Posts made by BigDub

Can you please keep him at that status? I have had my fill of him as well, some personal abuse I might add.

@J-Jericho said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub What?!?!? No salmon?!?

Called To Wander

Actually, this is from a photo I took in Kechikan, Alaska and it is, indeed a Salmon run. We saw some but I didn’t choose to include any in the painting.

Here is one I think may be completed.

This is all both amazing and extensive, Kehaulani. I hope there is no indication from my responses and posts that would infer any disrespect or lack of admiration on my part.
I think I just need clarification as to why you felt the need to put all this out there. Did you feel slighted or disrespected by someone at some point here?
I think I would have the same respect for you if you were a comeback player and couldn’t quite nail the Bb major scale yet.
Also, these are only words on a screen to me. Never have I seen any of these arrangements, nor heard any of this playing by you or your various groups, so there is a bit of a void in this whole resumé. This is only to say, I would LOVE to hear or see something more from you. That's my take on it. It’s not a challenge or rebuttal, but more of a desire on my part.......I'm a bit of a visual person....
My days as a student were difficult because of my learning style as well. Write it down and I will struggle. Show me or let me hear it, and I am halfway there. See?

Some people got a little over exuberant about the Railroad and the Parcel Post benefits. After this happened, they had to be a little more specific about what you could ship!

Here is an archive photo of the Belle Mead Station when it was still operating for passengers.

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub WOW!!! That reminds me of the station I used to use when visiting my grandparents near Philly. We took the train all the way to 69th St.
This is the Boise, Idaho station. I walked there from the house in Boise to take those pictures, by the way. Passenger service ended about 20, 25 years ago but the building is so beautiful they now use it for a museum and people can rent it out for events. The trains never stop there anymore.

@Dale-Proctor said in Railroad Photography:

A few more...

I especially like the really old engines. Very nice. Are these your own or were they from another source?

@Dr-GO

Yes. There is a chance. To quote from the highly acclaimed movie, Dumb and Dumber, “ So, there is a chance?”
I suppose I could, and yes, I see what you mean. This painting is about 40-45 years old and I have no idea who owns it right now. I also have plenty of issues with it, not the least of which is the leaning third car.
Hmmm. This has just laid down a challenge to me and I think I might just try and redo this one. Yes, I just might.

Here are some shots of a long abandoned, historic train station not 10 minutes from my home. Here you see the north bound side and south bound side. The north bound station is where the tracks are on the right side of the picture. This is Belle Meade, New Jersey. One could easily commute in comfort and without stress to NYC inside an hour from here. Parking was free, too.

I may or may not know who did this......

The Hopewell, NJ train station, where our community band does about 4 concerts each summer, weather permitting.
Almost every concert is visited by at least one passing freight train. The station is no longer in operation for passengers.

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dale-Proctor
These are great, some of which could be a nice challenge for me to paint. I love them. The older the better, of course.

The question is: Are you trained in painting trains?

You may question my training, but not my motives. My motives are sane, not loco motives.

@GeorgeB said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

You're a riot, Doc...

DO NOT. I REPEAT. DO NOT ENCOURAGE HIM!

Here are two related to the Union Pacific Railroad. One is a great scale model of the Boise Train Depot and the other is “Big Mike” a restored Locomotive sitting outside the Depot there in Boise.

@Kehaulani said in Railroad Photography:

A couple of those are right in the pocket of Big Dub's painting technique. You guys might do a collaboration.

Nice of you to say. I am flattered, Kehaulani.

@Dale-Proctor
These are great, some of which could be a nice challenge for me to paint. I love them. The older the better, of course.

@barliman2001 said in A little humour:

Now that we've relearned how to wash our hands, we can tackle how to use indicators in traffic.

When can we start taking showers again?

@Kehaulani said in A little humour:

I was taking a Japan Airlines flight from Tokyo to Wash. D.C. and got upgraded to first class because I was wearing a uniform. They served me a multi-course traditional Japanese banquet-meal that was to die for.

But you didn’t. And wouldn’t. Would you?
If you died for it, how would you eat it?