tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post8994799840191538219..comments2023-11-02T06:13:26.468-07:00Comments on Beneath the Bracken: painting the edgesLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-31628609434351567262012-06-18T04:27:31.266-07:002012-06-18T04:27:31.266-07:00Thanks, Lesley!Thanks, Lesley!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-17812101321097143842012-06-18T02:39:32.519-07:002012-06-18T02:39:32.519-07:00Hi Lynn, your new work looks beautiful, I too woul...Hi Lynn, your new work looks beautiful, I too would love to see it up close. Good luck with your exhibition, I hope it's going well.Lesley Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316123067980666389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-19227054986836226132012-06-17T23:04:03.750-07:002012-06-17T23:04:03.750-07:00Hi, Jan, and thanks. I will certainly post close-...Hi, Jan, and thanks. I will certainly post close-up photos of the pieces. I'm hoping to go into the office where they're hanging either today or tomorrow to get some shots of them. I didn't have a chance to photograph them for my website before the show. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work - don't think of hanging up that smock! <br /><br />Thanks, Donna! I, too, love reading other people's posts about the artist's process. Insightful and encouraging. As I was writing this, I was thinking that I could have been writing about my experience of creating poems and short stories. (Especially poems - there seems to be a moment when it's done, and stopping too early or labouring too long is damaging to it. Doesn't seem to be much "wiggle room" with poetry.)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-33040588236588584722012-06-16T12:07:39.852-07:002012-06-16T12:07:39.852-07:00Yes, yes, yes! I always enjoy posts about artist&#...Yes, yes, yes! I always enjoy posts about artist's process and I can very much relate to this one. It's much the same for me, for both words and photos. Had to grin at the notion of making a painting "stand in a corner!" <br /><br />YAY for the show ~ those painings are gorgeous and wonderfully evocative!Donna~Q~https://www.blogger.com/profile/15516927570570110567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-10948711499626330302012-06-16T08:45:43.685-07:002012-06-16T08:45:43.685-07:00Dear Lynn,
I would like to see some close-ups of y...Dear Lynn,<br />I would like to see some close-ups of your paintings, but I bet that you plan to do that once they are hung (is that right? hope so!)<br /><br />Wow, you completed one show and are now working on a new series ... I need your strength and determination or I am going to have to hang-up my painters' smock (I don't wear one, it is just a literary tool.)<br /><br />And your last paragraph is instantly quotable. I do so like that you remain vulnerable when writing down your thoughts to share on your process. Author! Author!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />janJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879541207987895748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-34837735796895834482012-06-16T07:30:13.801-07:002012-06-16T07:30:13.801-07:00Thanks, Milly!Thanks, Milly!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-25409746058832966902012-06-15T14:47:11.848-07:002012-06-15T14:47:11.848-07:00You sound really happy about your paintings. It is...You sound really happy about your paintings. It is so nice to hear you sounding so positive. Hang on to that feeling. <br />You can see how much you have been enjoying it by all the finished work, which looks great.MILLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701141335185294744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-87722715829594707772012-06-15T04:56:39.251-07:002012-06-15T04:56:39.251-07:00Your last paragraph says it all.These paintings lo...Your last paragraph says it all.These paintings look very vibrant and fresh........good luck with the show!<br />Happy weekend,<br />RubyForest Dream Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392409469020504212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-45920058858617557472012-06-15T02:12:54.963-07:002012-06-15T02:12:54.963-07:00Hi Jann. Painting is usually such a solitary thin...Hi Jann. Painting is usually such a solitary thing, it's always good to hear about other artists' creative process - and reassuring and interesting to hear that we share so many of the same issues and struggles and triumphs! <br /><br />You're right, it is different with different media, Valerianna. I love using watercolour, but it's SO unforgiving! With oils (which I use as well as oil and cold wax) you can fiddle around and even if the whole thing is a disaster - which has certainly happened to me more than once - you can wait 'till it dries and start the whole blasted thing over again, and the underlayers actually add to the painting. Not so with watercolours. That medium demands quick resolution. Part of its magic when it does come together.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-89377901803486583682012-06-14T18:39:02.825-07:002012-06-14T18:39:02.825-07:00Oh... that is it "done" question.... a l...Oh... that is it "done" question.... a little easier to determine with watercolor cause it might not be well resolved, but it isn't going to take more work, so, its done and headed for the recycle bin - unfortunately. And sometimes I can carefully get one more wash on and it is rescued, but the best ones are the ones that come out seamlessly at first and might get one more pass of a ridge or a line of trees, but I know and it knows its done right away. Those are the ones that find their way out into the world, or framed and in my world.Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-53982072311895189302012-06-14T15:28:44.099-07:002012-06-14T15:28:44.099-07:00Wow . . I could have written this post, because it...Wow . . I could have written this post, because it ALL happens to me. Congratulations on arriving at that feeling of joy and satisfaction, when it all comes together! Thanks you for sharing this, even though I know this is how the creative process works, I still like to be reminded. :)Jann Gougeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17732581136492605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-34532664945053819662012-06-13T23:12:08.756-07:002012-06-13T23:12:08.756-07:00Thanks, Cass. You're right about getting clos...Thanks, Cass. You're right about getting close to the paintings, there is so much texture that the camera just can't catch. I always love being able to see the brush/pallet knife/spatula/etc. strokes of the artist in their work. <br /><br />Thank you, Kate. I'd love to have an online exhibition! I'll be sure to post photos once I've taken some of the new paintings. The new direction is very calm and meditative - lots of ideas about memory and the past, but in a gently nostalgic way. (At least, that's what I had in my head at the time...hope some of that comes across.)<br /><br />Thanks so much, Claire.<br /><br />Carrie, thanks. And, I've just written down that quote - love it!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-22653623019943419782012-06-13T07:49:20.276-07:002012-06-13T07:49:20.276-07:00Hooray, blogger has finally let me comment! This l...Hooray, blogger has finally let me comment! This looks like a wonderful series of work, I do hope your exhibition is a huge success! <br />It's great to hear about the evolution of your paintings...<br />One of my favourite artist's quotes by Paul Gardiner is: 'A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places'Windsongs and Wordhoardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211375575810428500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-61150115334251568572012-06-13T04:31:16.122-07:002012-06-13T04:31:16.122-07:00Wonderful post, and the paintings look beautiful! ...Wonderful post, and the paintings look beautiful! Hope the show goes well!Claire Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466995265143493376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-72284103809815302062012-06-13T03:08:06.962-07:002012-06-13T03:08:06.962-07:00I think because most of us can't get there to ...I think because most of us can't get there to come view and support your exhibition, you really ought to have an online one for us, Lynn. Ticket entry only, obviously! I particularly love the painting in the last photo, closest to the camera; the muted shades are very calm inducing :-)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583541982504301756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-49019739422981974692012-06-13T02:19:50.107-07:002012-06-13T02:19:50.107-07:00Lovely post, I wish I lived closer so I could visi...Lovely post, I wish I lived closer so I could visit your exhibition and be up texturally close to your paintings... Wishing your work appreciative new homes!! CassGreenorchidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429772996167532604noreply@blogger.com