have a winner! George, you hit the nail on the head. I thought sure I checked and rechecked if the valves were in the correct cylinders.
Well, turns out 3 was in 1's and 1 was in 3's. Took about 20 seconds to fix it.

And now you all can feel free to begin making fun of me. I deserve it.

Back to dormant retirement for the TR300.

Good one

Not sure this is going to clarify anything, but let me repeat myself:

There is no blockage in the horn.
There is no blockage in the third tuning slide.
There is no blockage when the third valve is depressed.

There is only blockage of all air when the the third valve is NOT depressed.

My guess is, the third valve somehow got misaligned or is strangely in backwards. Clearly therein lies the problem.

I am going to bring it to Jonathan Ashcraft, my brass repair guy, who will surely know how to resolve it. He is a great repair guy, a regular artist, and he can play very well too.

One final comment: I am sure thankful I have a Gettzen Eterna to use every day. Every time I pick it up and rapidly press all the valves and they respond like a thoroughbred race horse, that is the feeling I get