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| 08/07/2007 6:37 PM |
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i couldnt find the old thread so hope y'all dont mind i will just continue in here....i am still working on it....lol....quietly trudging through the tough parts, hopefully it is turning the corner finally! |
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one who sees
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| 08/07/2007 6:39 PM |
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| the colors are a bit stronger in the digi than rt....and it was cloudy today too...ack! |
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~I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it~
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vikingwife
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| 08/07/2007 6:43 PM |
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Hi OWS!
Yup....this is the painting I was thinking of when I went to the zoo a few months back  I like the giraffe walking away from the foreground. Is that part new? The left side (at the bottom) seems a bit empty. But I LOVE those impressionistic trees at the top! Glad you didn't give up on this painting.
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one who sees
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| 08/07/2007 6:50 PM |
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actually the giraffe moving off, is one that has been in it from the beginning! lol..i think the only original one!....the legs of the ones on the right arnt quite in yet, and a bit more spine work on the big guy to solve too....
the foreground is going to be textured grasses in varying stages of yellowing and drying out and a bit of sandy soil...i have been toying with poping in a bush on the right side since i removed the tree in the distance....but not sure yet....lolol....this painting has morphed into quite a few along the way!...and still have a lot of work to go! thanks for peeking in jess! |
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vikingwife
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| 08/07/2007 6:58 PM |
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Isn't that funny!!! Well I'm glad you left that one in. I have some pix of giraffes from our zoo trip.....if you need any reference photos, let me know and I'll e-mail you some. Happy painting!!
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one who sees
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| 08/08/2007 5:47 AM |
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| hey jess that would be wonderful.....any additional references can help! |
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~I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it~
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jbmerrill
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| 08/08/2007 7:43 PM |
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| Man... I just like this one. Hot, breezy, almost heat lines. The gentle giants glow and watch for each other. They drink one at a time, or maybe the young one is just inexperienced and goes for the water... Good stuff! |
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If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. -van Gogh
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vikingwife
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| 08/10/2007 8:15 AM |
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| Hi OWS....I couldn't figure out how to send these thru the e-mail on your site, so I'll give em to you here. I have more photos....but I thought these ones were the clearest. I have different views if you need them.
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vikingwife
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| 08/10/2007 8:26 AM |
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| Here are a few more.
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vikingwife
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| 08/10/2007 8:30 AM |
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| And two more.... |
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heatherm
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| 08/12/2007 4:43 PM |
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| Hey OWS - love this one, glad you are back to working on it. I saw your wild cat at the Pembroke art show last weekend. Looks sooo wonderful in person! |
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scochran
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| 08/12/2007 4:52 PM |
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| I love this painting. It captures so much. The environment, the heat, the slow moving giraffe. I can hear the sand blowing. scochran |
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scochran
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| 08/12/2007 5:02 PM |
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| OWS, How big is this painting and how much would you sell it for. I know someone who just might be interest. I can pull it and show it to her. scochran |
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one who sees
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| 08/13/2007 7:12 AM |
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thank you for the positive feedback!...its been a struggle with this one....lol..its changed so many times, till it ~feels~ right...that i think its been four or five paintings in one!.....
i do think now though its headed down the right path....i hope! lol....
heather!? you got to see the Pembroke show? what day?? how fabulous!...rarely do i get to speak to someone online who has gone to one of the shows i have been accepted into!...
did you see my other works entered?....not sure i have ever posted ~King Richard's Falconer~ ...i ended up with an honorable mention for......
will you be able to see the plymouth show? or were you just up for a visit??
the lioness, which i named ~Clan Mother~ didnt receive anything...but attention..~wink~...she is now officially sold, but the customer, thank goodness, has happily agreed to permit her to be submitted to the big Plymouth Art Guild festival, before i send her off....so i am pretty psyched about that....
shanna,
the african painting is 24 x36...stretched canvas, normally the only thing i work on with oils...
the only problem with this particular painting is? its already taken....the future owner is eagarly waiting...lol....its for my son, who has the patience of Jobe when it comes to me and my work...BUT,
i do and would happily take a commission if the person still feels the same way about the painting when its completed...i would say right now? its half way....and if my son is reading? i promise that doesnt mean another six months....lolol...
sooo, if you still wish to share the painting with that ~someone~ please do...and i graciously thank you before hand to consider any of my work to show to another..~wink~...as for prices...i am pretty reasonable still! lol....because lets face, we are all pretty much struggling in one way or another, and anything that helps pay the mortgage is a blessing..~wink~...
the lioness, which i started the oil painting on Wednesday, March 21, 2007,and finish date was Thursday, July 12, 2007 .....beginning to end with preliminary sketches i would figure a lil over four months work....i have no clue about hours, but i would never recoup my labor and supplies, if i over priced her....
not being in the center of an art world...lolol....one has to consider the area she is exhibted in and price her accordingly.....shippling included she went for 570.....she is 20x24....so the african painting goes for a bit more, but trust me....because i really do wish to share my work and have people, who want and appreciate it, to get a chance to own, i dont out price it....these prices keep my head above water, and doesnt empty my customers wallet...so we both end up happy...yanno?....
i am not associated with a gallery so i have pretty much full control of my work at this point...
galleries give me the heebie jeebies....lolol....
jess! thank you!!! i have saved all of them! ...for me? i visualize in three dimension so all poses? tend to give those lil bits of info i look for....so bring em on!...
you can email if you prefer to instead of posting here, but i wouldnt want to deprive anyone else from you sharing them with! lol........
is bal@bettyannlemist.com....{the email is on the front page of my website} and it has plenty of space! so feel free anytime ya wish!! and thank you so much! good references are priceless...copyright clear? are of the utmost value to me!!! so much appreciated!!!
thank you all for making my morning! ~wink~
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LMB
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| 08/13/2007 7:27 AM |
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Hi OWS,
There is a mystic quality about this painting that I like and find intriguing.
Leon
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one who sees
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| 09/01/2007 7:38 AM |
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thank you all for the wonderful input and response to this painting...eh...still not completed and officially now passes the one year mark of working on it....but? i am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!....
i am working on two at the same time, nothing different for me but one is for my son, and one is for my daughter...as soon as i finish i promise i will update ya!!
heather??? are you going to the plymouth show? 14th till 23rd????
you could get to see ~clan mother~ again.......and?????? the blue ribbon winner in oils/acrylics...hehee...its me again!.... |
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~I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it~
Vincent Van Gogh
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scootergirl
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| 09/01/2007 9:24 AM |
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| Absolutely gorgeous and the reference giraffes are super for checking out placements and sizes ...Good research job also BettyAnn.... |
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vikingwife
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| 09/02/2007 8:46 AM |
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Hi OWS....
Yup, copyright clear Took the pix myself and I don't mind sharing 'em with ya
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heatherm
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| 09/02/2007 12:26 PM |
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Hi OWS,
I was helping to man the EBSQ tent at Pembroke Show, and was only able to skim the juried tent. Your lioness hit me in the eyes as I walked through. Didn't really look at individual art, didn't have the time. I don't think I will be at the Plymouth show, but you never know..... Congrats on selling the "Clan Mother", she is truly beautiful in real life. See, if I was on here more often I would have known you were there and could have looked for your other works. |
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heatherm
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| 09/02/2007 12:28 PM |
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| Oops - got distracted chatting, forgot to put that I love the atmosphere of this painting, anyone else would probably call it finished, but you take your art a step further.... |
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Heather
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