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Published: 2008-03-15 00:45:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 2487; Favourites: 74; Downloads: 0
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Where do I start? This one came from the motivation to exemplify a child’s exploratory mind. In reality, the little boy in this painting could be sitting on a small block of wood in the center of a mud puddle in his backyard, but this is what he would see. As adults, when do we lose this creativity? When do we cast aside the backyard adventures of playing cards with mermen while an octopus-like creature seeks to take down our ship? Reality is necessary, but not as a direct replacement for the imagination.Original is 16”x12” acrylic on canvas - SOLD
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Thank you! Monsters are the best!
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Excellent! great colors! great everything! I love everything about it!
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You are so nice. Thank you. Really.
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Thank you so much. This piece is special to me, so it means a lot that you enjoy it.
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That is awesome that the piece touched you in that way. Inspiring a positive emotion in someone is one of the greatest accomplishments an artist can achieve.
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Just different brushes and techniques. I use a toothbrush sometimes, and I even keep old battered brushes that have become uneven, so that I can get a rough look when I want it. The body of the blue/purple monster in the boat was done by lightly tapping the brush to the canvas over and over. This was a very experimental piece for me and I learned a lot from it.
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Ah.. So, use what you want and can to make it look good.
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I really like this. It shows a charmingly childish imagination on canvas in picture-book colors with lovely character. Well done!
And I can definitely identify with how we slowly lose our sense of creativity as reality gradually conquers our minds. I sometimes find myself yearning for the good ol' days when a cardboard box could easily be replaced with a spaceship or a simple blanket could substitute a superhero's cape. 
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That's when you have to make your work become play! Our state of being IS our state of mind.
Thanks for understanding the piece. That truly means a great deal to me.
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Very true! I'm working on that now, actually. 
Hey, thank YOU for sharing your art with us.
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This is very nice, your so very imaginative! And i'm glad that you understand how people tend to, lose their creativity, however, I think you prove that not everyone does.
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Thank you. You are very kind. There is a fine line between keeping your childhood and being immature, but it is a goal we should all strive for.
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wonderful concept, I'm glad that I havnt completely lost that little kid imagination when I'm on my own 
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Absurdity is my middle name! Thanks for the compliments.
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I really like both the painting and the description behind it.
I used to have the most insane imagination and now I'm just boring
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Oh, I'm sure that's not true. They say boredom sets into the boring mind, and I seriously doubt you have a boring mind.
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Well maybe boring was an exaggeration 
I used to be able to just sit there for hours and imagine the most bizarre things without anyone telling me I should be creative. Now I have to sit and brainstorm and force myself to think creatively. Most, if not all, of my good ideas (I believe) are strait from God - not me.
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Agreed. I'm thankful that when I was a child most of my time was spent either with my nose in a book or playing outside, or making up stories involving various dolls and stuffed animals. I love your use of colour here, the reds and yellows in the sky and the blues and greens of the water just go really well together to me. And there's such a dreamlike surreal quality to it that really goes with your words.
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Thanks a bunch. I really appreciate you taking the time to really understand it.
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The water is stunning! The detail and colors are amazing!
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beautiful painting! and i like your comments but i have to disagree. in order to lose your childishness, you'd have to force it to leave. when we become older, our imagination becomes more...composed. we use it in ways to make life better for us, i guess. im not quite old enough to understand it fully, i guess, not that age yet, but i kinda imagine thats what its like...
i think what im trying to say is that we dont replace our imagination, just use it differently.
woah, reading back on that it doesn't make much sense at all! oh well, i tried
anyways, whatever, it's a fantastic painting
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Maybe this case is true for you, but I am speaking from my observations of the majority. Most adults tend to become bored if they don't have a TV around, and this is creeping into the youth at a rocket-speed-rate. Even children are trading their imaginations for TV and Myspace. Some of use retain our imagination an use it productively into adulthood, but sadly, it is less and less common.
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Another very beautiful piece... Really love this one and your comments on it.
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Very beautiful piece Bryan. I'm glad to see your imagination is still alive, and kicking.
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Its nice to see that not everyone loses or ignores their inner child.
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I would say it's more like I have an inner adult 
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very very nice work ! i love your paints, it's original...
(escuse me for my bad English...)
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Your English is fine 
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amazing piece. and love your comments on it
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Thanks a bunch. Glad you enjoy it
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i love your colors and imagination, i cant believe you dont have a bigger crowd
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This website is predominately a digital-fan-art website. It's hard to get much appreciation when I am not drawing from well known video games and cartoons, I guess. But thank you for the compliment.
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this is really beautiful. though I have a few objections to the phrase 'reality is necessary...'
XD I kid. lovely work, as always.
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I included that little pill cause I just didn't want to get bombarded with comments about how if everyone lived in TOTAL imagination we would fall flat on our faces instead of facing real problems and solutions. You have to be very literal with people or many of them tend to get all uptight and finger-pointy. Ya know?
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haha, yea, I know what you're saying. it wouldn't be good to live in a fantasy world every second of every day (however nice that would be). and I bet you would get the literal-minded people pointing that out a lot. still, I couldn't resist the jab
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Great picture! I miss the daydreaming, imaginative, lazy days of summer.
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Reading books helps! Isn't that what winter is for?
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heh. Very cute ^^. The kid looks like he's the champ.
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