tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post5853868713243362015..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Forgot to title this oneStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-77975773485608813552010-01-20T17:21:40.997-05:002010-01-20T17:21:40.997-05:00Stape, I love this painting! The composition knoc...Stape, I love this painting! The composition knocks one's socks off.Knitting Out Loudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16782755995584475858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-33665007507770697322010-01-19T18:50:53.876-05:002010-01-19T18:50:53.876-05:00Philip:
Normal is a setting on the dryer.
....Stap...Philip:<br />Normal is a setting on the dryer.<br />....StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-11884942806774747412010-01-19T18:49:56.854-05:002010-01-19T18:49:56.854-05:00Bill:
Frankenstein would have loved these boots.
....Bill:<br />Frankenstein would have loved these boots.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-54826256273712192482010-01-19T18:49:03.607-05:002010-01-19T18:49:03.607-05:00Barbara:
Thanks.I can speak about that, but I don&...Barbara:<br />Thanks.I can speak about that, but I don't know if it comes next.<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-22414433689899840322010-01-19T18:47:52.827-05:002010-01-19T18:47:52.827-05:00Bill: Not only admissible but desirable I think. T...Bill: Not only admissible but desirable I think. There is no Moxie in Minnesota I am guessing.<br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-18350556238143369702010-01-19T18:46:40.773-05:002010-01-19T18:46:40.773-05:00Jo-Ann;
I like to paint in areas that are art his...Jo-Ann;<br />I like to paint in areas that are art historically interesting.<br />.................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-78285681410219560752010-01-19T18:45:14.321-05:002010-01-19T18:45:14.321-05:00Marian:
I think the studio part is where much of t...Marian:<br />I think the studio part is where much of the art gets installed.<br />...................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-29639337454526868162010-01-19T18:44:17.371-05:002010-01-19T18:44:17.371-05:00Gregory: Thank you
...................StapeGregory: Thank you<br />...................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-11704726928802571992010-01-19T18:40:03.248-05:002010-01-19T18:40:03.248-05:00Willek:
I am not sure what I am going to do to it,...Willek:<br />I am not sure what I am going to do to it, but I don't think I will try to tale it to full sun. <br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-31996450366605309482010-01-19T18:38:40.719-05:002010-01-19T18:38:40.719-05:00Love2;
I wish I could paint in the high Sierras. I...Love2;<br />I wish I could paint in the high Sierras. I have painted Tahoe. I don't think I would look good in those ski suits. Lycra and I are not compatible.<br />.....StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-22856062688631331052010-01-19T17:39:46.488-05:002010-01-19T17:39:46.488-05:00Billspaintingmt's comment about what Frankenst...Billspaintingmt's comment about what Frankenstein would say made me laugh. Apparently I am not the only one who goes around thinking what that character would say about this or that painting I'm doing. I know it is ridiculous, but those old movies I grew up on have enormous currency in the back of my head. Also when you're out painting all alone, you might as well have imaginary conversations with whomever you'd like. Just remember when real people come around start acting normal again.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-51367612467026079942010-01-19T12:10:24.919-05:002010-01-19T12:10:24.919-05:00Two comments on one post..
That first pic,"Gl...Two comments on one post..<br />That first pic,"Glorious Snow" I'll call it, has much appeal. I want to walk up to those buildings<br />and just look around.<br /> Maybe talk to someone about something.<br /> That enitial block in is about as close to "seeing" inside your thought process as you can give us. Very helpful Stape!<br /> Those boots make me think of Frankenstien, AAUURRGGHH!!PAINT! GOOD!!billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-47966946123059228562010-01-19T10:46:23.597-05:002010-01-19T10:46:23.597-05:00Great post Stapleton, You have a way of saying &qu...Great post Stapleton, You have a way of saying "it" that produces so many oh-yeah moments. Also I was feeling guilty for re-working so much in the studio. <br />Can you speak more about the shadows on gray days. Like how you "enliven" the painting once inside. Thanks again....<br />barbara b.barbara b. land of bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603983800380945501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-15606773682606589962010-01-19T10:08:13.566-05:002010-01-19T10:08:13.566-05:00Stape, this is Great!
It's more than I hoped ...Stape, this is Great!<br /> It's more than I hoped for, seeing<br />and reading really relates your<br />process.<br /> Tweeking things back at the studio<br />is permissable?<br /> Good to know that.<br /> I'm looking around for Moxie. If Minnesota has it I will get some.<br />Abra-Cadabra!billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86319517560006222312010-01-19T10:06:45.439-05:002010-01-19T10:06:45.439-05:00I, too, love to see your process. I also block ou...I, too, love to see your process. I also block out in the field and then take the painting back to the studio for interpretation. That way the painting gets to be about how the place made you feel, rather than the technicalities of the acutal scene, although keeping a sense of place is very important to me, as to you.<br /><br />Your choice of seeking out and painting in places that artists have painted before gives your work and your words a tie to the art history of New England that is much appreciated.Jo-Ann Sanbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917343131871008640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-71078500589844411182010-01-19T08:29:57.196-05:002010-01-19T08:29:57.196-05:00I think the most important pieces come together in...I think the most important pieces come together in a painting after the scene is long gone and you are in your studio alone with your personal visual impressions and the mind's eye image. It's when the painting gets its life. It's separates the artists from the cameras.<br /><br />Thanks for getting that important piece out there.mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86222243469894957062010-01-19T00:49:42.208-05:002010-01-19T00:49:42.208-05:00That painting is beautiful. I like when you show y...That painting is beautiful. I like when you show your paintings. I hope to see more. I also like when you talk about them. I look for the things you talk about and learn a great deal. I like the way this one shows how you edit as well. Great post.Gregory Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840770708114257366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-78570498369541187672010-01-19T00:14:33.019-05:002010-01-19T00:14:33.019-05:00Love this kind of a post, Stape. Great seeing the ...Love this kind of a post, Stape. Great seeing the beginnning and the build up. I can't imagine what you will do to this to improve it but I agree that warm sunlight in this picture may make it more interesting. But wouldn't you have to change everything. The sky color, the snow color and value changes between light and shadow... cast shadows, etc? many old panoramic landscapes had cloud shadows strategically placed. I would think that would be very hard to get right.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-55331784725409182532010-01-19T00:10:47.437-05:002010-01-19T00:10:47.437-05:00Stape, when I painted outdoors in the High Sierras...Stape, when I painted outdoors in the High Sierras, I went to the local thrift shop and bought a bunch of old jumpsuit style ski suits. Got them for $3.00 a piece. They work great! I also believe in cotton long johns 100%. I am allergic to synthetics. Plus, I also bought up the ski boots at the thrift shop. Funny thing, that day I bought some old jeans and brought them back to the cabin. Inside one of the pockets was a baggie with several joints in it. Too bad I don`t smoke the stuff. I threw them out. I like your boots, look like they keep your feet high up from the freezing ground. Got to keep the feet dry and warm or it`s not any fun. Waterproof boots are what I look for too.<br />Oh yeah, I believe in working or tweaking the plein air painting back in the studio, just did it this past weekend. It made a so-so painting of a lady in a lingerie teddy on a chaise lounge look va-va-voom!Love2painthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527571963036683034noreply@blogger.com