*
NOTES
This rock formation is a real one
we found in hiking around Big Bear Lake, CA
pic taken before the digital era
So interesting and inspiring to paint
I immediately thought of the text from Isaiah
that if we wouldn't worship, the rocks cry out
One of my very few 22 x 30 inch watercolors
has been in several exhibits
Very humbled when on the first exhibit
in one of L.A.'s universities
I saw two university students sitting on the floor
copying my watercolor.
Being in my first years of painting had the impulse to go up to them
and ask, "Are you sure you want to copy this?"
Guess I don't have enough narcissism
to waltz up to them in an outlandish outfit,
singing, "And if you (pointing at them) practice hard and long enough,
maybe you'll be good enough in ten years
to be selected in one of these exhibits (pointing at self)."
(you know I'm rolling my eyes now) -
one of the reasons I am very choosy
which artists are on my blog list.
I love excellence and professional art,
but someone praising their own art
with bombastic revelry.
is a poor reflection of what art is all about!
Only time will tell (after my life time)
how "memorable" my art is.
Very humbled when on the first exhibit
in one of L.A.'s universities
I saw two university students sitting on the floor
copying my watercolor.
Being in my first years of painting had the impulse to go up to them
and ask, "Are you sure you want to copy this?"
Guess I don't have enough narcissism
to waltz up to them in an outlandish outfit,
singing, "And if you (pointing at them) practice hard and long enough,
maybe you'll be good enough in ten years
to be selected in one of these exhibits (pointing at self)."
(you know I'm rolling my eyes now) -
one of the reasons I am very choosy
which artists are on my blog list.
I love excellence and professional art,
but someone praising their own art
with bombastic revelry.
is a poor reflection of what art is all about!
Only time will tell (after my life time)
how "memorable" my art is.
Linking to
ABC-G
***
Beautiful...deserves to be in an exhibit...not the first thing I'd think of when thinking of natures beauty, but this is enough to make me rethink!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful image:) Greetings
ReplyDeletefantastic painting of this rock and good interpretation of it.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteCool rock formations and your painting is wonderful. Well done! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI love how you reveal how a photo becomes a beautiful painting.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful.
ReplyDelete