tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post8649107626117378121..comments2008-02-19T23:24:05.298-08:00Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-15511086755489434762008-02-19T23:24:00.000-08:002008-02-19T23:24:00.000-08:00Thanks, Frank. The bird was really there--exactly there--I had no choice. :)Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-73196707811669054482008-02-19T23:21:00.000-08:002008-02-19T23:21:00.000-08:00Thank you, Anne. For me always the best paintings have a strong abstract design at their core. I really don't make a distinction between representation and abstraction--two sides of the same coin.Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-12494777203004709522008-02-19T19:27:00.000-08:002008-02-19T19:27:00.000-08:00Nice touch with the bird Don.Frank Gardnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011564146411771531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-44347165248764933742008-02-19T16:41:00.000-08:002008-02-19T16:41:00.000-08:00Looking at your daily work always adds a spark to my day. Really enjoyed the powerful, nearly abstract composition (although I love the realist details.)<BR/>Anne ThrowerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-81871787609236244182008-02-19T10:46:00.000-08:002008-02-19T10:46:00.000-08:00Thanks, Stephen. And I'm feeling every one of my 40 years!Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-62700762070460814672008-02-19T10:45:00.000-08:002008-02-19T10:45:00.000-08:00Suzanne, I love the way your mind works! It's a stretch indeed, but if you want to mention me in the same sentence with the likes of Sargent, Velasquez, Chase and Wyeth, I won't try to discourage you. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much.Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-68308282192157942112008-02-19T09:56:00.000-08:002008-02-19T09:56:00.000-08:00Stunning! Great clarity, Don, and Happy Birthday! 60 is the new forty!Stephen Magsighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03987960565445800921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674898426369236660.post-27721298304097502242008-02-19T06:37:00.000-08:002008-02-19T06:37:00.000-08:00What an interesting composition! I love that little square of light coming through from the other side. This reminds me of something - not the whole painting but the section of the barn door and this is a stretch but the paintings that flitted through my noggin are as follows. You know the Sargent <A HREF="http://jssgallery.org/Paintings/Daughters_of_Edward_Darley_Boit.htm" REL="nofollow">Daughters of E.D. Boit</A> You'll see the section of that painting I'm reminded of and Sargent based that painting on the Velasquez <A HREF="http://www.artchive.com/meninas.htm" REL="nofollow">Las Meninas</A> - there's that aperture again! The lower half of the painting reminded me of William Merritt Chase's <A HREF="http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/art/cgfa/chase/p-chase6.htm" REL="nofollow">Hide and Seek</A> - obtuse perhaps but you probably see what I mean. <BR/><BR/>Then, of course, there's Wyeth...<BR/><BR/>Whoa! I must wait till later in the day to make comments! Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah over coffee.Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14785042270660883635noreply@blogger.com