tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post9143017499692527328..comments2023-05-04T08:36:12.069-04:00Comments on Deconstruction / Art Contemplations: Over the TopWilliam Evertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552959930900393198noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-52706157210851405932008-06-12T14:18:00.000-04:002008-06-12T14:18:00.000-04:00I LOVE Meltdown. Great great image.and good for y...I LOVE Meltdown. Great great image.<BR/><BR/>and good for you...third place.<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed reading your post. <BR/><BR/>sandysandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307968128182359860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-42522625055758143622008-06-08T23:27:00.000-04:002008-06-08T23:27:00.000-04:00oh my heavens, if some think it is JUST photoshopp...oh my heavens, if some think it is JUST photoshopped, they obviously haven't tried it, EEK! eek and TREBLE eek! <BR/><BR/>Oh, yes I am so with Mineke "to thine own self is true".jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-68005361624378648322008-06-08T23:10:00.000-04:002008-06-08T23:10:00.000-04:00Thank you Gwen! I think I was waiting for your res...Thank you Gwen! I think I was waiting for your response as you seem to have the same art history background I'm grounded in. Plus frankly, I knew I wouldn't sell anything, But I did educate. I had a lot of fun in that department. It took years to master sculpture, more to master sumi-e and ukiyo-e and finally photoshop© To most Photoshop is a simple way to improve your snapshot or to put a head on a different body. I have spent 6 years learning this program. Still, I love picking up a brush and painting. A few people walked by thinking these were just photographs - a few painters walked by thinking this is 'just something done on the computer' not realizing I probably spend twice the time on an image as they might painting that stone wall.William Evertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552959930900393198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-2387685405255655002008-06-08T22:24:00.000-04:002008-06-08T22:24:00.000-04:00Bill it takes a while for people to get the messag...Bill it takes a while for people to get the message.. I applaud you for your intense work in preparation and presentation...Artists usually work ahead of the curve and it takes a while for people to accept something unfamiliar to them... I guess we have seen that so many times through the ages... <BR/><BR/>Artists are here to point the way and open everyones eyes... Stick to what you feel speaks from within yourself... That is honesty... <BR/><BR/>I do think you have spurred their curiosity...<BR/><BR/>if it is any help... the first farmers market we ever went to in 1993, we made $39.00... enough for coffee and bagels, our booth fee and the gas to drive back home 1+1/2 hours!!! Persist!<BR/><BR/>"Meltdown" is brilliant! so much emotion!!! Bravo!!!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-91632490700718280432008-06-08T21:57:00.000-04:002008-06-08T21:57:00.000-04:00This is a crazy world - I can look at Mienke's wor...This is a crazy world - I can look at Mienke's work and say "there is a master" Corrine's work is on a different plain but yes She is a master. Corrine's question - can the juror look beyond painting is enlightening. I see in Mineke's work a reverence I reserve for Japanese masters - a talent honed beyond sharp. Corrine - I think you are right - if I'm not looking at a water color or oil how do think about what I'm viewing. This woman did come by at least four times asking questions - certainly some interest in expanding.William Evertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552959930900393198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-37116964876864875942008-06-08T20:53:00.000-04:002008-06-08T20:53:00.000-04:00Good for you, Bill! The bard said it a long time a...Good for you, Bill! The bard said it a long time ago, and it's still good advice: "To thine own self be true."Mineke Reindershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706124823776632301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-44056891195998271692008-06-08T19:35:00.000-04:002008-06-08T19:35:00.000-04:00That is an odd question? where is the original? Or...That is an odd question? where is the original? Or maybe Do you think the juror isn't used to seeing work beyond paintings????jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-17521770915654168882008-06-08T18:52:00.000-04:002008-06-08T18:52:00.000-04:00Thanks Corrine and Mineke! I guess I must have i...Thanks Corrine and Mineke! I guess I must have issues with that piece or I would have posted it earlier in my blogging career. At the time when I created it, I was revisiting Frida Kahlo's work. For years I worked in a NYC gallery as a framer and had worked on a few of her works as well as those of Diego Rivera and Francisco Zuniga, but the torment of Kahlo's art led me to some exploration of things I had lost. I'm glad I had let some years pass but now it was time to revisit a tormented time. I set myself up in front of a 'green screen' and put the camera on time delay - trying to get back into that time period. I went back through old journals trying to find passages that made some sense. Ultimately, I combined, stretched, distorted and found the image I wanted for those feelings. I had to giggle a bit when our judge came back for the fifth time and asked me were the original is. My reply - It exists as 0 and 1's on my hard drive. Oh well I probably should have brought some sumi-e to show that yes I can create without a computer. I never fault the Japanese for their concentration on bamboo, iris chrysanthemum and plum blossom, so I will refrain from commenting on the New England penchant for boats, waterfall, stone walls and old barns. I will try a few more of these shows but I can't see myself changing what I do to fit a market.William Evertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552959930900393198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-12248241736135469432008-06-07T23:19:00.000-04:002008-06-07T23:19:00.000-04:00The emotion comes across powerfully in Meltdown, n...The emotion comes across powerfully in Meltdown, no wonder it caught the judge's eye. Well deserved, congrats on the prize.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like your experience this weekend was a bit mixed. The setup looks great, and you put in a lot of work, I'm glad to hear people were appreciative of your work. I've never done fairs, but find gallery openings exhausting - I can only imagine what it's like to have that for two days, part of it in 90 degree weather. Have some of that ice wine - cheers!Mineke Reindershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706124823776632301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340310062269056961.post-47547962703222701572008-06-07T22:17:00.000-04:002008-06-07T22:17:00.000-04:00Meltdown is amazing, but oh what losses that led t...Meltdown is amazing, but oh what losses that led to that piece arg!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on the ribbon, and the set up looked simple and to the point (when I was in the coop gallery I would see artists cram stuff into their section and it didn't make more sales. If anything it confused the customers).jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.com