Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-07 Thread Share Long
John, I wouldn't be surprised if his current girlfriend, Amal Alamuddin is the one. She is also a super star in her field, law, which is not only different than his, but one he can respect. I couldn't find any info on her birthday other than the year. Friends are quoted as saying they expect

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-07 Thread jr_esq
Share, If George Clooney ever gets married, it is also possible that he'll get involved in politics. This is due to the exalted Sun in his chart. Can you imagine him as the next president of the US? I would bet many of the women votes will go to him if he ever runs for any political

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-07 Thread emilymaenot
You betcha John, us womenfolks, we base our votes on the important stuff, like how many times George Clooney has been titled sexiest man of the year...or, have I misinterpreted you? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Share, If George Clooney ever gets married, it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-07 Thread jr_esq
Emily, I'm trying to describe the unusual feature in Clooney's chart in simple terms. In other words, his tenth house, representing his career, is not very strong since Mars, the 10th lord, is placed in the sixth house. Ordinarily, this would mean that this person will have difficulty in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-07 Thread emilymaenot
Well, while it is true that your statement is Greek to me, it does jibe generally with the saying that behind every great man is a great woman. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Emily, I'm trying to describe the unusual feature in Clooney's chart in simple terms. In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-06 Thread Share Long
John, George Clooney's birthday is May 6, 1961 so right away we know something important: exalted Sun! On Saturday, April 5, 2014 4:29 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:   Share, I'd be interested to look at his jyotish chart.  He probably has a yoga for bachelorhood, but not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-06 Thread jr_esq
Share, Yes, he does have an exalted Sun. In Bhrigu Nandi Nadi jyotish, it means that his father was very successful. He also has an exalted Venus, which refers to his aunt, since Venus is next to the Sun. His aunt is further a well known musical celebrity herself. In addition, this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread LEnglish5
They'd mostly sell based on the fact that he's a former President, but yeah, far, FAR better than I can do (damning with seriously faint praise). L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : I hate to admit it, but they're not bad, IMHO. He has a good eye, if not a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : George W. Bush has recently displayed his works of art, as shown in the link below. What do you think? He's a better artist than he was a president. http://news.yahoo.com/photos/portraits-by-george-w-bush-slideshow/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread dmevans365
Absolutely. I saw these and was pretty impressed with his talent. I wish he'd never gone into politics. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : George W. Bush has recently displayed his works of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread Mike Dixon
Not bad for someone who just took up painting portaits. However, it does look like *painting by numbers* LOL! On Saturday, April 5, 2014 6:50 AM, dmevans...@yahoo.com dmevans...@yahoo.com wrote:   Absolutely.  I saw these and was pretty impressed with his talent.  I wish he'd never gone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread salyavin808
Erm, I was being sarcastic. How about: his talent as a painter is exceeded only by his talent as a foreign diplomat. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dmevans365@... wrote : Absolutely. I saw these and was pretty impressed with his talent. I wish he'd never gone into politics.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread emilymaenot
That's funny. I did think they were better than anything he ever did as president. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Erm, I was being sarcastic. How about: his talent as a painter is exceeded only by his talent as a foreign diplomat. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread nablusoss1008
Really ? Looks like the people he did portraits of has serious skin-diseases. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dmevans365@... wrote : Absolutely. I saw these and was pretty impressed with his talent. I wish he'd never gone into politics. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread emilymaenot
That's funny too. Hey, I look at those portraits and I recognize their likeness. Personally, I have zero ability in the arena of portraiture. For me, even a paint by numbers canvass would generate something a 5-yr old might do. I am more abstract spatially. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread authfriend
That isn't a very high bar. ;-) The portraits are better than that. They really are quite good. They're not just likenesses; most of them tell you something about the personalities as Bush perceived them. That's funny. I did think they were better than anything he ever did as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread emilymaenot
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : That isn't a very high bar. ;-) The portraits are better than that. Yes. He could have pursued a different career. They really are quite good. They're not just likenesses; True. (I'm working on conflict avoidance. Oh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread Bhairitu
He probably should have been an artist and stayed out of the family business. He always seemed uncomfortable trying to play President. On 04/05/2014 05:45 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : George W. Bush has recently displayed his works of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread salyavin808
I'm being too harsh, they are actually pretty good insights. The one of Blair makes him look like a vampire, so Bush must have known him really well. A lot of the pictures give you a sense of the humour and kindness of the people, especially the easterners. Not bad. I'd let him do one of me.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread emilymaenot
Re: trying to play President I always had that impression also; total fish out of water and an idiot to boot. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : He probably should have been an artist and stayed out of the family business. He always seemed uncomfortable trying

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Salyavin, It all depends if he can sell these artworks for millions during his lifetime, and if the art collectors in the future would value them like those of Van Gough and Monet. But I would have to give him credit for expanding his creative talents after leading the US into expensive war

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Emily, He can be the poster boy for executives and CEOs who are contemplating retirement, as well as those senior citizens who are trying to develop their talents. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dmevans365@... wrote : Absolutely. I saw these and was pretty impressed with his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Mike, You'd have to say Dubya's more successful than most artists since he's able to show his art, whether amateurish or not, to the world in a very short time. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote : Not bad for someone who just took up painting portaits. However, it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Nabs, To be diplomatic, one can say he has a unique style of capturing the essence of the person on canvas. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Really ? Looks like the people he did portraits of has serious skin-diseases. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread authfriend
I seriously doubt he'll sell them (he might give away a few to friends). The best of them will probably end up in his presidential library for the public to see. In any case, if art collectors were to get hold of them, they'd be valued only as curiosities. They're hardly works of artistic

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Bhairitu, I'd to recheck Dubya's jyotish chart to find out where he got this talent for art. But I do remember he has Saturn and Mercury in the first house, just like Bill Clinton. And both of them were born under the sign of Cancer. Because of this, Sanjay Rath, the jyotishi, was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread salyavin808
I'd like to know how much they would go for. Not sure how much of a draw his name would be even as the work isn't that good. Hitler's watercolour daubings would probably sell for a lot even though they aren't anything special. I suppose it's what history thinks of the celeb doing the work.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Judy, I'm still puzzled at how these art critics can proclaim the works of Van Gogh to be artistic genius. From what I understand, when he painted his self-portrait, he was already insane. And, if he were alive today, he'd be astonished that his paintings are now valued in millions of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread authfriend
You might want to check on YouTube for videos of art-appreciation programs. There's probably at least a couple on Van Gogh that would help you see why he's considered a master. Not sure what difference it makes whether he was insane when he painted a particular work (he painted dozens of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread Share Long
John, I understand what you're saying. Van Gogh is not one of my favorite artists and it has nothing to do with his mental situation.  I am also mystified as to why some artists' works fetch such a high price. OTOH, I walk into an art gallery and immediately find the work that I absolutely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread salyavin808
The fact he had mental problems didn't detract from or affect his painting. He had mastered most aspects of art before he adopted the life of a penniless traveller. I went to the major retrospective of his work at the Royal Academy in London recently, everything from his sketches to his last

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread authfriend
IMO, if he were to take lessons in painting technique, it might kill what talent he has. The portraits, at least, are to my eye very right-brained; he has just enough technique to be able to do a recognizable likeness and get his very vivid sense of the personality on the canvas. If he had to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread Bhairitu
So what about the other Cancer ascendants that have that configuration who didn't rise to power? One thing about the painters is that if their technique is consistent then it becomes a style and attracts followers that way. On 04/05/2014 11:23 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: Bhairitu, I'd

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Share, As the old saying goes, Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. But I imagine, the artistry lies in combining different colors, along with the shades of dark and light. I remember one painting style which makes the portrait look crystal clear. I don't how it's done. But I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread salyavin808
Yes, I know what you mean. He's one of those people that make me grind my teeth in anger. It's a surprise that he has any interests other than playing golf. But he has got a way of catching people - sometimes - his one of the Dalai Lama is well jolly. Hitler's stuff gets pooh-poohed but I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Salyavin, That's a nice painting there which I've seen somewhere before. I'd have to check his jyotish chart to find out why he became insane and what are the planetary combinations that gave him the talent for painting. In general, talent in art is a manifestation of passion for work and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Judy, The fact that he saw the world differently in various colors and shades is probably the reason why art critics like his works. Could he have painted just as well if he were sane or whatever was troubling him at the time? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote :

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread Share Long
Salyavin, I also thought the Putin portrait was scary looking. And I also agree with whoever said they looked like paint by numbers. Though I don't like Bush, I admire that he launched himself into such new territory at his age. I think Grandma Moses did too. But she was, I think, more

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Bhairitu, I suppose painting is similar to music, as in George Shearing using block chords in his repertoire, and Miles Davis using quartal chords in his composition, So What? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : So what about the other Cancer ascendants that have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread authfriend
I read that he only started painting in 2012. That's amazing. The Dalai Lama is nice...but I don't get the sense that Bush had much insight into him. The one of his father is just inexplicable; it doesn't even look like him, and there's no sense whatsoever of the personality that I can see.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread Share Long
John, beauty is a fascinating topic from many angles. For example, I can totally see why people say that George Clooney is very handsome, etc. But there are other actors who I find far more attractive. Go figure! On Saturday, April 5, 2014 2:49 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Share, Now that you've mentioned it, I've always wondered why George Clooney is still single after dating all of those gorgeous women he was associated with in the past. Now, he's got a new girlfriend again. One wonders if he'll ever get married. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread emilymaenot
I wonder if that is how he sees his father when he looks at him. It is very odd; in fact it is more a caricature of him - almost cartoon-like. H It *is* funny how he painted himself, trying to look stately, or something. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread Share Long
John, he has often stated that he never intends to marry. In fact, he broke up with one girlfriend simply because she admitted in an interview that she wanted to marry someday and have children. On Saturday, April 5, 2014 3:33 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:   Share, Now that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread jr_esq
Share, I'd be interested to look at his jyotish chart. He probably has a yoga for bachelorhood, but not necessarily celebate. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : John, he has often stated that he never intends to marry. In fact, he broke up with one girlfriend

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-05 Thread steve.sundur
The bumper stick I liked the best was, . and somewhere in Texas a village is missing it's idiot ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : Re: trying to play President I always had that impression also; total fish out of water and an idiot to boot. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-04 Thread authfriend
I hate to admit it, but they're not bad, IMHO. He has a good eye, if not a brilliant technique. Interestingly, what seems to me to be the least successful portrait in this series is the one of his father, which barely even resembles him. The best one, I think, is of Blair. It reveals

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya's Artworks

2014-04-04 Thread jr_esq
I particularly like his self-portrait. Though I'm not an art expert, yes you're right. He has his own style of painting. Dubya could probably sell a lot of his art works at a very high price--particularly to rich Republican supporters. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@...