tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post8165725717739915835..comments2023-11-16T00:27:14.569-08:00Comments on Daily Art West: Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-42616101156497449532008-09-24T14:01:00.000-07:002008-09-24T14:01:00.000-07:00I was pleasantly surprised by your change of subje...I was pleasantly surprised by your change of subject Don. This really is very intriguing and very effective. Well I can finally find use for my husband's genealogy collection and maybe paint from some. I too look at some things or some people who have been around for many years before me and find myself caught in a connection. Too bad I can't make a living wondering lol I do it so well. I'm just wonderful that way, you know? :) Instead I paint and make a dollar at least on a good day :D Ok off to the next one.Art By Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076726403159256165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-18058674674304208152008-09-23T22:28:00.000-07:002008-09-23T22:28:00.000-07:00Thanks, Triecia. I think most of us find old photo...Thanks, Triecia. I think most of us find old photos intriguing, don't we?Don Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-68815464007534623032008-09-23T22:24:00.000-07:002008-09-23T22:24:00.000-07:00Hi Mary, great to hear from you. This sounds reall...Hi Mary, great to hear from you. This sounds really interesting what you're doing with the photos and bottles. Someone just emailed me wondering how to transfer photos onto watercolor paper--I'm going to pass on what you're doing--thanks!<BR/><BR/>Hope to see you and Jack before too long. Be well.Don Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-64176105550323516822008-09-23T15:39:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:39:00.000-07:00Fascinating post Don! I am also drawn to the notio...Fascinating post Don! I am also drawn to the notion of the "forgotten" people of times past.A Reason to Painthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10566936426389663398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-22943724204231477682008-09-23T14:09:00.000-07:002008-09-23T14:09:00.000-07:00Hi Don,This painting is fantastic. I have a thing ...Hi Don,<BR/>This painting is fantastic. I have a thing about old "lost ancestors" photos. Something so familiar and yet distant. I come across a lot of old photos at my job in the antique store. I also am the keeper of my mother's photos, all the old relatives whom might as well be strangers as nothing is marked. It's funny looking at old photos how similiar they are. My favorite ones are someone standing in front of an old car with their suitcase in hand. I like old suitcases too. Or smiling at the beach in their old fashioned swimsuits. The baby you painted is a classic also. Brilliant. I've been collecting old bottles (the old outhouse variety)that are rectangular with a flat surface and applying photos on them. I scan the photos on my computer and print onto a decal paper. The decal slides onto the bottle via water and then I put two coats of varnish on it. You can see thru the photo and yet still make out the image. It's started me on a path. I do look for bottles everywhere. I have about a hundred. I drive Jack crazy. Anyway, I absolutely love this painting and can't wait to see what's next. I really like the background. It adds greatly to the whole painting. You are the coolest! -Mary KernanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com