Platt, You are absolutely correct. Bo's paintings are dynamic,,, like the man.
Marsha -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MD] Rough seas For paintings of the sea no one has surpassed the great American painter Winslow Homer. But I can testify that the quality of Bo's sea paintings are as good as Homer's. They are the work of genius. Platt On 12 Sep 2009 at 3:38, MarshaV wrote: > > > Awesome! All intellectual patterns just seem to blow away with the foam. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 2:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MD] Rough seas > > Hi folks > For once I stray from the MOQ. There is a German writer - Bernard > Kellermann - who wrote a book called "Das Meer" ('The Ocean' or > 'The Sea' in English) about his stay on the French island Ouessant off > the Bretagne coast. This was in the early twentieth century, when the > population were fishermen and sailors and as this region is notorious > for its extreme ebb/flood difference (8-10 meters) and rough weather > they had many narrow esapes. I found this video clip of a storm > around there and as a "stormbird" and dabbler in seascape paintings I > was absolutely fascinated. Take a look at this address: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2LeNBY_5gk&feature=related > > The waters around there are spotted with lighthouses, two on the > Ouessean itself - Creach and Stiff (both described by Kellermann, the > former the world's strongest lightwise ) - and some on rocks off the > island and. If these are manned they surely had a tough time during > this storm. BTW Kellermann has written another novel - "The Tunnel" > - about a project to connect Europe and the USA under the Atlantic, > this somehow reminded me of Ayn Rand. > > Bodvar > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
