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Post by bazbear on May 14, 2011 3:55:57 GMT -4
Obviously beautiful, a skilled painter of something no other painter has seen first hand. But he claims using moon dust in his beauties. I have a hard time believing that. (unless it's the ersatz stuff). Is that what he means?
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Post by chrlz on May 14, 2011 6:29:49 GMT -4
It's true. www.alanbeangallery.com/ab-artist.html"To add to the unique character of his paintings, and to give them the very personal touch of a man fortunate to have walked on the Moon, he cuts small pieces from the U.S. flag (No. 2 in the photo above) and the NASA and Apollo 12 mission patches and his name tag that were sewn on his EVA space suit and fixes them on the textured surface using a thin acrylic medium. Because Bean and Conrad spent more than seven hours outside the lunar module and got their suits very dirty as they worked, each of the fragments is impregnated with small amounts of lunar dust. As a final touch, Bean adds small pieces from the gold Kapton foil that insulated the command module Yankee Clipper's hatch leading to the lunar module Intrepid (No. 3 in the photo above). He also adds charred particles (No. 4 in the photo above) from Yankee Clipper's heat shield.
"Thus the base layer of all of his paintings contain small pieces of his space suit and the command module and also very small amounts of Moon dust."
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Post by lionking on May 16, 2011 8:18:42 GMT -4
I unerstand that they mean to him, but I don't like such drawings..I prefer drawings of nature, of princesses..stuff like that thta moves the emotions and imagination, but it is thoughtful of him to use this technique..he will sell more
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Post by Halcyon Dayz, FCD on May 16, 2011 11:26:08 GMT -4
Men Walking On An Other World moves my emotions and imagination.
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Post by gillianren on May 16, 2011 13:59:37 GMT -4
When I was waiting for my back social security payments, I dabbled with the notion of spending some of the money on one of the prints. There's something so stunning about the idea behind his work. The thought that they're created by a man who has stood there, so far from home, and experienced personally a dream of millions. They're not bad art, either.
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Post by drewid on May 16, 2011 14:43:38 GMT -4
Men Walking On An Other World moves my emotions and imagination. Truth. Princesses - not so much.
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Post by Ginnie on May 16, 2011 19:18:43 GMT -4
I unerstand that they mean to him, but I don't like such drawings..I prefer drawings of nature, of princesses..stuff like that thta moves the emotions and imagination, but it is thoughtful of him to use this technique..he will sell more What good about "art" is that anyone can find what appeals to them. I've been painting for a few years now, and I find that often I can't predict how much a painting can "move" me - even though I'm the one painting it! An example: I once painting a fairly benign scene - in the forest, a stream running through it, a big long log on the banks, a little cabin in the background. But it was boring and needed something... So I added one little thing that totally changed the painting and the emotional response it would give: I painted a young girl, sitting on the log facing the river, with her elbows on her knees. It gave the scene impact, a story, and a focus. Why was she there? Was she going to jump in the river? (you couldn't see her face, she was looking down). Was she reflecting upon something? Was she sad, happy, maybe staring at frogs in the water? So an "ordinary" painting (to me) became a very interesting one. If I can get a picture of it I'll post it. I haven't painted any good "space" pictures yet. My avatar is a painting I did of Apollo 11 blasting off. More of my paintings here: pauljhalley.110mb.com/index.html
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Post by gillianren on May 16, 2011 23:24:46 GMT -4
Were they happy little trees in that forest, Ginnie?
ETA--Actually, I find Bob Ross soothing and have considered buying DVDs of the show. Just the thing for panic attacks.
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Post by lionking on May 17, 2011 3:19:32 GMT -4
I agree that not every natural scene move emotions I was listening to a song on youtube and I liked the drawings in it a lot www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvp9eWW9nLIWhat moved my emotions is Qadisha Valley, aka the valley of saints that I went to Suday on a trip..really if one goes to all Lebanon and didn't visit this scene as if he didn't do anything.. I am sure if you were here you would have liked to draw it
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Post by Ginnie on May 17, 2011 16:46:26 GMT -4
Were they happy little trees in that forest, Ginnie? ETA--Actually, I find Bob Ross soothing and have considered buying DVDs of the show. Just the thing for panic attacks. The trees had red and orange leaves, so it was fall... As for panic attacks - I take Cipralex and avoid caffeine.
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Post by Ginnie on May 17, 2011 16:48:22 GMT -4
I agree that not every natural scene move emotions I was listening to a song on youtube and I liked the drawings in it a lot www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvp9eWW9nLIWhat moved my emotions is Qadisha Valley, aka the valley of saints that I went to Suday on a trip..really if one goes to all Lebanon and didn't visit this scene as if he didn't do anything.. I am sure if you were here you would have liked to draw it Honestly, almost anything can inspire me artistically - even a rock or a crack in the sidewalk. A dead leaf even.
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Post by echnaton on May 17, 2011 17:15:11 GMT -4
As for panic attacks - I take Cipralex and avoid caffeine. I take caffeine to avoid lethargy attacks.
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Post by gillianren on May 17, 2011 17:48:21 GMT -4
I'm treatment resistant, it appears. It doesn't matter what I take. At least Bob Ross helps me believe that there's something happy!
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Post by Data Cable on May 18, 2011 11:17:38 GMT -4
Actually, I find Bob Ross soothing and have considered buying DVDs of the show. Just the thing for panic attacks. Bob Ross: The Human Qualude
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Post by gillianren on May 18, 2011 12:14:52 GMT -4
Exactly!
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