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Published: 2006-09-17 22:08:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 4878; Favourites: 85; Downloads: 54
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this image wenth through quite a metamorphosis.the 'underpainting' of reds and greens, was an illustration that i was having a hard time bringing in focus. So.. i decided to 'paint' over it with digital samplings of old papers. Turned out that's just what i needed to do.
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and that was a really nice thing to say
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holy crap... why has it taken a month to find your site? great gallery. i don't even know which piece to add as a favourite.
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so it's taken a month, at least you found it. that's what is important. Glad you enjoyed your visit.
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why thank you.. the faves are most appreciated.
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This is one more stunning work of yours. Great as usually.
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thank you very much ms. the-hermit
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this has such an odd balance that works really well. it's like second nature to you now. it's a hell of a beauty too! keep taking the risky route!
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well.. im kind of oddly balanced as well... so i guess the art doesnt fall far from the tree. lol.
one of the reasons why i like working digitally is that i can play with layers and different components and keeping rearranging them til i find that right balance. (odd tho it may be 
someone once described my work as an organized chaos. i like that.
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yeah that description fits nicely! i like that about working digitally too. i do so little of it though. working in tradiitonal mediums is fun for me because if you fuck up, you have to think of a way out of it. that's how my balance gets odd! well, that plus genetics, i think.
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sometimes i miss working traditionally.. but since i've been working on refining my digital kung fu-- well things just seem to come more naturally this way.
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they sure seem to.
i'm just stuck on trad. it's how i started too long ago not to be startled by it.
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i used to be a traditional boy. but in the last 4 or 5 years ive latched onto this digital stuff.
i need to explore different ways to print now.. i found some online places that can produce glicee's at a decent price.
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aha! trad boy at heart. what do you think of Da's prints? i've never seen one...
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yep i am a trad boy at heart-- thats why i make my digital work look more traditional. it's easier for me to create the things i see in my head. ( i guess that means im a bit lazy eh?)
I've gots me a prints account-- and everything that i've purchased i've been quite pleased with. they really are great quality and printed on good fujicolor film. And if you have a prints account and order your own prints you get them at cost-- which isnt too bad especially in the larger sizes.
im looking for other alternatives for something a bit more 'saleable' -- limited edition runs and so forth...
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no it's not lazy! it's just the way you work!
that limited edition print idea is very good, your stuff lends itself to that. it'd look especially fine printed on linen!
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it's also a hell of a lot cheaper. although i do miss the smell of linseed oil and turpentine sometimes.
ooohh.. linen. you know what one of my other favourite surfaces is? vellum.
i just love vellum.
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mmmmmm vellum, so fragile and elegant....
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yes yes yes.
when i was in school i did an illustration on vellum.
used it in a couple of my graphic design projects too.
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another masterpiece. makes me wish i was better so i could get the print. soon. life without a paycheck is a funny kind of life! lol!
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thanks for the kind words marlon.
i dont have this available as a print yet.. so it's good that you dont have a paycheck
(always tryin to look on the lightbright side...)
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egads!...
sometimes i'm not sure which i enjoy more:
personal statements such as "i am broken" or your pure abstraction...
either way, i love this - composition, color, juxtaposition of geometry versus non-linear...the list goes on...
nicely done, ol' chap, nicely done...
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sometimes im not sure which i enjoy more either.
you can chalk up my love for abstract back to amandine. her and those damn abstract expressionists! LOL. composition and colour can only be credited to my biggest influence and mentor when i was in school-- flavia zortea.
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no kidding - i will forever and always consider her one of my greatest influences...
if for no other reason than teaching us how to believe in ourselves...
damn, i could use her now...
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indeed! that school lost a great art teacher when she passed.
you have her lessons.. you have her inspiration.... go ahead tap into it and use it!
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i wish it were that easy to tap into...
seems that it's lost in the fray again...
just feeling the floodmark again, i guess...
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it's there inside you.
you just need to learn how to access it again.
that comes with practise.
just create. get yourself in the habit of doing one or two personal creative things a week..
being personally productive does take a little bit of discipline.
forget about formal training or theory just go walk around with your camera and start shooting...
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yeah, i know...
it's been so long and so difficult...
i promised myself i'd do at least one new piece a week...
now i'm 3 behind...
i have to learn how to focus not on what i have to do but what i've already gotten done...
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it's a matter of discipline. I know your journey has been tough at times, and I don't really know your whole story- only what you have shared with me-- but I know you have it in you.
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thanks...
these are the things i need to hear every so often...and coming from someone like you it means so much more htan passing compliments...
btw
you pretty much know the whole story - i have nothing to hide (well, maybe, but you know that stuff too)...
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i didnt think that you were hiding anything from me--- i just didnt live through it with you... we were out of touch for so long, and well life does have a way of happening.
im glad that i can be of help tho
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lovelylovelylovely.
you never fail to impress me!
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thank you. the fave is most appreciated as well.
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beautiful. wish i could actually touch all those wonderful textures and *gulp* spots that look like drops of
blood! [are you suffering for your art again?]
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thanks j.
you mean your screen doesn't have the new digital derma digits technology?
no suffering here.. just playful art that's funstrating to make (cuz it can both be fun and frustrating). Never even made the blood connection. hmmm.
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reminds me of a top view of rauschenburg's bed painting which i also like.
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while im familiar with rauschenburgs work.. that one escapes me... going to have to google it... thanks!
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I love the divided up portions in this. It makes the wonderful complexity more palatable. My eyes just keep exploring. Very nicely done.
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thats the problem i was having with the image thats buried under this one--- it ws too complex, too busy... but controlled bursts of it seem to work
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wow, i'm beginning to see your process on this one. clever.
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oh cleverness of me!
my process is all about layers and how those layers interact with one another.
some erasing here, some burning there...
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