tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post3946335937691637919..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Leaving the Fenway studiosStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-54177040365221466332009-08-03T10:11:46.281-04:002009-08-03T10:11:46.281-04:00I sell a Robert Douglas Hunter print based on a vi...I sell a Robert Douglas Hunter print based on a vintage 1973 painting, and a dvd about Henry Hensche I produced originally on 16mm film in 1975.<br />You can see about the dvd at:<br />http://sites.google.com/site/henryhenschedvdforsale/, and the print<br />at: http://sites.google.com/site/robertdouglashunterprint/.<br /><br /> This is my first foray into print distribution, if you know how to<br />do it, or know anyone that does, please let them know about me.<br />Thanks, I need all the help I can get.<br />Phillip St. John<br />Hazard KY <br />debs63@tvscable.comPhillip St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497798864875800938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53893547108808743822009-08-03T00:11:16.214-04:002009-08-03T00:11:16.214-04:00Deb;
There are other less expensive books on Metca...Deb;<br />There are other less expensive books on Metcalf that while not as good are affordable.<br /><br />sladdle = from Wilson Pickets only cowboy song," black in the sladdle again"Stapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-52481851481570179832009-08-02T23:40:30.957-04:002009-08-02T23:40:30.957-04:00Arrgh! Been so busy lately I am having to catch up...Arrgh! Been so busy lately I am having to catch up quick on posts! Great stuff as always.<br />I accidentally posted this to yesterday's post, so am posting it again here.<br />On the post re: books, <br />here is a link to Metcalf's book at greatly less expensive prices than Amazon, but still not cheap.<br />http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=sunlight+and+shadow,+the+art+of+willard+metcalf&x=72&y=15<br /><br />I have another of Foster Caddell's books on Landscape painting, and find it equally as basic, yet informative as your book on color.<br /><br />I bought Richard Schmid's book, and left it at Putney for him to autograph, which he was very kind to do. However, the intermediary who gave him the book to sign, couldn't quite remember my name.<br />"It's a three-letter name.. I think it was Kim", he told Richard. So I got a nicely autographed book to "Kim". Upon learning of the error, <br />Richard took the book back, scratched out "Kim", and put in "Deb", and "sorry for the mistake. Who is Kim?" and scribbled a little caricature of himself.<br />NOW my book is priceless. I'm so glad they got the name wrong.<br /><br />"sladdle" application somewhere in between "slather" and "ladle".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-7298593364173607312009-08-02T21:28:51.103-04:002009-08-02T21:28:51.103-04:00Jeremy.
I wrote a post some time ago about the fi...Jeremy.<br /> I wrote a post some time ago about the first outdoor landscape and the subsequent decisions it was called an inauspicious beginning.<br />I am happy with a working windows machine. I got a certificate that allows me to upgrade to windows 7 in a few months and I guess I will.The current computer freezes all the time when I am writing the blog or on the . It is damaging my mental health.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53069293881192315452009-08-02T21:24:53.378-04:002009-08-02T21:24:53.378-04:00Armand:
More tonight on that.
.............StapeArmand:<br />More tonight on that.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8350132004124937652009-08-02T21:24:14.567-04:002009-08-02T21:24:14.567-04:00more Willek:
sophacks = sockhops for public emplo...more Willek:<br /><br />sophacks = sockhops for public employees.<br /><br />I would like to copy Seago, of all people or maybe Sargent.Stapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-19663935927023166222009-08-02T21:22:14.442-04:002009-08-02T21:22:14.442-04:00Willek;
I don't remember Gammell requiring fo...Willek;<br /><br />I don't remember Gammell requiring formal dress. It was shot by a photographer who did a photoshoot of me for a portfolio. I had the coat on for a number of different locations and didn't take it off at the easel. I did routinely wear it all the time though.. I wish I still had it. I have looked for another, it was from the 30's I think. <br />..........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-17335747418341705952009-08-02T21:17:20.171-04:002009-08-02T21:17:20.171-04:00Phillip:
I will tell the rest of that story tomorr...Phillip:<br />I will tell the rest of that story tomorrow.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-21369783386131993762009-08-02T21:16:39.927-04:002009-08-02T21:16:39.927-04:00Ramon:
I like that Home Depot analogy a lot.
........Ramon:<br />I like that Home Depot analogy a lot.<br />.......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-60600038906607350252009-08-02T16:33:56.298-04:002009-08-02T16:33:56.298-04:00I'm guessing a macbook is looking pretty tempt...I'm guessing a macbook is looking pretty tempting right now. Maybe you should wait 'till Microsoft machines migrate away from Vista.<br /><br />By the way, you mention that by this point in your life you were mostly painting landscapes. Did you always want to do landscapes, or was there a point in your training that you decided to move in that direction? What was that point?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-54753441785246354222009-08-02T14:48:08.421-04:002009-08-02T14:48:08.421-04:00Stapleton,
Great story, I would have asked for a ...Stapleton,<br /><br />Great story, I would have asked for a sketch or two for helping out.armandcabrerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772142818316748471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-60377831161747016852009-08-02T14:30:17.597-04:002009-08-02T14:30:17.597-04:00Also... reading Ramon's comment... I guess we ...Also... reading Ramon's comment... I guess we should all have some kind of formalized statement of purpose as individual artists, just like the big institutions and corporations, for better or worse. So I guess, after looking at Ramon's, mine would be to have enough verisimilitude that the viewer connects with my message which often has a lot to do with what is going on in the moment. Design and Composition at all times needing to not be in the way of the message.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16428311160372148742009-08-02T14:18:45.346-04:002009-08-02T14:18:45.346-04:00That photo! It is all about big. Bit hair. Big gl...That photo! It is all about big. Bit hair. Big glasses. Big bottle of turps. Big jacket. Big painting and a big, big bamboo mahl stick.<br /> <br />I often wondered about those old studio photos of the artists dressed up in their Sunday best. Now here we see it yet again. I always thought it was probably really Sunday and they did the photography after church. But here you are working away with a wonderful Saville Row tweed jacket on. What gives with that? Did Gammell require proper dress? When I attended Pharmacy School in the Sixties, they made us wear jackets and ties to get us used to being "professional". <br /><br />Also, your story about painting nature and liking stuff that is not EXACTLY from nature is an experience I have alla the time and that I am identifying with... and am having some difficulty resolving. Your blogs have got me rethinking the way I approach things. I guess that is why I have been fooling around with different pallets. <br /><br /> Copying is also something I have never done. If you were to copy someone else's work today, whose would it be?<br />Fumyedne= The goddess Ariadne's sister, the Goddess of Smoke and fire.<br />Sophacks=Two year old taxiswillekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-56287235673696544532009-08-02T14:00:07.530-04:002009-08-02T14:00:07.530-04:00Stapleton, that was a fabulous post. The image of ...Stapleton, that was a fabulous post. The image of you in the room full of Paxtons blows my mind. Today it seems almost impossible that they could have been so neglected only a relatively few short years ago. But then that's often how the world works.<br /><br />Bet you didn't wash your hands for a week after handling those paintings.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-74111587960120480652009-08-02T01:35:34.040-04:002009-08-02T01:35:34.040-04:00A room full of Paxtons!?! I'm glad you made it...A room full of Paxtons!?! I'm glad you made it out alive, I think I would have had a heart attack and died with a smile on my face. <br /><br />Your uneasiness with the Boston school philosophy/approach of recording nature from the optical copying point of view is really interesting. I come from the other end, in that we are discouraged from copying and our end goal is good designed, dimensional art; regardless of whether it matches the model perfectly. However, when I work on my own, I try to follow nature more closely, for the sake of learning to do it.<br /><br />My goal for now is to paint with enough verisimilitude that the audience buys into the illusion, but not enough for it to get in the way of design and my personal vision. I guess I want to be convincing, not "literally accurate". I think of nature as a home depot , it has all the supplies for my project and "closeness to nature" is in aisle 3, between composition and the screwdrivers. <br /><br />Look forward to tomorrow's post!<br /><br />-RamonRamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368066115689857506noreply@blogger.com