tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post1791808786834169478..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: What I said at the Rockport Demo.Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-12841250182337508072010-07-31T09:51:41.498-04:002010-07-31T09:51:41.498-04:00I liked your three stages of a painting. They are...I liked your three stages of a painting. They are very familiar to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-89590118456998890262010-07-30T21:28:37.340-04:002010-07-30T21:28:37.340-04:00Sorry I missed the demo. I'm sure it was total...Sorry I missed the demo. I'm sure it was totally informative and entertaining.Woodward Simonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878288454302046735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-40297068483778189422010-07-30T21:26:27.349-04:002010-07-30T21:26:27.349-04:00Yeah Stape, when I met you many years ago now - I ...Yeah Stape, when I met you many years ago now - I was picturing someone with maybe a bow-tie... someone refined, wealthy and probably British.<br /><br />for those of you that don't know, I met Stape while he was sitting on the tail-gate of a truck. He had one a wrinkled striped T-shirt and jeans ( think). He hopped off the tail-gate, shook my hand and said, I'm Stapleton Kearns.<br /><br />I immediately replied, "You can't be Stapleton Kearns!" I was so shocked!Woodward Simonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878288454302046735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-32676202577645683432010-07-30T18:19:57.999-04:002010-07-30T18:19:57.999-04:00Your painting is beautiful. How long did this one ...Your painting is beautiful. How long did this one take you? <br /><br />I'm sure that the demo went well, one of those on the edge of your seat will he be able to finish this affairs. Your are truly a sight to behold when you are working. Love the bullets too!barbara b. land of bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603983800380945501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-81526552088901727112010-07-30T14:58:16.756-04:002010-07-30T14:58:16.756-04:00I love the 3 stages! And Peter O'Toole ! Yes, ...I love the 3 stages! And Peter O'Toole ! Yes, you do look like Peter O"Toole in your tiny blog photo on the computer screen...its just in real life you don't talk like him. Maybe that's was why they were shocked.Mary Byromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647925500872647350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-60303860799631633272010-07-30T12:48:35.289-04:002010-07-30T12:48:35.289-04:00Wrought iron sounds good to me; they'd prolly ...Wrought iron sounds good to me; they'd prolly figure out a way to damage that too, though...<br />Have a great weekend, and hope you're painting.DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087407225185566830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-66331773834248097402010-07-30T12:23:08.129-04:002010-07-30T12:23:08.129-04:00Hi Stape, As always a cut to the chase, straight f...Hi Stape, As always a cut to the chase, straight forward, worth its weight in gold list of do's and don'ts for serious painters. No high falootin' platitudes just plain old fashinoned good advice from a master, thanks for sharin'!Jan Blencowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12436446226095902175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-5965502152879188922010-07-30T11:49:49.335-04:002010-07-30T11:49:49.335-04:00@Bill; yes, the plein air book is an old story. I...@Bill; yes, the plein air book is an old story. I am not comparing the painters, the work, or individual subjective interpretations of it. It's the same thing as putting Monet and le Page in the same sentence. It doesn't matter. I was making a bigger point beyond the easel.MCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829336755724862105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-89077019291030514352010-07-30T11:43:59.745-04:002010-07-30T11:43:59.745-04:00I have to say, I've never heard Alex Katz and ...I have to say, I've never heard Alex Katz and Thomas Kinkade mentioned in the same sentence. For what it's worth, I was browsing through a book of Kinkade paintings at the library once, and it had a small sampling of his plein aire works - those were actually pretty good, they were quite a contrast to the schmaltz we all are familiar with. My theory is that Kinkade is very talented, but he uses his talent for evil rather than good.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924902779504101298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52537788294588795862010-07-30T11:39:10.238-04:002010-07-30T11:39:10.238-04:00What's the deal with Alex Katz? His work exemp...What's the deal with Alex Katz? His work exemplifies something you talk about a lot - good design. I've got a catalog from a show of his small paintings and many of them are quite wonderful - I really prefer them to the large paintings. If you are interested in good design in painting, his work is well worth a look.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924902779504101298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-92101648774162485712010-07-30T11:37:23.321-04:002010-07-30T11:37:23.321-04:00I was doing fine until I hit the last bullet, when...I was doing fine until I hit the last bullet, when the Katz comment caused me to half-choke my coffee and shoot it out my nose. There's nothing puts a burdock in the shorts of a Yankee figurative painter like the name Alex Katz. Maybe it was that time in Skowhegan, or all that Colby love. Regardless, I have come to see Katz, Kinkade and all those folks as "useful" also; in the same sense communists used the term politically, "useful idiots". Before I get any nasty reply from readers, I am not calling them "idiots"; Wiki has a good definition that explains my meaning. Here's an example; some time ago, a man came up and looked at a few of my paintings, "gee, this painting is kinda like Thomas Kinkade" says he. I bit my tongue until I tasted blood, smiled and said "thank you." About an hour later, he circled back, looked at the painting a long time and said, "you know, this is better than Kinkade," and bought the painting. I don't think Katz is any worse than Bob Ross and his "happy little trees" in that sense. All of these people who achieve fame, awards, wealth...who do it with figurative work regardless of our interpretation of the validity of that work do one important thing; they tell the public that figurative painting is not "dead"; that it IS important, respected and collectible. I'm not sure that's such a bad thing. <br />Wicked funny post Stapleton. But paint splattered hippie? Between military school and hanging out with all those old important painters, I had a completely different vision. Paint splattered Brahmin half-way to curmudgeon? I hope you do get to California!MCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829336755724862105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-70295580320567925812010-07-30T09:50:54.062-04:002010-07-30T09:50:54.062-04:00Question: what did you mean by "you cannot o...Question: what did you mean by "you cannot observe good design into a painting?"<br />I am confused by the term "into". I read it first as "in a painting", but that didn't sound right either.<br />Clarify?<br />Thanks, love the painting, will see your demo in person someday!Durinda Cheek, Fine Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419537093540606442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-69337003044212613972010-07-30T09:08:59.686-04:002010-07-30T09:08:59.686-04:00Watching a Stapleton Kearns demo is like trying to...Watching a Stapleton Kearns demo is like trying to take a sip from a fire hose (So much information :so little time).<br /><br />Stapleton you did a great job here on the blog for those of us that were away. Once again,a great summary of your very important points . Gonna print this out and post it in my studio.<br /><br />Alex Katz is in another "Art" dimension and there are some of us who travel there with him every once and a while. "Art" is a mystery. That's why we have to make the best paintings we can. And we can all learn how to paint and then we try to make a "good painting", thanks to Stapleton.mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8044477154712344802010-07-30T08:02:15.440-04:002010-07-30T08:02:15.440-04:00I loved the three stages of a Stapleton Kearns pai...I loved the three stages of a Stapleton Kearns painting part:<br /><br /> "(1) I am almost done! (2) Gee, I hope I'm doing this right. and (3) This was going to be really good."<br /><br />Can't imagine there's a painter breathing who hasn't said that to him/herself a hundred times.<br /><br />As to Alex Katz, there's a rumor he was actually a space alien who was left behind by mistake when the mothership left without him. Being resourceful, he decided to take up painting. On his home planet his ultra-restrained minimalist works would be considered Baroque excess.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-88191641446052240292010-07-30T07:05:55.606-04:002010-07-30T07:05:55.606-04:00"Like my high school girlfriend, my paintings..."Like my high school girlfriend, my paintings often look best in dim light"<br /><br />LOL! That is about what I said yesterday about my last painting. It looks pretty good with my glasses off in a 1/2 lit room. It was a painting of my high school boyfriend whom I married. He's still got it! Why do men age so much more gracefully than women? At least my portrait has more depth than an alex katz.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814636977155763601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-6779347689524360442010-07-30T00:43:21.630-04:002010-07-30T00:43:21.630-04:00YOU WERE WONDERFUL STAPELTON!!! i WAS IN THE FRON...YOU WERE WONDERFUL STAPELTON!!! i WAS IN THE FRONT ROW! I thought it was a terrific demo and loved it soooo much thank you thank you!!!Sandra Galdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16989680552639630289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-58339730710414406472010-07-30T00:38:40.563-04:002010-07-30T00:38:40.563-04:00Hey Stape, (Love your name)...I was at the Rockpor...Hey Stape, (Love your name)...I was at the Rockport demo tonight - thanks - it was very interesting. You forgot to mention the guitar player in your blog...we want to go hear him...I'm always amazed by the magic a great artist can accomplish within one hour...lovely. Wish I could have heard more of what you said....maybe RAA needs to provide a lapel mike...Thanks again<br />Terry (David Piemonte's wife)Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649687135591479315noreply@blogger.com