The Pines #3

Paul, you’re a saint! Your comments are so thoughtful and gracious! I can’t thank you enough for your creative/constructive input. I value it highly. Glad you like.

A big “thank you” to you too Sylvia! You’ve been wonderfully considerate with your comments. I can’t thank you enough. I also enjoy hearing from you very much.

Thanks so much Mel! Very nice of you to say so. I actually did get lost in this forrest, well at least for about 30 seconds, hehe!

Hey there big guy! If you can’t come to the forrest, then the forrest will come to you. Just thinking, we artists are like mini film producers. We bring you our creations and hope they draw you into the atmosphere we’ve endeavored to create. The reception we receive tells the story.

Thanks as always Wayne and the best to you good buddy!

Well, I call it an oilgraph. Just kidding. It may seem strange being a photographer but I really have little interest in photography per se. Too much realism for me! I was schooled in painting from a very tender age and though I gave it up when quite young, I still seem to be pursuing it afterall. What I want to do is to make images that possess their own sense of self/identity and not that of anything else in particular, like a photograph. There should be some sense of inigma as to what you’re looking at. That for me is part and parcel of that “special” thing an artist should try and bring to their work. All said, thank you so much for your appreciation.

Do you mean you did a painting that this reminds you of or did you actually paint “The Pines?” Thank you so much for your compliment!

Oh, then I must look at them! Tomorrow I will do that. Thanks for responding.

That’s pretty much what I do with the majority of my work, Joe. I like to reduce the detailed hyper-reality that’s inherently built into photography by what I call repixelization, so that what you wind up with then is a horse of a different color. So photography for me is a jumping off point rather than an end in itself. Anyway, thanks for your complimentary observation. It’s music to my ears!

Glad you like this aila. Thanks for telling me so! Smiles to ‘ya!

How nice of you to say so. I also love your work! Mutual admiration… good stuff! Thanks again for your great response and support! -Mark :7 }

Thanks Liv. I’ve done a lot of trees and never thought too well of most of the work. This is a series of three I did the same day and for the life of me could never repeat or equal. So maybe it’s just a matter of odds. You do it til you get it right and then move on. I dunno. -Mark :7}

Thanks again Karen!

Thanks catherine!

Thanks for such a lovely comment Lynn. It’s much appreciated!