tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post2102906652944666242..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Dissecting a Hibbard 3Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-152528210192702172009-03-29T19:20:00.000-04:002009-03-29T19:20:00.000-04:00James:A lot of this blog has been and will contin...James:<BR/><BR/>A lot of this blog has been and will continue to be about design.<BR/> Design is the "pearl of great price"<BR/>The longer I paint the more it gets to be about design.I am glad to have hung out with some fine designers over the years.<BR/><BR/>The old Cape Ann guys <BR/>( Gruppe, Hibbard, Mulhaupt, Thieme and Cirino, etc.) paid a lot of attention to design and were rewarded for their efforts......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-48808531730528525642009-03-29T12:31:00.000-04:002009-03-29T12:31:00.000-04:00These post on Hibbard have been excellent Stap. I ...These post on Hibbard have been excellent Stap. I didn't know about internal balance. It seems to me that the most important part of a painting is it's design , along with variety you had talked about and interest. You can have a painting well painted but if the design is not there it is not a good painting?JAMES A. COOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882993314906545542noreply@blogger.com