tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post343325774523184746..comments2023-03-31T05:24:31.916-04:00Comments on Color Sweet Tooth: The Wrinkles and the GreySteve Emeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-15100103912900849832009-04-27T00:52:00.000-04:002009-04-27T00:52:00.000-04:00steve, please don't put make-up on this face...I h...steve, please don't put make-up on this face...I hope i don't hurt any feelings but this face is such a great face, a painter's face, a thinker's face, a watcher's face...don't change it by making it colorful or more "painterly"... i am attached to it the way it is...<br /><br />and i am trying to write those 10 scraps and it's damned hard...and i'm damned tired and should take a pic and paint meL'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-87883926568302795092009-04-23T22:44:00.000-04:002009-04-23T22:44:00.000-04:00very interesting you realized you were complex at ...very interesting you realized you were complex at such a young age, especially given you were a complex young man and not a woman, who is always complex, it seems....it gives a perspective on why you paint, what you paint, how you paint and screw the world if they don't get it! very huge exclamation point....i like that ;) <br /><br />that makes two of us.L'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-68532650848723948892009-04-23T21:13:00.000-04:002009-04-23T21:13:00.000-04:00Gina - thank you so much. Maybe I will get to som...Gina - thank you so much. Maybe I will get to some of those other portraits...Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-29932692257153534652009-04-21T10:28:00.000-04:002009-04-21T10:28:00.000-04:00The self-portrait is brilliant. No hat, no glasses...The self-portrait is brilliant. No hat, no glasses. Just Steve. I love the older changes; in myself and others. <br /><br />What else can I say? Your self-portrait is so much as I imagined you - pensive and intense. You are many things, as we all are. But this is a side of you that I can image and appreciate.<br /><br />I would love to see other portraits!<br /><br />All the love,<br />GinaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-30121498829061218852009-04-20T21:23:00.000-04:002009-04-20T21:23:00.000-04:00Susan - It doesn't feel particularly brave of me i...Susan - It doesn't feel particularly brave of me if they come out well. I think it would be tough to post something I wasn't pleased with.<br /><br />Alex - I have never felt this way towards you. Interesting, really, since you have a gift for creative ways to get people riled up.<br /><br />And really, this image is just me looking with full intensity - taking me apart with my eyes. I think Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-72344668967096772682009-04-20T20:07:00.000-04:002009-04-20T20:07:00.000-04:00Yes, I like this portrait very much... very inten...Yes, I like this portrait very much... very intense ....deep... very striking.... now that I think about it, significantly (?)missing intense color....giggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173558660571799919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-72297294535190595372009-04-20T11:05:00.001-04:002009-04-20T11:05:00.001-04:00(Or maybe you've already done it and I missed it)....(Or maybe you've already done it and I missed it). By the way, I want to say that these remarks are NOT intended as criticisms of THIS painting, which I like very much.Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-36847668444461083982009-04-20T11:05:00.000-04:002009-04-20T11:05:00.000-04:00Oops, that should say reds and blues.
What if you...Oops, that should say reds and blues.<br /><br />What if you splashed clear, transparent colors on the page the way you often do and then painted your face over those colors?<br /><br />So your inner radiance shines through.<br /><br />I know it's there or you wouldn't be able to paint those magnificent paintings!Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-4619524270417287622009-04-20T11:02:00.000-04:002009-04-20T11:02:00.000-04:00WOW! I love this. Very sensitive but definitely ...WOW! I love this. Very sensitive but definitely intense. I haven't done an upside down one in many years since I read that book long ago. I'll have to try it. I love your work.<br /><br />This is a bit darker than many of your others. What if you did one with a smile and some of those gorgeous clear yellows, reads, blues?<br /><br />(I like men, too, I was just annoyed at my husband when I Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-29670978218859137492009-04-20T10:21:00.000-04:002009-04-20T10:21:00.000-04:00I have declared today “National Say “Hello” Day!
...I have declared today “National Say “Hello” Day! <br /><br /> Hello!!!!!!<br /><br />n nice paintings, too!!!!okjimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013002335848390765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-52808843309850337662009-04-20T00:15:00.000-04:002009-04-20T00:15:00.000-04:00As with your previously posted self portraits, I f...As with your previously posted self portraits, I find it a little disconcerting. It is very obviously your face and yet you haven't captured it in a way that is familiar to me. Luckily, I have never been on the receiving end of that kind of intensity from you. When I look at this one, I find myself going through my mental rolodex of recent transgressions, trying to figure out which one is Alexhttp://a-markov.deviantart.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-20995115137905465032009-04-19T23:46:00.000-04:002009-04-19T23:46:00.000-04:00I admire your bravery and honesty in painting this...I admire your bravery and honesty in painting this remarkable image. If challenged to do my own self-portrait I'm not at all sure I'd have the courage to post it.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-58832360499675504742009-04-19T21:51:00.000-04:002009-04-19T21:51:00.000-04:00Summer - I never mind being compared to Gandalf. ...Summer - I never mind being compared to Gandalf. Doesn't usually happen, but...<br /><br />Utah - I'm not surprised that you like this one best, given your own drive to intense self revelation. I've been partly inspired by the way you dig deep into your self, your emotions, and your past in your art. Linda has been a similar muse in that direction...<br /><br />Genie - Thanks! I find less Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-34370135313973304312009-04-19T11:18:00.000-04:002009-04-19T11:18:00.000-04:00Blown away. The intensity of the expression is ver...Blown away. The intensity of the expression is very striking. And the song is beautiful.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-21995885256670869672009-04-18T10:58:00.000-04:002009-04-18T10:58:00.000-04:00fabulous painting steve and coupled with the beaut...fabulous painting steve and coupled with the beautiful lyrics, it spins a very complex tale...<br /><br />love itL'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-45453846125450696262009-04-18T07:15:00.000-04:002009-04-18T07:15:00.000-04:00A powerful painting of self by a "frighteningly" a...A powerful painting of self by a "frighteningly" amazing artist.Genie Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436772228339009624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-55365285691203829472009-04-18T03:18:00.000-04:002009-04-18T03:18:00.000-04:00This is my favorite painting of yours I've seen, b...This is my favorite painting of yours I've seen, but I am a great fan of the self-portrait. And I like the close, cropped, perspective. <br /><br />I'm giving you an award. It won't appear until late tomorrow.Utah Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385093247915560752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044778093667409865.post-73911605757073367152009-04-17T22:03:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:03:00.000-04:00Okay, maybe it's because of your title, but I imme...Okay, maybe it's because of your title, but I immediately thought of Gandalf (in a good way). Very intense. This must be what your paint brush sees, eh?Summer Kinardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071928555304030141noreply@blogger.com