I just gave myself a pat on the back for having the good sense to fall in love with pandas. And another pat on the back for finding you and your pandas on FezBook! If I keep patting myself on the back, I’ll be black and blue from my self congratulations! But, thank you for bringing your art into my life. You are so gifted, so talented,and so funny. Thanks be to her highness, Princess Pinky(aka Bao Bao) who had to be about the cutest thing I had ever seen!
I love your “originals.” And your wonderful panda cartoons keep me sane! Thank you!
LOVE the “Vermeer” and you know how I feel about Damnation Silly, Silly Pose. As amazing as the “David” is, I’ve always found the Marat/French Revolution image & story a bit creepy. You know the (panda) Sargent I have in mind. Fingers crossed. Hope you get lots of inquiries for other commissions!!!
I haven't tried to copy a master but I did "restore" a painting of a California artist who painted Yosemite in the 1800's ( I think I figured out who the artist was, but forget now. Not the first tier of famous, but maybe second tier.) The painting was cut down to fit a frame, so no signature, and when I found it , it had huge holes in it. I took it to a restore at the Oakland museum where they have a big collection of California art and made a plan for me to restore the painting. In doing it I really tried (and I think I succeeded) in getting into the artist's head. Trying to pick the right colors, the right brush strokes, I found myself asking him, "What would you do here?" It was a wonderfully enlightening experience.
I don't know if this allows for photos . I'll put them on OHOF I will say the photos show the lines where the canvas is glued - In person you don't really see them, but I deliberately restored it with "undoing" it in mind, because I didn't want to be responsible for ruining what was left of it. But you're right, there was nothing to lose.
I just gave myself a pat on the back for having the good sense to fall in love with pandas. And another pat on the back for finding you and your pandas on FezBook! If I keep patting myself on the back, I’ll be black and blue from my self congratulations! But, thank you for bringing your art into my life. You are so gifted, so talented,and so funny. Thanks be to her highness, Princess Pinky(aka Bao Bao) who had to be about the cutest thing I had ever seen!
I love your “originals.” And your wonderful panda cartoons keep me sane! Thank you!
LOVE the “Vermeer” and you know how I feel about Damnation Silly, Silly Pose. As amazing as the “David” is, I’ve always found the Marat/French Revolution image & story a bit creepy. You know the (panda) Sargent I have in mind. Fingers crossed. Hope you get lots of inquiries for other commissions!!!
I haven't tried to copy a master but I did "restore" a painting of a California artist who painted Yosemite in the 1800's ( I think I figured out who the artist was, but forget now. Not the first tier of famous, but maybe second tier.) The painting was cut down to fit a frame, so no signature, and when I found it , it had huge holes in it. I took it to a restore at the Oakland museum where they have a big collection of California art and made a plan for me to restore the painting. In doing it I really tried (and I think I succeeded) in getting into the artist's head. Trying to pick the right colors, the right brush strokes, I found myself asking him, "What would you do here?" It was a wonderfully enlightening experience.
I don't know if this allows for photos . I'll put them on OHOF I will say the photos show the lines where the canvas is glued - In person you don't really see them, but I deliberately restored it with "undoing" it in mind, because I didn't want to be responsible for ruining what was left of it. But you're right, there was nothing to lose.