tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post8607769524896638134..comments2023-10-20T06:14:52.781-04:00Comments on L.W.ROTH, ARTIST: Just When You Thought You FailedLinda Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-36908272628736144532012-06-10T05:29:27.503-04:002012-06-10T05:29:27.503-04:00Two years ago I tried to make every line perfect a...Two years ago I tried to make every line perfect and in my present view "boring". Today I try to rough it up, let faults give character etc. So I totally agree what is said. <br /><br />I think the painting has great potential.<br /><br />Happy painting and have a great weekend ...Roger Åkessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198884418075720705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-41010013897070826712012-06-09T17:32:25.052-04:002012-06-09T17:32:25.052-04:00I can see it too, and it is looking jolly good ! T...I can see it too, and it is looking jolly good ! Totally agree with Degas !Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592451071109351862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-15719076402488653102012-06-09T15:44:20.374-04:002012-06-09T15:44:20.374-04:00I got my wind this morning. We have a house full o...I got my wind this morning. We have a house full of junk kids like to eat and we haven't touched in years. I'm guessing five pounds over the next couple of weeks. I am a pushover for chips and dips.<br /><br />As for that painting, right now I think I'm going to abandon it. I had a bad day with it yesterday, ended up taking it out into the yard and hosing it off, then scraping it. There's still a strong image there, but I turned it towards the wall for now. I like the photo. I'm shocked that I took such a photo. I think photography is an art. I might have stumbled into one I did very well. Change it to black and white, It would be good framed.<br /><br />Did you get to any of the Queen's many celebratory events or did you avoid the crowds? I think I would have liked to have seen some of that pomp and ceremony. We Yanks do like to watch the Royals.<br /><br />Twenty one is a fantastic birthday if I remember right. I made Ellis take me to all the taverns and strip joints. I had to see for myself what was going on in those raunchy places. <br />He and I met when I was fifteen. We married and I was nineteen. I had my first son when I was twenty and thought I was quite the grown woman EXCEPT I couldn't go to bars. Big birthday indeed.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-9489349970654815362012-06-09T15:14:51.628-04:002012-06-09T15:14:51.628-04:00Just back from London - granddaughter's 21st.
...Just back from London - granddaughter's 21st.<br /><br />You've been busy, as usual, Linda. The reference picture might simply be 'okay' to you, but to me it is totally amazing and really is a rain forest.<br /><br /> Degas is right of course, and is seconded: ‘The magic in a poem is always accidental.’ Dylan Thomas.<br /><br />It takes me days to know if I've drawn a picture, or merely arranged lots of lines!! <br /><br />Hope you get lots of energy and fun out of the visitGatepost productionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-77966463608855615792012-06-09T13:12:42.478-04:002012-06-09T13:12:42.478-04:00Gesso isn't out of the picture yet. I'm go...Gesso isn't out of the picture yet. I'm going to reevaluate in a couple of weeks--after my kids leave. I think them coming tomorrow has got me uptight. Going from two in the house who eat healthy and are set intheir ways to six who need snacks and Kool-aid and pillows and towels has got me in a frenzy. I can't paint in a frenzy.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-30249478094488610932012-06-09T13:07:57.776-04:002012-06-09T13:07:57.776-04:00That's exactly how I paint everytime. The trou...That's exactly how I paint everytime. The trouble with this reference photo is that I think it's a cool photo, but not really my subject. It's looks okay, but I'm not very excited about it--and excitement lacking kills the initiative. I'm going to let it sit for a while.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-55602771957990657122012-06-08T14:42:43.140-04:002012-06-08T14:42:43.140-04:00That is a great Degas quote. I really like what I&...That is a great Degas quote. I really like what I'm seeing. Glad you did not get the gesso:-)minnemiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-18583903853332300012012-06-08T10:12:55.391-04:002012-06-08T10:12:55.391-04:00Really cool approach. It's like your just resp...Really cool approach. It's like your just responding to the natural rhythms captured by a device (a camera, your eye) and then leaving for a while as it gestates in your mind. From here it looks fresh and not overworked--airy--and yet follows light, color and perspective conventions that rule vision. But the autographic quality of the paint clearly shows that it was created quickly and effortlessly. And that's what's so engaging--almost like all this is not possible. Oh, the structure is there all right. I've been trying to paint like that for years which is probably why I took to drawing. Bravo.William Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286221149980028093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-86862906292301953162012-06-08T09:28:47.265-04:002012-06-08T09:28:47.265-04:00Coming from you, that comment means a lot. Laying ...Coming from you, that comment means a lot. Laying in the middle to dark grays seemed to be the only thing to do after I initially messed the canvas up and broke the ice.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-52835508784122046262012-06-08T09:26:26.148-04:002012-06-08T09:26:26.148-04:00Great, no. Okay yes. At this point. it still needs...Great, no. Okay yes. At this point. it still needs to be moved toward good.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-74106796845812291192012-06-08T09:25:16.587-04:002012-06-08T09:25:16.587-04:00Thanks Tito. But it is a strange painting for me. ...Thanks Tito. But it is a strange painting for me. Leafy trees aren't as structural as I like them. But if I can impart a feeling of substructure. under all that fluff, perhaps I'll like it better.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-1856222753367454452012-06-08T05:17:02.554-04:002012-06-08T05:17:02.554-04:00I like it....and surely is a painting, a beautiful...I like it....and surely is a painting, a beautiful "abstract trees"! Have a good week end, Linda!Titohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13267348323960028950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-38637701555531821082012-06-08T01:17:25.542-04:002012-06-08T01:17:25.542-04:00Totally agree...it is looking really great!Totally agree...it is looking really great!Celeste Berginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791708298070342301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-51145506144018546252012-06-07T23:34:19.305-04:002012-06-07T23:34:19.305-04:00Very great color lay-in. Possibilities abound, IMH...Very great color lay-in. Possibilities abound, IMHO.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-50367636752540386822012-06-07T21:31:23.558-04:002012-06-07T21:31:23.558-04:00I see something happening here as well!!..I love i...I see something happening here as well!!..I love it already..You have a great reference picture and I can't wait to see this painting finished, Linda.!!hmuxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132343095188658107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-47729615501666964422012-06-07T17:40:56.030-04:002012-06-07T17:40:56.030-04:00To me Degas was talking about getting sucked into ...To me Degas was talking about getting sucked into the painting and doing what is natural. There's no analyzing. No scrutinizing. Just responding to the painting. And I don't think there's anything accidental about painting freely. Some happy accidents will happen in any painting, but mostly, all the years of education, practice, failures successes--everything the artist has ever done and learned is responding to her last mark. Interesting topic.<br /><br />I know this morning I was just doing. Then I backed away and wondered what the hell is that? Returning in an hour, I saw a painting was taking shape and wasn't nearly as awful as I thought when I first backed off.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-89828663724807012612012-06-07T15:48:09.609-04:002012-06-07T15:48:09.609-04:00It is looking beautiful.
I'm with you on the ...It is looking beautiful.<br /><br />I'm with you on the Degas quote. Mastery is great but the happy accident/discovery/mistake can be brilliant.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.com