hi vanessa, nice painting...congrats and keep the dream alive
- i really like the cup of coffee painting, great highlight work - i wondered if you painted that from as still life or from a photo? i really thought your stuff was airbrushed acrylic on canvas initially...what kind of 'paper' do you paint on?
- love your tiles, especially the pears & apples and the pears
- a photorealism artist and former mentor of fine suggested taking my own photos or working with a partner if choosing to get into that style...i don't think there is any red tape if you are doing works for exhibit purposes only - i had created a glenn gould piece from a photo by karsh as well as some other musical tribute pieces created from others photos that i eventually gave away to good homes after i became flustered over the whole 'credit' and possible royalty issues...something to beware of anyhow...btw, he made a living teaching and used painting as a creative release but 20 years later had a large enough portfolio to have his own show and make good few long overdue bucks! he would always say "come on, paint big!", meaning get those 48 x 60" canvased filled, lol
i realize that Gord typically performs The Wreck using a 12 string guitar, but would like to actually hear a 6 string 'picked' version...i don't know if the time signature lends itself to a picking style, any pickers ever tried this? maybe A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot and The Edmund Fitzgerald is an optional title....either way, Gord will be awe struck and very moved
it's so nice to see others filling the shoes of Danby....and it's nice to see some 'genuine' works of art in the Photoshop world we now live in...you've love to meet Ron's son, Liam and have a rap...yet another talent
cheers, j