tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post8348730842712251739..comments2024-03-28T06:18:17.942-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Disappearing SnowJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-58268219993303193662008-01-14T22:52:00.000-05:002008-01-14T22:52:00.000-05:00I love this painting.I <B>love</B> this painting.Jason Waskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980929709727586080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-48227057458056492892008-01-09T01:29:00.000-05:002008-01-09T01:29:00.000-05:00Okay, thanks. Some person must have dropped the f...Okay, thanks. Some person must have dropped the feather, I guess. Either that or a guinea fowl was very, very lost!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-11376819711812763652008-01-09T00:43:00.000-05:002008-01-09T00:43:00.000-05:00Well, I would probably turn down an art student's ...Well, I would probably turn down an art student's offer for a $10 pencil or charcoal sketch. But a more lasting oil painting at a (much) higher price would be a much harder offer to decline. <BR/><BR/>I could be wrong on this, otherwise the enterprise I'm describing would be what was meant by the phrase, "canvass the neighborhood."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60831849758909299992008-01-08T21:08:00.000-05:002008-01-08T21:08:00.000-05:00Wow, this is lovely . . . and I love the limited p...Wow, this is lovely . . . and I love the limited palette.Maggie Stiefvaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842527558335640093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-79534449291395219972008-01-08T21:00:00.000-05:002008-01-08T21:00:00.000-05:00OK, a few answers:Gator, actually it turned out th...OK, a few answers:<BR/>Gator, actually it turned out that by chance I knew the guy who lived in the house I was painting. He came out and shot the breeze with us for a while. <BR/><BR/>Amy, I wonder if you found a feather of a guinea fowl. That's the one I've got on the last page of JTC.<BR/><BR/>And Dan, believe it or not, when I was traveling across country as an art student, I got turned down by about five homeowners in a row for the proposal of a $10.00 sketch of their house. Go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-72072440860555085702008-01-08T20:47:00.000-05:002008-01-08T20:47:00.000-05:00Lovely streetscape. I like the way you paint thing...Lovely streetscape. I like the way you paint things-as-they-are and include phone lines and road signs. I know your 90 degree rule helps you paint scenes that normally would not get a second look. Painting them encourages and rewards that second look.<BR/><BR/>I've often wondered if people would want to buy paintings like the one you did today in Rhinecliff. If someone like you showed up at my door offering to do an hour's oil sketch of my house for, gee, I don't know, $250, I doubt I'd turn him down. A painter's busking. Do people do that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-63241925898263489872008-01-08T18:03:00.000-05:002008-01-08T18:03:00.000-05:00Dear James Gurney,This isn't relevant to your topi...Dear James Gurney,<BR/><BR/>This isn't relevant to your topic, I apologize. I wanted to ask: in Journey to Chandara, you have a picture of a feather -- a blackish feather with many white spots. I found the same feather years ago in a park here in British Columbia and have never been able to identify it. Do you know what bird it comes from?<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/>AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-48091521839734313632008-01-08T17:48:00.000-05:002008-01-08T17:48:00.000-05:00were the people inside the house creeped out that ...were the people inside the house creeped out that you set up camp right infront of there house and stared at it for a few hours...HAHA!<BR/><BR/>that is unless you gave the painting to them...in that case you can set up in front of my house anytime...haha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com