tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post6807479741854702050..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Oh,Hello!Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-89427095119850393102014-06-05T13:54:48.127-04:002014-06-05T13:54:48.127-04:00oh how rude of me to make my first post thus. I r...oh how rude of me to make my first post thus. I really mean: "thank you so much. I can't tell you how I appreciate all of the wonderful information and I want to take it and keep it all for myself."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-26111338664908896602014-06-05T13:52:44.323-04:002014-06-05T13:52:44.323-04:00I'm thinking I want to download the entire blo...I'm thinking I want to download the entire blog, just in case it ever disappears. I need it in my library. I can't imagine doing it blog post by post. How?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-44533195403550170952014-05-31T15:49:49.922-04:002014-05-31T15:49:49.922-04:00Thank you for this blog!Thank you for this blog!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701607543286715066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-82478254202332538252014-05-29T07:37:29.537-04:002014-05-29T07:37:29.537-04:00Hey Philip!Hey Philip!Stapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-38851724097508315352014-05-28T19:22:04.519-04:002014-05-28T19:22:04.519-04:00Hi Stape- good to see a new post from you! I miss ...Hi Stape- good to see a new post from you! I miss your old daily posts, but certainly understand that was way too much to keep up. <br /><br />Couldn't agree more with the thrust of what you are saying. Especially your idea that we all invent a little differently and that takes us to the places where our paintings become unique. At least eventually it does.<br /><br />It's funny about using photography as a reference. I know many painters who have pulled off beautiful pieces that way. <br /><br />Me I just can't do it. I grew up in a family of photographers. My grandfather John Capstaff was the inventor of the original Kodachrome film. Unfortunately he wasn't a particularly happy person and frankly scared me when I was little. Whenever I've tried to work from photos I get creeped out and abandon the attempt. Hey, who isn't a littel neurotic anyway?<br /><br />But as you were pointing out, being forced to rely on observation, studies, memory and invention back in the studio can take you to some of the best places.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-41643459124484925412014-05-28T15:38:09.930-04:002014-05-28T15:38:09.930-04:00That's really a very good idea I would like to...That's really a very good idea I would like to do a workshop in Minnesota I want to Do it somewhere with high plains and oak treesStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-11113170928394449062014-05-28T13:45:03.918-04:002014-05-28T13:45:03.918-04:00Hoping you might do a workshop this fall in Minnes...Hoping you might do a workshop this fall in Minnesota! I'll bring extra cigars!!Erichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548067688955475900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-62473060721915411862014-05-27T09:09:16.223-04:002014-05-27T09:09:16.223-04:00Great post, Stape! You always seem to hit the nail...Great post, Stape! You always seem to hit the nail on the head just when I need it. Thanks for the inspiration!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-42433548607497448092014-05-27T07:45:37.078-04:002014-05-27T07:45:37.078-04:00I always seem to be in the wrong place, at the rig...I always seem to be in the wrong place, at the right time. Sigh. At one point, not too long ago, I lived in Boston. Shortly after moving to the western end of Massachusetts I suddenly gained an interest in drawing and painting. A year after moving back to my home state of Kentucky I hear about this wonderful artist, Stapleton Kearns, who also happens to be one who writes in a way I undestand and can appreciate. Thank you for sharing your words with us Stapleton!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207759821495828934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8347852707199345392014-05-27T00:01:37.793-04:002014-05-27T00:01:37.793-04:00Great to see another post. This is a wonderful res...Great to see another post. This is a wonderful resource. <br />Some of the older ones no longer show the painting under discussion but it can usually be found by Google search.<br /><br />Thanks for the instruction and wit.<br />NeilNeil Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745145209473323562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-11571180408603157562014-05-26T22:05:27.042-04:002014-05-26T22:05:27.042-04:00Oh, hi there!Oh, hi there!Stapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-18781635426010432792014-05-26T19:12:44.987-04:002014-05-26T19:12:44.987-04:00Not sure I ever told you thanks for the blog. It i...Not sure I ever told you thanks for the blog. It is a continuously rich mine. And a workshop without snow? What will people do with all the spare time, since they don't have to scrape the ice crystals off their palette?DGehmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458591932726090311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-54837476034403046652014-05-26T16:49:20.989-04:002014-05-26T16:49:20.989-04:00I enjoy reading and re-reading all your old posts,...I enjoy reading and re-reading all your old posts, but I still get a big smile when I see you've posted something new! Thanks for everything you've done for all the aspiring painters that follow your blog!robwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04143112179160000888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-7766489630118915572014-05-26T08:02:07.433-04:002014-05-26T08:02:07.433-04:00Good advice. If it were not for the blog I would ...Good advice. If it were not for the blog I would probably be unaware of a whole slew of Cape Ann painters from Hibbard and Vickery on down to TM, his father Tom and you, of course. Love that whole vein of painting the most of all.Robert J. Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799208093956328662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-85539365263172620142014-05-24T21:19:31.992-04:002014-05-24T21:19:31.992-04:00Stape, thanks for the new post. I will raise my ha...Stape, thanks for the new post. I will raise my hand and say, I was one of those students that you told to adhere to the scene before me. You were so right, and for that I thank you. Really enjoyed looking at your snow painting. Love the syrup buckets on the maples. <br />You take care and keep your Art Guild board on their toes........barbara b. land of bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603983800380945501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-24985275825915120652014-05-24T19:20:11.349-04:002014-05-24T19:20:11.349-04:00Good to see you posting again. Are there still pla...Good to see you posting again. Are there still plans to turn your blog into a book?Fi - WhereFishSing.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08750246299111419881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-40031202366139187652014-05-24T14:06:08.949-04:002014-05-24T14:06:08.949-04:00I've missed your writing. Thank you for this ...I've missed your writing. Thank you for this great post, which goes straight the heart of the matter, as usual. Best wishes from Stockton...Sarah Faragherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549704219837574185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-44987222613243968672014-05-24T11:40:18.225-04:002014-05-24T11:40:18.225-04:00Always so good to read one of your posts. I think...Always so good to read one of your posts. I think you nailed the emotion in the beautiful painting you posted. The title fits it so well.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814636977155763601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86474517402847782452014-05-24T10:34:01.253-04:002014-05-24T10:34:01.253-04:00Powerfully posting, Stape. Classic Kearns that all...Powerfully posting, Stape. Classic Kearns that all of us old timers love to read. You have taken a vague and complex principle of creating a picture and expressed it in an easy to understand way. I still go back to your earlier postings for clarification of a concept. I am just afraid that some day these ephemeral bits might just get lost or evaporate from the cybersphere. Many many thanks. WillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852202158408731991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-33819498823172780392014-05-24T00:07:54.582-04:002014-05-24T00:07:54.582-04:00Hi Stape. Thank you very much for writing today. ...Hi Stape. Thank you very much for writing today. This is exactly what I needed to read! You are so generous with your information. I hope to paint with you again someday. Susan Renee Lammershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00768738423374316239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-28456801836775170262014-05-23T23:09:47.919-04:002014-05-23T23:09:47.919-04:00Ahhh, if only I had a quarter for every time I'...Ahhh, if only I had a quarter for every time I've said, "I want this picture to look lugubrious."Billy Guffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630378626972553684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-27181407373107222842014-05-23T22:22:47.307-04:002014-05-23T22:22:47.307-04:00Stape- awesome as always. Thank you.Stape- awesome as always. Thank you.stapeliadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951276488090818096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-85479106684369121682014-05-23T22:22:42.150-04:002014-05-23T22:22:42.150-04:00thank you all it is nice to know I have people out...thank you all it is nice to know I have people out there reading<br /> this.....Stape<br />Stapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-29138048886634293092014-05-23T21:27:29.240-04:002014-05-23T21:27:29.240-04:00I have gone through all your posts... twice, worki...I have gone through all your posts... twice, working on three times. There is so much good information, and it really inspired me to research even more, I have started amassing quite a library. I check every day just in case you write something new. Thanks for still keeping this up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06690172795212082117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-1897564147282721352014-05-23T21:06:35.802-04:002014-05-23T21:06:35.802-04:00Hi Stape,
Well worth the wait!
Thanks for this ...Hi Stape, <br />Well worth the wait! <br />Thanks for this and the thousand odd other posts. <br />PoppyPoppy Balserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14909438478330312367noreply@blogger.com