mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 10, 2012 - 12:13am PT
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There is a nice Thomas Hill hanging in the Yosemite Museum. I forgot the subject. He's a little more realistic than the fantastic which Albert Biers-etc. paints. Yes, I speak in present tense. They died and have been Jack Frost apprenticed ever since in the Valley. They get three months to work and go to Mexico the rest of the year. They miss out on the Dio del Muerto, but WTF.
http://www.allposters.com/-st/Thomas-Hill-Posters_c25201_.htm?aid=85097
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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Dec 18, 2012 - 05:43pm PT
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Holton Frames in Emeryville is doing these remarkable frames in the tradition of Arthur Matthews. Really like them and recommend Holton to anybody interested in framing especially landscapes.
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tiki-jer
Trad climber
fresno/clovis
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Dec 18, 2012 - 07:15pm PT
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Very Nice!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 18, 2012 - 11:19pm PT
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Here is the Yosemite print I landed several days ago. No room to hang it yet.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Dec 18, 2012 - 11:22pm PT
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Some full sized stuff I did years ago. Sorry- can't find the better resolution files.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 18, 2012 - 11:25pm PT
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Really enjoy your glass works justthemaid. How much do you sell them for?
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john hansen
climber
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Dec 18, 2012 - 11:26pm PT
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Just the maid,,
That second one made me cry.. very timely.
Thanks
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Dec 19, 2012 - 11:37am PT
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Hey Mouse, the cool thing is that there is a self-portrait of you with camera reflected in your photo! Phyl
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 20, 2012 - 05:16am PT
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I thought you might notice the secondary image. It's where art historians could go crazy though, because it's not me, it's my friend George from upstairs who knows how to use the new camera and is coaching me. He's not very good at teaching, but WTF, it's the short course, just like when I began to climb. This is far safer, though. He's using the camera overnight, since he's a good kid and I trust him with it. He's 25, he's not a kid.
Here's what's going on in Merced. Tomorrow is an ART BENEFIT for the merced Multi-Cultural Art Center, which has lost any funding it had. It is about ten years old, on West Main St. right next to the Cinema Cafe.
The benefit features this fellow RC, a former neighbor of mine, and part-owner of the Partisan Bar. RC's new art/music gig is called Ahwahnichi. He is a blooded member of the band related to Julia Parker.
I was walking along the street the other day, he was talking to friends, and I came up and said hi and mentioned the gig I had seen on a poster. He said yep, he was a blood and that he had just gotten the idea for Ahwahnichi, so it's all a work in progress. We shall see tomorrow night.
It is RC's Incredibly Egotistical Birthday Party and End-of-the-World Celebration.
If anyone in the area's around, please come support the Arts Council tomorrow, N and West Main St., Merced. 9;00 pm.
Ten dollar donation.
http://www.artsmerced.org/exhibits/index.html
And there is another Merced Art Hop coming ip on the 19th of next month, a Saturday...
http://www.artsmerced.org/exhibits/index.html
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 20, 2012 - 09:18am PT
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hey there say, paul, mouse, and justthemaid...
very nice shares... very nice!
thanks for the links!
here is the secret santa that was just opened and shared, so i can share it...
(i had two others, but they are more on a personal note for someone, so won't share them, unless they do, someday)...
here is the this one, from strangedays photo that he shared a ways back...
it is acrylic, this time:
here's a surprise gift for my stamp-fairy to give to her nephew's wife...
(the man recently died, but he got to hold his grandbabe, first)...
it was my way to thank her for all her stamp support for christmas
cards, over the last few years:
and here is lynne's, which she has now, and won't mind if i share:
got some more, in the works...
will take a bit though... after the holiday season...
:)
still want to get to my heron, :)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 20, 2012 - 09:43am PT
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hey there all, say, well... got to get back to work around here, :)
here is a few that i found, and wanted to keep around, as i love the style...
two names, i did not get recorded, :(
:)
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Dec 20, 2012 - 10:15am PT
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I agree.. great shares everyone. It's nice this thread has some wings. Keep 'em comin'
@Just In: My prices are all over the board depending on the size and complexity. I don't do full-sized pieces or commission any longer. These days I work small-scale or in miniature and only do shows seasonally. Most run in the $70 - $500 range.
The fairy girl sold for around $1500.00 if I recall. It was unfortunately condemned to a poorly-lit light box - never to see the light of day again... much to my chagrin. It was a battle to get permission to de-install it temporarily to photograph it for my book.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Dec 21, 2012 - 05:57pm PT
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Today we went to the Legion of Honor to see the exhibit "Treasures of the Louvre". Most of the items exhibited were crafted during the reigns of Louis XIV to XVI. The items are indeed treasures, at the intersection of art and craft. The workmanship was the best, as you would expect for items that were all made for the royals of the time.
Snuff boxes were big back then, or maybe they were easy to hide so didn't get confiscated and melted down in the Revolution. Gold ecrusted with diamonds and other precious stones, many with impeccable enameling.
I liked this piece quite a bit. It's walnut with a marble top, and all of the inset panel of the birds and flowers are made from inset stone.
Description reads: low cabinet from a pair with Florentine pietre-dure panels, circa 1765-1170
Made for duc d'Aumont
Joseph Baumhauer (German, active France; died 1772), cabinetmaker
Pietre dure (hardstones, ebony, tortoiseshell, brass, pewter, marble, and gilt-bronze mounts
40 3/16 x 30 5/16 x 19 5/16 inches
Musee du Louvre, Paris
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 21, 2012 - 06:17pm PT
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I've been a pretty serious collector of art and antiques for over 30 years:
I've got a house full--mostly 17th-18th century, but I have owned some nice 19th-20th century pieces. I'm particularly fond of Thomas Hill, since he is known for Yosemite images.
I sold my last piece by him 15 years ago- wish I hadn't. Anyway, here are 2 modern pieces--the only two I have by living artist:
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Dec 21, 2012 - 07:37pm PT
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Those are beautiful, SteveA. Are most of your newer artworks in that photorealist vein?
I took a couple of classes once from a locally based artist, Jim Torlakson, who has often worked that way:
http://www.jamestorlakson.com
He's a wonderful artist, with many works in museum collections, and a wonderful teacher.
Phyl
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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Dec 21, 2012 - 09:59pm PT
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Organizing and found two Yosemite sketches. Think I'm going to enlarge the T. Meadows into a 4' x 6'. Much great work on this thread... really enjoy seeing it.
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Dec 22, 2012 - 03:37am PT
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If those are the sketches to which you refer, Paul, bravo!
Have you seen any of FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH's sketches? They blow me away, and I like them more than his finished paintings.
Love your exhibition reports, Phylp. I was reminded today for some reason of seeing the Gee's Bend Quilts when they came to the De Young, and I honestly don't think I've ever been more moved by art in a museum. I never would have imagined that specific medium would grab me like it did. Those quilts just seemed so natural and effortless, and yet so stunningly beautiful.
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 22, 2012 - 09:03am PT
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Phyl,
The 2 paintings I posted are the only modern works I own. I primarily collect decorative arts of the 17th-18th century. I do like paintings and own quite a few 19th century works.
Here is an English landscape I bought recently by Henry Hillier Parker:
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eKat
Trad climber
Less than a second shy of 49 minutes
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Dec 22, 2012 - 09:06am PT
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Paul. . . LEMBERT DOME!
I LOVE YOUR WORK!
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