tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post632185304897436432..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Telescoping branchesStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-46627136980118089832010-01-07T09:18:40.984-05:002010-01-07T09:18:40.984-05:00Tom:
Rex Vicat Coles book is excellent. I have rea...Tom:<br />Rex Vicat Coles book is excellent. I have read it aand some of what I am showing here I learned reading RV COLE. The language of the book is very dated, many of the species in the book exist only in England and about half of the book is not really useful to a painter though. <br />Carlson writes about trees also, but in a more theoretical way.<br />...................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-78779723581140846182010-01-07T00:10:52.582-05:002010-01-07T00:10:52.582-05:00That is indeed a wonderful painting; one senses a...That is indeed a wonderful painting; one senses a reserve, the peculiar restraint that nature displays in revealing color and atmosphere. We painters I hope I'm not alone in this!) tend to jump into the painting of nature without a structural grasp of what we are looking at. There is anatomy for the figurative painter, but the only source of knowledge about the wonderful subject of trees that I was aware of was The Artistic Anatomy of Trees by R.V. Cole. Your insights have motivated me to reread this !tom martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501495032533630603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-3160827978190320612010-01-06T18:57:21.689-05:002010-01-06T18:57:21.689-05:00Philip:
Thanks. It makes me feel old just to paint...Philip:<br />Thanks. It makes me feel old just to paint like that.<br />........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-49925971516100688212010-01-06T18:56:36.255-05:002010-01-06T18:56:36.255-05:00Barbara:
Around the bend of that stream at that ba...Barbara:<br />Around the bend of that stream at that back treee line awaits an enormous and starving Geoduck, <br />as big as an airstream trailer.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-3504300030544100922010-01-06T18:50:35.460-05:002010-01-06T18:50:35.460-05:00Marian 2
There is a whole post to be done on the ...Marian 2<br /><br />There is a whole post to be done on the range between the literal and the imagined and the pitfalls at either end of that spectrum.<br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-30238164798933715612010-01-06T18:49:19.594-05:002010-01-06T18:49:19.594-05:00Willek:
No I made that from a study I did on a cle...Willek:<br />No I made that from a study I did on a clear blue day.<br />...StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52085269126873882192010-01-06T18:48:34.751-05:002010-01-06T18:48:34.751-05:00Marian:
Thanks.
.........StapeMarian:<br />Thanks.<br />.........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-33164143488189831862010-01-06T18:48:04.056-05:002010-01-06T18:48:04.056-05:00Deb:
Thanks. There is a lot in the way an idea is ...Deb:<br />Thanks. There is a lot in the way an idea is expressed isn't there. I have heard someone state an idea in a way that made me rethink a concept I already new well.<br />......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-1299939279292205982010-01-06T18:46:38.696-05:002010-01-06T18:46:38.696-05:00Deborah;
Thanks. I might be poaching on your terri...Deborah;<br />Thanks. I might be poaching on your territory there.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-78973340596303227782010-01-06T18:45:46.512-05:002010-01-06T18:45:46.512-05:00Bill:
Thank you. You will need a long neck on whic...Bill:<br />Thank you. You will need a long neck on which to tattoo Stapleton Kearns in Old English. Wows about just STAPE in Helvetica?<br />...........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-10890187521478793752010-01-06T18:43:59.370-05:002010-01-06T18:43:59.370-05:00Lisa;
I am going to talk a little about branching ...Lisa;<br />I am going to talk a little about branching tonight.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-58495730707539423152010-01-06T14:47:23.497-05:002010-01-06T14:47:23.497-05:00Nice painting!Nice painting!Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-48516641261166762262010-01-06T12:21:00.046-05:002010-01-06T12:21:00.046-05:00Oh WOW! Stapleton...Your use of color blows me awa...Oh WOW! Stapleton...Your use of color blows me away. I can walk right in and wade in this stream. All the while knowing that something special is waiting for me at the back tree line. A painting this "FINE" shows how hard you have worked to hone your skills. I knight thee Master Stapleton!!!! Very informtive post also.<br />barbara b "land of boz"barbara b. land of bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603983800380945501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-59006233088765664762010-01-06T09:24:37.695-05:002010-01-06T09:24:37.695-05:00Hi Everyone,
Stapleton, you can see by this exchan...Hi Everyone,<br />Stapleton, you can see by this exchange that Will and I have been having an ongoing discussion about where and how far you can push sky color to create atmospheric light. Your painting is a picture perfect example of what I am drawn to in landscapes. Deborah Paris also does this beautifully in her paintings. Will is more of a literal observationist (my own word here) than I am. And we are STILL friendsmariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-64501291351656194162010-01-05T22:31:22.903-05:002010-01-05T22:31:22.903-05:00"telescoping is a new one to me. Very descrip..."telescoping is a new one to me. Very descriptive. I should know about this after an intense botany course and after having heated my place with wood for so many years...<br /><br />Your painting has great luminosity and ambiance.. Did the original reference have that warm sky? You really pushed the yellow on the right. <br /><br />Marion... It is a forest fire sky, obviously.. right Stape?willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-87596247742717651182010-01-05T22:13:20.506-05:002010-01-05T22:13:20.506-05:00Great tree. Great sky.Take a look at the sky , Wil...Great tree. Great sky.Take a look at the sky , Will!I love yellow skies.mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-78313597176173090082010-01-05T22:09:54.752-05:002010-01-05T22:09:54.752-05:00well, yeah, that painting is quite lovely. Great c...well, yeah, that painting is quite lovely. Great color. Those warm shades are great. It looks similar to a place I tried to cross a stream in snowshoes and got stuck. (long story)<br />The telescoping concept is a great way to describe what's going on. I hadn't quite thought of it in those terms, though I had observed the<br />reality of that. It is always nice to have a handy nail to hang an idea on for easy reference.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-5916887042801988832010-01-05T21:43:18.416-05:002010-01-05T21:43:18.416-05:00Lovely painting Stape!Lovely painting Stape!Deborah Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242296435365350267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-51716256084778946002010-01-05T19:51:19.593-05:002010-01-05T19:51:19.593-05:00Might I say this is a most beautiful painting!? St...Might I say this is a most beautiful painting!? Stape, I just might tattoo "Stapleton Kerns" on <br />my neck.<br />(all upper case old english of course!)<br />Seriously though, this painting IS what I'm trying to achiave.<br /> I promise I'll be good from now on.billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-48618834956841890152010-01-05T19:45:23.045-05:002010-01-05T19:45:23.045-05:00Fantastic. Painting trees is on my list of goals t...Fantastic. Painting trees is on my list of goals this year. I was painting one today and thinking lots about joints, including opposite/alternate branching. This is helpful.Lisa McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599917617378344310noreply@blogger.com