The Four Elements

Gee..thanks so much ..you know I really appreciate this feedback
..but not so prolific..as I’ve been painting for over 30 years now..and I should have more..

I love this painting ..thanks so much

cathyxxooo

Thanks janis..I’ll have to look up the Bloomsbury group..I thought you said my work was like the the Omega group….??
ha!!!
I’m betting they are one and the same or related somehow..?
I’ve never heard of them.. but I will look them up as soon as I can.

thanks again!

Thanks AnaCBStudio..
nice of you to say that..!
have a great day

wow!! thanks ron….if you know any rich record cover people.. then send them my way.
..heeee!! ..tell em cathy walker has the most excellent cover just for them..
and what will they pay me for it…ha!! ..
ps/do record cover artists get paid very much ..?
..if they do then I think I’ll try to be one.. hhhee!!

thanks for that

WELL THANKS SO MUCH ..THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME..
SOMETIMES MY THOUGHTS ARE a bit.. SKEWWIFF..
BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE ARE oK..

THANKS AGAIN..i APPRECIATE THAT

Thanks so much Carlos..I think one of my better ones..glad you like it too!!

Thanks Linda.. I’m glad you like this one..and I appreciate the feedback!!

well thanks rosina..that’s wonderful..I appreciate the comment
and how are things in your neck of the woods..
I love some of your photography.. ..wish I had such a good eye through the camera lens..

wow!! thanks for that comment…

you’re too sweet nith..thanks!!!

Thanks again ..very kind and nice of you to say..and yes this has to be one of those surprise ones that I talked about before..

Thanks for that Joe..how kind to say that ..I’m glad you like this one.

very kind of you to say..and I’m glad that you like it.

Thanks so much for that beautiful review of this painting..I appreciate that you took the time to come in and say that you like it..
It also feels really nice to get some feedback and response for the ones that I think are my best ones..
thanks again ..and happy creating !!

Thanks so much cougarfan..I appreciate the feedback…glad that you like this one..
and I like your new avatar..very nice !!!..you’re so pretty!!

Thank you helene..I appreciate that !!

Thanks so much for that lovely comment about this painting.

Thanks so much for coming in and having a look and
thanks so much for the lovely comment..glad you like it..!!!

Thanks so much ..I appreciate that
It was a real success.. I was happy with the result in the end..and it took some time to finish this one…
very kind of you to comment.

really ..well,thankyou so much ..It took a lot of energy this one..and I was really pleased with the end result..
thanks again
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Hi dave..well that’s one kind comment..thanks so much I appreciate it wholeheartedly..and that painting you showed me..wow!! now that’s a masterful painter and a grande painting ..it blows me away how some people are so talented!!

glad you like mine too!!

Interesting.. You know what this could be
recently an artist commented that some of my work was like indian or arabic work ..now this IS really an Interesting observation..because
On my mothers side of the family they were all lebanese..they lived in a tiny house in Adelaide after migrating to australia from lebanon..most of my mums 10 brothers and sisters were born in australia..but they all spoke lebanese and the home culture was all lebanon..it was so wonderful and fascinating as a child to go and be amongst them.. they were quite poor but they justy made do with what they had..and all very religious ..catholics….with their holy pictures and small nick nacks from lebanon ..they were colourful , open , and very hospitable people and some were like prophets..hha!! and food was the biggie in their home..everything was centred around food..so that was an early childhood influence..On my fathers side he was an only child..and his mum was very victorian in her ways an attitude.. silver tea services and fine table linen etc etc though she was raised in New zealand my gran on dads side had parents who had come from a european background hawick in scotland and county cork in Ireland..so I guess I really do have the best of east meets west coming through in my art.

thanks..it was a good observation ..though there is definitely some middle eastern in my work. it’s coming through very subtle ..but sure.
thanks again
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good on you ..tell em…hhha!!!

I’m glad about that ..and maybe if I eventually sell it (because I sure need the money) ..I will cry it’s that lovely..!!

..but you never know..it wil probablyl go to a good home and they will love it like me..and I will just have to do another 4 elements theme..only the next one will be very different from this..this one can never be repeated..ever..there are just too many subtle dances of colour and brushstrokes..not even a good copier could copy it…hha!!

well that’s blowing my own trumpet isn’t it…

laughing a lot here !!

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Thanks firedrake..much appreciated that you like this one..

Thanks dave..that’s so nice..I appreciate that ..sometimes
we paint and paint for many years and a nasty thought comes up like.. “what’s it all for”
“why am I doing all this” what’s the purpose..??

..and then we get another insight..and we just know that it’s all pretty much beyond just our earthly egos..it’s all just coming from spirit.. we can’t help ourselves..we have to paint..!!!..even if no-one else sees it..and we just have to go on being creative.. it’s an inner urge..that never seems to go away..

then we find people or places like R/B ..and people let you know that your work is good..and that yes it’s all worth it..even if you never sold all that many over the years ..you just keep doing what your spirit wants you do ..and leave the rest to god..
I’m proud of this one..it has a load of energy and spirit..it’s almost like a holy painting .
thanks again
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Hi ..not yet but I will..later OK

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Yes..I think all creative people think this way at times well the ones I’ve met about 1/2 dozen of them feel the same way….but then again ..I guess anyone who works on anything might think the same way..at least we know we picked a job that will never get boring though .. and I’ll have to remember that ..
maybe god gave us this and it’s more of a PRIVILEGE ..to paint
we just can’t recognize that yet..
maybe we are the very lucky ones..maybe we don’t get much money ..but at least we don’t have that boring sort of job that a lot of people have to put up with in this world. ..

maybe we are the lucky and the blessed ones..and we should remember and use that to the best of our ability.

I have a lot of maybe’s don’t I

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HHmmm..I’ll have to find out about them..I promised janis I would too..
but I bet I won’t see much of a similarity with my work. ..I’ll have to check them out.

Thanks so much helene..nice of you to drop in ..I appreciate your comments and so glad you like this one..!!

It really IS very Interesting dave..and I want to put the pics in here
but they are photos..so I’ll have to get a friend to scan them in and then put them here from there..
Is there any other way to put them in here from photos that I have of this and the different stages that it went through because this changed so much ..and there is a completely different colour under this..the same painting but all pastel shades..until it turned into this version..I can’t wait to show you …I amaze myself sometimes..hha!!!! yolu know under here is a man and a woman
and they are embracing ..it was right in the middle..but I scrubbed that part..it’s still in the photos ..so as soon as I can get them here I will.

thanks

Hi dave..they are photos..how can I email them ..I have to scan them first…and I’m asking a friend to help me do this..It’s so Interesting looking back and seeing how this painting changed so much ..from the beginning of it to the finished one .

Thanks so much ..really glad that you like it..

Thanks so much ..I’m over looking at your gallery now..Ok

looks like you have some beauty’s..

thanks so much naomi..I really appreciate your kind comment..

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so glad you liked it ..thanks so much for taking the time to see this ..wish I could have had all the stages recorded..so I could see every step I took.. but that’s impossible unless someone is ready with a camera 24 hours a day..still it was enough to get an idea on what a big project it was for me and on some of the changes.

thanks again .. and much appreciated!!!

Thankyou paul..yes memories can be precious sometimes..!

much appreciated!

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hha!!..thanks paul…

what you show publicly ..looks good to me paul !

sweet helena..thanks so much ..glad you liked this one..and the different photos..

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Thanks so much ..I appreciate those words..
it was a real effort this one..but like you said..all worth it in the end..
You would be able to do a fantastic big painting I’m sure..
when you can ..give it a try..NO fear remember ..just see what emerges..I love your beautiful scenes and cats and can imagine either of those on a huge canvas..

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good ..I’m glad you enjoyed it..and thanks so much .

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Thanks so much ..yes I have to say it’s one of my favourites too..
much appreciated!

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You’re too kind..thanks for the lovely comment and I’m so glad that you like this.

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Thanks so much walt..very kind of you to say.
I went to the web and looked up rosseau again..yes he was the one that I loved all those years ago when I was at high school
I adored his work and I remembered right.. that he only did about 50 paintings..wow! after looking at them again..his paintings are just magnificent..and they said that he was just an amatuer artist ..but with such a proffessional look to his work he became a master in a lot of artists eyes and a lot of great painters loved his work..you never can tell with sheer talent like his..I think I liked everything about his painting.everything!

There were a few artists in my youth who could make me feel that way..here is my short list of artists I loved and was shown their work.

my father was the one that showed me some books on these artists..so I guess I can thank him for some of my inspiration as a young girl. .

Albert namitjira (because my father settled in batchelor ,darwin and there was a great aboriginal cultural happening in the top end of australia around that time..albert was an aboriginal artist who painted with the soul of his heritage but was also influenced by western artists paintings..he was great..look him up on the web OK.
my father did a good thing by letting me know about him.

then there was hans heysen he was an amazing german artist living in australia..and I don’t think I ever saw gum trees painted so wonderfully..he was a truly gifted artist..and I should go and look him up again…so I don’t forget how great he was

“masters of the japanese print” a book from my high school library..which was all about the paintings of the great japanese painters and printers ancient ..14th and 16th century etc
..soooo wonderful I could scare refrain from being so awed by this book and the drawings and paintings.!!
I could never get over the beauty of the line work by the japanese masters .

Gaugain (spelt wrong)..I just loved what he painted and how he painted so well so beautifully..and the colours..wow! ..I loved his whole life story ..though sad..he certainly pushed the boudaries of his life.

and strangely ..I just read that rosseau and gaugin knew each other and had a lot in common..wow!!

so there is a real connection going on here with the artists that astounded me.. some of them link up in some way.

will speak more of this later OK

thanks again ..much appreciated!

Thankyou so much ..I’m pleased you like it

much appreciated!
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Thanks heaps ming
I appreciate that

xxxooo

really..? well that’s so kind of you
and i’m rapt that you like it.

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Thankyou so much ..I appreciate the kind comment

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Thankyou so much nancy , this was oone of my bigger projects/paintings from a few years ago..and it seemd to take me forever to finish..but I was so pleased in the end when it turned out well.

much appreciated

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Thanks so much lui..so glad you like this one ..it’s a special one to me.

much appreciated
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Thanks so much robin..much appreciated!

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Thankyou so much ..yes it did do that ..in the end it glowed and it suprised me too!! it kind of finished itself off..and wanted to leave me with a good memory for all my hard effort..
plus the fact that I used some shellac…hhhhha!!

much appreciated!!

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That’s so nice of you james..thankyou!!..what a lovely thing to say and I’m so glad your’e enjoying looking through my gallery..
I guess I thought that this one was a beauty because it had so many layers ..layer over layer and took a long time to finish also when I look at this painting up close now it has so many colours all knitted together that I even suprise myself with it ..but it might not be the best..what is the best anyway..I’ve done small paintings that I like just as much ..so you’re right about that ..
maybe this one is my biggest project/painting and it took so long to finish and that the colours were so wonderful in the end that I call it one of my masterpeices..hha!!..I’m not really sure
but anyway .I really appreciate your kindness I’m grateful that you took time to come in here and comment .

as for my long replies..glad you do the same sometimes..I can be long winded..I can hold my breath and talk and talk..don’t get me going ..hhah!!

other times though ..I’m as quiet as a mouse…and sometimes don’t want to talk for days…I especially don’t like to talk when I paint..I find it too hard to talk and paint together.

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