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Gouache and Drawing Ink 30" x 40" 2006Related content
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What a lovely thing to say! Thank you.
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Sometimes I think of myself as an artist. When I in rare cases have the pleasure to see something like this, I know that I am not, and that I have plenty of room for development.
This is great buddy! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks, Per; I hope it ends up reminding you that you are, in fact, an artist, and there's plenty of work to be done!
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Thanks man! I love you!!
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How joyous and playful looking! 
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MISS MISS YOUR ELEPHANT IS ON FIRE
(love it. <3)
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This painting has a strange duality to it. The figure is so smooth I would swear you airbrushed it, but the background is reminiscent of Ernst's "Europe After the Rain". A strange combination of styles...and very bright! But that may be my browser. I like the miniature elephant. Very cute.
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Nah, it really is this bright; sometimes I've just gotta go that way...
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hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, i just love it
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You have a great imagination...do you see the whole idea before you start or does it come with time and revisits??? So difficult to figure your mediums too.
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Thanks, brother!
I sometimes plan out the whole thing, which is often a mistake-- I find that, once the main subject has been resolved, my feeling (and even placement) of the background details totally changes, and I've often had to do radical repainting to accomodate-- I've learned enough about myself to know that I need to leave room for future impressions when I'm penciling the initial piece-- the good news is, I stay very interested in the thing right up until the last brushstroke...
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Ahhh - I see...the overplanning monster...makes you overshoot and lose interest because it's already solved in your head...repainting is scary - it's not like you can just erase something. So your painting actually evolves as you go based off a partially finished set up in pencil? If so you have more thought than paint at times?
I sometimes will take a few days to a week planning how I will approach a sculpture in my mind before I even touch the clay. I lose a lot of sleep from that mental project solving...
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There were pieces along the way that got me oriented to this, but it was a painting of mine called Paradox that really got me to recognizing it-- I just had the best time painting that piece, because so much of it was planned, but the design of it left room to form new impressions, based on the way the main subject turned out, and then to go ahead and paint them. It just made the painting really LIVE for me in a way I'd never experienced before, so I paid real close attention to the reasons why...
And yeah, that loss of sleep from mental problem solving-- here's the thing though. Part of the reason Paradox was such a joy for me was that I was painting someone I was in love with, and what I learned from her was that, the decisions I made about our relationship when I was alone were never as important as the ones I made about it while she was in the room with me; likewise, the decisions I make about a painting while I'm away from it are never as important as the ones I make when I'm there and directly engaged with it. That may sound like common sense, but once I realized it, I stopped making a specific kind of mistake in my life and my art, and I was ready to learn a whole bunch of new things...
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That's deep. People will never truly know what do and go through to get the art to make the proper translation...I think It's great that you care about every little detail and spend as much time as necessary to make the art work. The attachment shows big time. "Live" is a better word - good call. When you're in my neck of the woods the drinks are on me...
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I think majestic is the first thing that comes to mind looking at this....don't have to tell you that I absolutely love the colours you used
Very peaceful yet full of life, joy and passion. Another peek into the beautiful world you're creating
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Thanks, Karina!
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Heh, it's not a bad one especially when it describes your work
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Your works are always amazing, full of oneiric details and powerful colors!. With "Cathexis", the happiness are genuine! 
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Thanks, Chibi! From someone whose gallery always fills me with genuine happiness, that really means a lot...
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Might sound wierd, but the background tree and the elephant are my favourite things in this painting. The warm tones are so comforting. Amazing work.
Why the tear?
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The elephant is carrying the full weight of the things my friend remembers; it's her carefree gesture and dancing eyes that are tougher to account for...
Thanks for looking, buddy!
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wow
great details on her jeans and her shirt!
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WOW! Stunningly beautiful ... it is the detailed background that has me floored!
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Thanks, hon; I didn't think I'd ever pull myself out of it...
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man, it's gonna take me years...i have so much else to do...i'm just going to go over in to the corner there and sing "games without fronteirs".
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Good choice, and buddy, do I ever know the feeling...
I currently look forward to finishing "Diapason" shortly before my 75th birthday...
Which is probably sooner than I think...
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Wow!
Looooooooooove the colors, and the softness of the painting.
And I absolutely love the Elephant!
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Thank you Grazi! Yep, I wanna spend more time near elephants...
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Amazing as always, Samwise.
I love the pose, and the way the brightest part of the painting seems to be her expression.
Not statuesque at all, all very flowing, vibrant, moving.
keep at it
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Thank you, dahling...
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i love how much is going on in this, the briliance is amazing, so joyfull and fun.
lovely.
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I like the balance of the colors on this one.
There's plenty of warm colors all over the place
and then her blue jeans somehow adds a cooling effect.
It's beautiful, Sam!
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Thanks, Aletheia; I never dreamed the sight of Clive Barker could be such a relief...
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That's a lot of fun! And those details... the fruit, the birds, the branches... mindblowing work. Looks like an ocean of cares and concerns are melting in the core and she's free and happy at last. What a release.
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She's one of the people I immediately think of when I meet someone who's "world-weary", but never managed to step foot out of their hometowns... Ani's lived through hell on Earth, all over the Earth, and this is still pretty much how she goes about the business of life; with a dance in her step and a gleam in her smile. She's something, man...
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