tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post5952206772163182060..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: An odd phenomeonStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-455877664743718412010-05-22T21:47:27.562-04:002010-05-22T21:47:27.562-04:00Willek:
You haven't fallen from your perch hav...Willek:<br />You haven't fallen from your perch have you?<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-82528318661842616642010-05-22T21:34:36.651-04:002010-05-22T21:34:36.651-04:00Bill;
They know the cost of everything and the val...Bill;<br />They know the cost of everything and the value of nothing! I forget who said that.I shudder to think what life would have been like without rock and roll.It is truly one of the good things. Acquire Jeff Beck, Live at Ronnie Scotts.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-88361139568539051212010-05-22T21:32:19.232-04:002010-05-22T21:32:19.232-04:00Richard;
Its a broken world!
.............StapeRichard;<br />Its a broken world!<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2913352925066440682010-05-22T21:31:16.512-04:002010-05-22T21:31:16.512-04:00Philipo:
I am a tough old bird. A sort of human th...Philipo:<br />I am a tough old bird. A sort of human thistle.I don't enter any shows that have such types on the jury. I give that advice to anyone who asks me. Curaters and academics in, I am out.I would enter a show you juried though, you're OK.<br />......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52776491587617356062010-05-22T21:28:47.371-04:002010-05-22T21:28:47.371-04:00Denny:
I had every kind of shop class you could ha...Denny:<br />I had every kind of shop class you could have, as I was deemed "not college material"in junior high school.. What a lucky thing. It was the most useful stuff I learned.<br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-17205352805805699082010-05-22T21:26:47.064-04:002010-05-22T21:26:47.064-04:00Marion:
It is funny that people are so confident a...Marion:<br />It is funny that people are so confident about choosing their music. They don't worry about getting that wrong.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-22386832216113352992010-05-22T21:25:22.223-04:002010-05-22T21:25:22.223-04:00Simone:
Then it's up too us, out here in the d...Simone:<br />Then it's up too us, out here in the dreaded private sector.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-75433351415812847512010-05-22T21:24:33.564-04:002010-05-22T21:24:33.564-04:00Maregie:
Tom Kinkaid is to painting what Hummell i...Maregie:<br />Tom Kinkaid is to painting what Hummell is to sculpture.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-47280319157264646332010-05-22T21:23:14.417-04:002010-05-22T21:23:14.417-04:00Sidharth:
When I meet people who say their kids wa...Sidharth:<br />When I meet people who say their kids want to be artists I always suggest they subscribe to the American Art Review.<br />..................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-74531754846683645522010-05-22T20:53:26.351-04:002010-05-22T20:53:26.351-04:00Rock-n-Roll serves a purpose!
When you have to d...Rock-n-Roll serves a purpose! <br /> When you have to deal with the world, and you need to refresh, it's good to have some tunes!<br /> Stape, I hope you jam like a rock star! <br /> The lady on Antiques Roadshow got a vase for a few bucks, and it was worth alot!<br /> Doesn't happen that often, but everyones dreaming for the pay day.<br /> Mostly though,I think they get what they pay for. <br /> It used to be called a 'wise investment' when someone purchased<br />something of perceived value, and became valuable.<br /> Today folks just want the jackpot for nothing.<br />Why is that?billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-57384722773616607192010-05-22T14:17:01.337-04:002010-05-22T14:17:01.337-04:00It is hard to keep your cool when that happens. Th...It is hard to keep your cool when that happens. There have been times where I may have a students painting in my studio, and inevitably someone walks in the studio and walks past everything else I am working on, points as the amateurish and problematic student painting and asks "When did you do that?"<br />I is a bad student painting yet they still think I did it. What the heck?<br /><br />Two years ago at the local art club they had the idea to have the curator of painting from the museum judge their art show. I thought it was a disaster. The painting she picked for first was horrible, one of the worst. I was floored. This person has written books on painting. WHat the heck? <br /><br />Taste is in short supply these days. <br />I like Rock and Roll too.Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-76715489480911349692010-05-22T13:22:30.987-04:002010-05-22T13:22:30.987-04:00Mariandioguardi wrote: "Many people are not v...Mariandioguardi wrote: "Many people are not visual and so visual comparisons on technique, manner, style and skill are not made..."<br /><br />Unfortunately, this is sometimes true. I've known some art historians and art museum curators who know all sorts of facts and dates from art history but who don't really know how to use their eyes. A good example would be the art museums that devote a lot of space to Any Warhols' work. Some people find the ideas in back of his work intriguing ( I don't ), but almost nobody claims Warhol is visually intriguing. <br /><br />Stapleton's post made me laugh. I can just imagine some of the images that must have been sent to him as candidates for Stapleton-dom. Not to worry- he's a tough bird and can take it.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-64332734016873196292010-05-22T10:14:08.679-04:002010-05-22T10:14:08.679-04:00...that would be imagination AND hands....that would be imagination AND hands.DennyHollandStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320515836815483763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-219981529484741082010-05-22T10:13:10.687-04:002010-05-22T10:13:10.687-04:00Boy, art class, wood shop, print shop, metal shop ...Boy, art class, wood shop, print shop, metal shop in school, those were the days. Imagine kids today learning how to create and build something with their imagination hands.DennyHollandStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320515836815483763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-63236364722935916202010-05-22T09:43:35.320-04:002010-05-22T09:43:35.320-04:00Many people are not visual and so visual compariso...Many people are not visual and so visual comparisons on technique, manner, style and skill are not made except for the very few who can discriminate one artist they prefer over another, like your collectors.<br /><br />Most people just see subject matter; if it's the same, (birch tree and a birch tree) it must be done by the same artist right?<br /> <br />Most people don't by art because they can't tell the difference and they are afraid of making a mistake and buying something "wrong".If we as artists, could only let our egos go and let people enjoy art at the level at which they are capable -because they like "it"- more people would buy art (the good art and not so good art). I think everyone would benefit.<br /><br />If they do teach art in school these days they kids are all told that everything they do is wonderful and they all get awards.mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-45068562109793505152010-05-22T09:12:13.744-04:002010-05-22T09:12:13.744-04:00They don't even teach art in a lot of art scho...They don't even teach art in a lot of art schools, so what makes you think they teach art in the regular schools. Who would teach it? Graduates of the aforementioned art schools?<br /><br />I get these inquiries a lot, too. You love rock and roll so you should know, "People are strange."Robert J. Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799208093956328662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-56017185920430090562010-05-22T07:29:51.256-04:002010-05-22T07:29:51.256-04:00Think of all the people who worship the work of Th...Think of all the people who worship the work of Thomas Kincade (with its multiple light sources and shadows). Ah, mediocrity & ignorance -- with a good marketing plan!Charlevoix Sax Quartethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16864698963002984851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-48353655660861282992010-05-22T03:52:37.917-04:002010-05-22T03:52:37.917-04:00Art history is pretty much completely excluded fro...Art history is pretty much completely excluded from school everywhere I've lived, so most have no idea what a good painting even looks like. I had to do some serious studying before I noticed how awful some of the paintings in my family's home were (mostly the type you find in mall art stores).Sidharth Chaturvedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329696059787949153noreply@blogger.com