Hi Platt & Ron, I like the beautiful, but painting for me is like spinning.
Marsha At 11:13 AM 2/12/2007, you wrote: >Marsh, Platt, >I was a freelance Illustrator for 15 years before getting into >engineering. painting for me, like platt, is an appreciation of beauty. >I studied under a wildlife illustrator during art school and dropped >hunting for the most part in lieu of sketching and documenting >What I see.I enjoy filtering reality through myself onto the page, only >when painting was as natural as getting out of bed did >I cease to care if what I was painting was accurate to my subject and >more my interpetation of it. >-x > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 7:31 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MD] Painting > >Quoting MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi Platt, > > > > I was doing intaglio printmaking, before I started painting. The > > prints were of the disturbing variety. After my husband died, my > > first print was really frightening. It really reflected a hideous > > fear. In 1998, I was lucky enough to spend 6 weeks in Italy looking > > at the art. I started painting when I got home. I didn't want to be > > an 'artist', I wanted to make magic by painting, with no ego. I am a > > student, not a master. > > > > What is the history of Platt and painting? > >Hi Marsha, > >I began drawing cartoons in high school and progressed to painting >landscape watercolors from there. Homer has been a major influence. >There's a hymn that best expresses my reason for painting: > >For the beauty of the earth, >For the glory of the skies, >For the love which from our birth, >Over and around us lies. >Lord of all, to thee we raise. >This our hymn of grateful praise. > >For me, painting is a form of grateful praise for the beauty I have >experienced. And yes, I too am just a student. > >Platt > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------- >This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
