jt-2007
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posted on August 11, 2001 01:21:09 AM
Share you favorite art, local art, your own art.
Here is my favorite local artist, Wyatt Waters. I have been blessed with the opportunity to see him work on two ocassions. Once painting flamingos at the zoo. Once painting a Pronto-Pup stand at the fair.
Gallery: http://www.wyattwaters.com/gallery/
T
Sleeping Beauty by Walter Anderson:
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saabsister
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posted on August 11, 2001 06:36:43 AM
Here's a minor work by a major player, George Ohr. I think he's the greatest ceramist of the twentieth century. There's a museum in Biloxi devoted to his work. I was lucky to see an exhibit of his pottery - art - at the Renwick here in DC. I had to have one of his pots and was lucky to be able to afford this one because it has a repair to the lip.
I hope this isn't too blurry - it's overcast here.
http://www.auctionwatch.com/awdaily/collectors/mostwanted/ohr/This is an article on Ohr on AuctionWatch.
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Hjw
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posted on August 11, 2001 07:36:21 AM
Saabsister
You are very lucky to have the Ohr pot!!! I understand that his pieces are going as high as 25,000 now!!! Andy Warhol used to collect them.
jt
I first saw Waters paintings in the Clarion Ledger. My crazy monitor has a color problem so I can't appreciate the quality of his paintings.
http://www.whattwaters.com/home/
I'm getting a new computer this month...the monitor and the CPU is archaic. I have to turn the dam thing off and on about three times a day and unplug it in order to keep it going.
I managed to see one of his paintings of Capital Street in Jackson on a book cover.
It's just like when I last left! 
He seems to capture the essence of the heat of the city with his hard edge paintings and use of color.
Helen
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saabsister
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posted on August 11, 2001 08:55:54 AM
jt
Nice colors in the paintings.
Helen, I've had the pot for several years. The picture on my monitor is about actual size.
I'd always told my art prof that if I had a choice between buying art work and buying another car, I would go with the art work, but you know how things go - you need a car to get to your job,etc. One year I unexpectedly inherited a little money and I bought the Ohr pot and a piece of humorous sculpture by A. Clark Bedford. I'll try to post a picture of that when my camera battery recharges.
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saabsister
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posted on August 11, 2001 09:19:55 AM
Here's Cubist Gumby.
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jt-2007
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posted on August 11, 2001 09:33:12 AM
LOL at Gumby.
Do you do any art work yourself? I oil painted for years. As kids came along, it was just too messy and time consuming. I still play with pastels or watercolor or clay or ink or whatever. It would be delightful to take a watercolor class from Mr. Waters. At any rate, I look forward to leisure art again when my kids are older and LESS DEMANDING.
I found this book called Discovering Great Artists (Amazon) that has kid level projects based on great masters. We are doing those this year and I do them right along with the kids.
But for now I have huge half painted murals in my packing room.  I love to look at art with any really talented watercolor artist being choice.
T
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saabsister
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posted on August 11, 2001 09:42:57 AM
I work with a camera - b+w photos that I develop and print and polaroids. Thanks to a clue from krs I now have a battery for my 35mm, but no space in the darkroom(it's filled with ebay stuff). I don't know how to take a picture of the photos without taking them out of their mats and frames - there's too much glare otherwise. Maybe I'll take one down and scan or photograph it later if I have time.
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saabsister
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posted on August 11, 2001 02:46:35 PM
jt, this is merely a study in tones - I tried to get both black and white with a variety of greys. It doesn't transfer well to the internet - it loses most of its detail and is very grainy. I'd better not put the best pictures up - I've been paid for some and others are of individuals who may not want their pictures on the net. This is just an alcove on my desk.
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saabsister
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posted on August 11, 2001 02:48:19 PM
Yikes! Too big. I'll try to resize it.
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jt-2007
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posted on August 11, 2001 03:30:35 PM
It's lovely Saab! And it loaded quite fast. You seem to like that same general "top finish detail" to your pots don't you? Just noticed they are similar. LOL
Thanks for showing it to me!
Hubby is in the process of selling our darkroom stuff. We so very seldom used it. His auction says it's "so we can have a downstairs bathroom again". GASP! Could, could... this be true?
I would have to live to be 1000 to do all the things I would like to do. Life is TOO short.
T
Are the Ohr pots signed? Just curious.
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saabsister
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posted on August 11, 2001 03:44:25 PM
Oh, jt, I hope you don't regret selling the darkroom equipment. I sold my potter's wheel, chemicals, and kiln about twenty years ago and after swearing that I'd never want to throw a pot again, I miss it and wish I could have a wheel at my disposal for a few days. However, it's now too expensive to replace it unless I get serious about ceramics. At this point I think I'd rather collect other ceramists' works.
What type of photography did you do? Did your kids ever print any pictures? My niece has done some wonderful work that I've printed for her. Kids see the most amazing things.
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Hjw
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posted on August 11, 2001 04:37:48 PM
What a lovely photograph! I appreciate the difficulty in getting those tones just right too. I'll never forget an assignment to photograph three eggs with shadows and tones just right. 
I have a lot of black and white photos of my children but nothing artistic. I agree with you about not selling your art and photo equipment. If I still had mine, I would be using it right now.
We live near Montgomery College, a small community college and I have taken a lot of art courses there including photography. What a lot of fun!!! You have a lot to look forward to, Terri.
Helen
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jt-2007
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posted on August 11, 2001 05:25:46 PM
Saab, It was really more hubby's thing than mine. He did aviation photos, me, the kids, some cool ones using a telescope of the moon, Saturn, a metor shower.
I made photos of the city, nature stuff. A rodeo a few times. Challenging to get even ONE good one of real action. Probably the two of my own that I liked best were a bull riders feet when he was lacing his worn boots, and a policeman on top of a tall building with a clock beside him and the moon behind him (in the daytime). (I didn't place him there, he was just there.) And there was is this OLD high rise hotel called the King Edward that has been condemed for 50(?) years. It is known for it't architectural features. Once we broke in on the sly and made some really nice ones there. Unfortunately my scanner hit the dust so I can't show you any of them effectively.
My older daughter did do some prints several times with hubby. They also did their hands together for me.
I think he will keep just enough stuff just to do simple B&W on minimum scale should we decide to. We had color and all that and it was just TOO much work to be worth it!
Digitally spoiled.
T
I hope so Helen. I have so much to do!
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saabsister
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posted on August 11, 2001 07:00:32 PM
jt
I'm glad you're keeping the darkroom equipment for black and white photography. I know several people who set up shop in a small bathroom. One person even uses a half bath and stacking trays for the developer,etc.
I've sneaked into a few old buildings in my time also.
A friend of mine has written a book on transfering photos to fabric. She made a vest, I think, of photos of her grandmother, her grandmother's high school graduation program, and other associated artwork.
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MichelleG
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:04:30 AM
Hi everyone,
This is my new favourite piece - I bought it last Friday
It's an Australian Flying Fox (aka Fruitbat) made by an Australian artist, Maggie Brockie who only started sculpting 5 years ago. I found her when we visted my DH's favourite winery - her partner owns it and exhibits her work. She specialises in clay sculptures of Australian wildlife and trust me, my shoddy camera work doesn't begin to do justice to her talent! Her pieces are extraordinary and I am fortunate to now possess 4 of them.
Michelle
*edited because my UBB know-how is still on vacation
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jumpinjacko
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:13:22 AM
Michelle
Did you say “fortunate to now possess 4 of them”
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EBAY ID
JUMPIN*JACK
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ZiLvY
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:13:34 AM
Hi Michelle, so the RT finally drove you Batty, eh? Loveable little darlin, what are the other pieces, also creatures?
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jt-2007
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:16:56 AM
Jeepers. It looks like a chihuahua with scuba fins, Michelle. What in the world will you do with that?
Now I am dying to know, what are the other 3?
T
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MichelleG
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:27:19 AM
Aww c'mon jumpin - he's awfully cute! I've never really liked animal stuff before (except for Animal the muppet )- most of it's a little too kitschy for my liking. I discovered Maggie's work while on vacation last year and just *had* to own some of it. We walked into the winery this year and this little guy has hanging on the wall - I knew he had to be mine too
Hi Zilvy! The other's are Australian animals too - a Sugar Glider, a Joey (baby kangaroo) and an Echidna. Evening's approaching and the light's too poor to photograph then now - I'll add to to tommorrow's honeydo list.
After hubby bought me this one, I found some seriously cool fairy penguins. Wondering if I can sneak one in to the house...
Michelle
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:29:10 AM
Doh! 
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jumpinjacko
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:30:10 AM
ola senorita ...
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MichelleG
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:35:48 AM
A chihuahua with scuba fins
jt that's the funniest thing I've read today
Oh - and I'm going to hang him on a wall.
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nettak
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posted on August 13, 2001 02:35:34 AM
You know Michelle I could let you have a few dozen of the real thing if you want. We have those pesky fruit bats in our palm trees and boy do they make a mess.
Jumpin that looks like one of my dogs, he still has to grow into his ears as well. 
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gravid
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posted on August 13, 2001 08:56:15 AM
We went to my Grandmother's house in Miami that had been closed up all summer due to her death. On the wall were 3 shiny ceramic pieces - an apple an onion and a big frog. My Mom grabbed the apple wiped it off - wrapped it in newspaper, and packed it in the box. Grabbed the frog to polish and he started kicking and struggling to get away.
She about croaked instead of the frog as she was sure he was a fake. Don't do that with the bat thingy. Hmmm... thought I had 3?
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stusi
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posted on August 13, 2001 08:58:04 AM
saabsister- is the gumby for sale?
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saabsister
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posted on August 13, 2001 09:18:56 AM
Nah, stusi, it isn't. The Hemphill Gallery in DC carried(may still carry) Bedford's work. The best piece in the show in my opinion was a spoof of Brancusi's Torso of a Young Man. It was like the original except it had a fig leaf.
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