tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post116191237541817439..comments2024-03-08T03:22:53.671-05:00Comments on Paintings in Oil: EspressoJames Neil Hollingsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15546053700067639055noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1162177396817563462006-10-29T22:03:00.000-05:002006-10-29T22:03:00.000-05:00You paint spoons so well. I think the predominate ...You paint spoons so well. I think the predominate grays makes it beautiful. It feels so solid and real.<BR/><BR/>I had an instructor in school who painted in very muted colors, and his work looked so much more realistic than all us students who couldn't figure out the mix and were either garishly bright or too muddy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1162064120310151982006-10-28T15:35:00.000-04:002006-10-28T15:35:00.000-04:00The grey here is "alive" though and the whole is t...The grey here is "alive" though and the whole is totally satisfying. I keep returning to look at this piece. I love your tonal scale but most of all the sense of quietness and integrity this painting has.Sheila Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202418013915704272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1162047593143542162006-10-28T10:59:00.000-04:002006-10-28T10:59:00.000-04:00I appreciate all of your kind comments. One of my...I appreciate all of your kind comments. One of my goals is to eventually infuse my work with more color. I fear sometimes that I'm getting lost in a world of grey. I feel that I'm still very much in the infancy of my art career, and hope that I will have the courage to explore color more enthusiastically in the future.James Neil Hollingsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15546053700067639055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1162041346742054422006-10-28T09:15:00.000-04:002006-10-28T09:15:00.000-04:00You are the best realistic painter that I ever see...You are the best realistic painter that I ever seen online! I mean painting accurately and skilled you are definitely 0-10, a number 12!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1162038989672944262006-10-28T08:36:00.000-04:002006-10-28T08:36:00.000-04:00Hello James,Your work is amazing!Hello James,<BR/>Your work is amazing!Louis Boileauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547588763384363893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1162034365833067032006-10-28T07:19:00.000-04:002006-10-28T07:19:00.000-04:00The Gray-scale seeps out beautifully and perhaps e...The Gray-scale seeps out beautifully and perhaps essentially in all your paintings, as it does in Espresso. Could you sometime write about how you execute the Black in your paintings...does that come as an essential lay-in as an under-painting? You chose an unforgiving composition with the spoon looking away at a 90. Brave of you, and many thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1162011208356132072006-10-28T00:53:00.000-04:002006-10-28T00:53:00.000-04:00Amazing work. Truly beautiful pieces.Amazing work. Truly beautiful pieces.Johnnie Scouttenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248202565095599201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1161995422776336482006-10-27T20:30:00.000-04:002006-10-27T20:30:00.000-04:00Very nice i love how the spoon is center stageVery nice i love how the spoon is center stageamberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326093692033355487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1161992071530350972006-10-27T19:34:00.000-04:002006-10-27T19:34:00.000-04:00Great new work. This one is nice, I like the sciss...Great new work. This one is nice, I like the scissors a lot. very nice colors and brushwork.David Malanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02171594717906681198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1161967133194302982006-10-27T12:38:00.000-04:002006-10-27T12:38:00.000-04:00superbsuperbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1161965946547332452006-10-27T12:19:00.000-04:002006-10-27T12:19:00.000-04:00I love your muted colors but darned that centered ...I love your muted colors but darned that centered spoon would drive me crazy compositionally!Maggie Stiefvaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842527558335640093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32334401.post-1161959955051692332006-10-27T10:39:00.000-04:002006-10-27T10:39:00.000-04:00Very unusual composition. I love it.Very unusual composition. I love it.Carol Marinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00855632528757673268noreply@blogger.com