tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post4784721207455314081..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: More about the Cleavo- Heavo show.Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-73259329739865675282011-07-07T13:11:55.089-04:002011-07-07T13:11:55.089-04:00Preferences and choice are good. Good to do your t...Preferences and choice are good. Good to do your thing as long as it works for you.<br />A thought about Ms. ICH's show...maybe she'd better paint ALL small paintings like 5x7, 6x8, 8x10 and maybe a few "larger" ones like 10x12's, 11x14's... if she wants to sell something. If this is her hobby she can go ahead paint piles of big ones. <br />If she's new at this and hasn't been doing it for 30 years (with a nice batch of collectors and or galleries waiting for her new work) and she doesn't want to just do it as a weekend hobby... then it might be good to check out the market place she's entering (since there is money and time invested here). <br />There are a whole bunch of 3D realities out there...I've seen some experienced painters sitting around with paintings stacking up, when only a short time ago they were selling piles of paintings. From what I've observed in the past several months at plein air events and shows, sales were good, light and scattered, different depending on each event and location. Smaller paintings and lower prices landed lots of sales. Big names landed a few sales. At one show a name artist sold a 40x60 plein air painting. He also showed 4x5 plein air paintings. Once upon a time he only painted BIG paintings. He's been in the biz a long time. This change was a surprise....I'm "ICH" ing to see how Ms. ICH does!Mary Byromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647925500872647350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-5809115647231086292011-07-07T01:49:23.436-04:002011-07-07T01:49:23.436-04:00I don't want to disturb you from your grief, b...I don't want to disturb you from your grief, but I'm not exactly sure what you mean by a treatment or raison D'etre? <br /><br />I know the french means "reason to exist" but I don't know how that applies to one painting and not another.<br /><br />Does this mean that certain paintings have a theme? Or, that they have a larger meaning, sort of like a moral to a story?<br /><br />And, how would you know which painting lends itself to a treatment? What separates it from other paintings that you do?<br /><br />Thanks for the post, you really help a lot.Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303974474663940213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-23642102785058876512011-07-07T00:04:13.746-04:002011-07-07T00:04:13.746-04:00I like your attitude Stape!I like your attitude Stape!Debra Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08980300751455679886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16551400559359349072011-07-06T17:32:28.852-04:002011-07-06T17:32:28.852-04:00Another scorching day in Baltimore (the deep South...Another scorching day in Baltimore (the deep South seems to be creeping north) and I did a double take when I scrolled down and saw Stape's photo accompanying his notice of his next Snowcamp. Boy does that look good to my sunburned little eyes!<br /><br />I liked this post- it's an exposition of Stapleton's deep love of and history with painting out on location. He is undeniably right there is something to brushwork that can have an assurance done outside but wilts a bit when you try it indoors. We're all a little different as painter, but I think every painter would benefit from a long stint of just such painiting.<br /><br />One last note: I think Stapleton is bravely bearing up under the cloud of the passing of his favorite contemporary artist, Cy Twombly. Rumor has it the Kearns mansion contains the largest collection of Twombly's work in New Hampshire.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.com