kurt Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Just finished this.....22x30. Wuzhen is a 13th century water town on the Grand Canal by Shanghai. Click to Enlarge 82.95 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Meiland Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Wait. You painted that? Yourself?? Very cool, I'm totally impressed. Got more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 You've a surprising array of talents. Nice balance of stone, white and wood. Tranquil, to say the least. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Very nice. It conveys a real sense of place. Thanks for sharing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Very nice, Kurt. I love the featureless sky and the dead-stillness. It brings China and your mood into my office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Kienitz Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Very nice indeed, Kurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Yes very nice indeed - and just through the gate kung fu panda and the furious five await?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Thanx y'all. It was a struggle to convey the absolute stillness of the atmosphere, kind of a contradiction of process and result. They're not all this successful....I learned a lot on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Nice! I got a sense of storm rather than calm. The tree is the focal point for me. Maybe it is a calm within the storm. You folks do not want Kurt's mood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 This is something Tom wrote in another thread, but I thought is was appropriate for this thread. "............That's an awful lot of imbeciles in one place. (Tom Raymond) Clear Creek Home Inspection, Collins, NY" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 The tree is the focal point for me. Maybe it is a calm within the storm. S'funny, the whole thing looked dead until I put the tree in there.......it was the touch that made the scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Awesome job. I like reading what everyone else feels/sees and going back to the painting and trying to look at it from a different point of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 That is great. You even covered all of the numbers!! Just kidding-you are quite the Renaissance man. Nice work! Are you going to surprise us next by letting us know that you are also a retired Fencing Champion and are fluent in eight foreign languages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Very nice work. Les, you made me blush! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 The tree is the focal point for me. Maybe it is a calm within the storm. S'funny, the whole thing looked dead until I put the tree in there.......it was the touch that made the scene. Yes, the tree gives it life. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Very impressive. And large. It deserves a nice frame. Is this watercolor? How long did it take you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Simon Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 The tree is the focal point for me. Maybe it is a calm within the storm. S'funny, the whole thing looked dead until I put the tree in there.......it was the touch that made the scene. Wow. Yer a polymath. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I think there's an amazing array of hidden talents at TIJ. What's the little box thingy down in the left corner? Almost looks like a judging stamp. Did you put it in any showings? The stone shapes almost led me to believe there were people siting at the top of the steps on the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Very impressive. And large. It deserves a nice frame. Is this watercolor? How long did it take you? Yes, transparent watercolor, Fabriano 140# soft press....large, yes. It's gets complicated when it's large. Several weeks of pondering, and some dozen hours or so of actual painting. What's the little box thingy down in the left corner? Almost looks like a judging stamp. Did you put it in any showings? The stone shapes almost led me to believe there were people siting at the top of the steps on the left. It's a chop; ancient chinese characters carved in a stone stamp representing someone's name; everyone's got an ancient name, and their "daily" name. Mine's Lao Wantong.....old little urchin. Some kids in Hangzhou gave it to me. Good story. Yes, the stone steps @ the left.....it was hard to represent them. The whole town is on canals and side canals, and primary transit was by water. All houses fronted onto an extremely narrow street w/shops, but the house business of food, supplies, and work all occurred at the back door via water. The place was full of cantilever stone slabs sticking out of the foundations over the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 I had no clue you were an artist. Very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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