tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post2028695518320271870..comments2023-09-17T05:06:45.217-04:00Comments on Dan's Canvas: ImprovDan Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-75768652549019511202013-02-17T14:03:59.057-05:002013-02-17T14:03:59.057-05:00I was thinking there has to be a way to do this wi...I was thinking there has to be a way to do this with the figure too - I was thinking of Diebenkorn and a new artist I discovered named Sangram Majumdar. Neither work in watercolor. So I will be looking more at Shirley Trevena, thanks!<br /><br />And I'm glad you think this is fantastic, too. Thank you!Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-33568337660226312762013-02-17T13:57:23.478-05:002013-02-17T13:57:23.478-05:00I read Kandinsky's book in which he definitely...I read Kandinsky's book in which he definitely compared art to music. I love the way in the digital art everything - word, music, and art, are just 0's and 1's. To me it is just further proof that everything and everyone is part of one great something, Eh?<br /><br />I did feel I was in Dan's place with this one. Thanks!<br /><br />Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-87054445630404323362013-02-17T13:53:59.388-05:002013-02-17T13:53:59.388-05:00Thank you! It's great to break out of those l...Thank you! It's great to break out of those lines!Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-15074418851108023382013-02-17T13:53:33.860-05:002013-02-17T13:53:33.860-05:00Thank you!! The funny thing is I was not only thin...Thank you!! The funny thing is I was not only thinking Florida but also New Mexico (or something), which is why I called it East Meets West. Glad you like it!Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-15005027848568420102013-02-17T13:52:44.524-05:002013-02-17T13:52:44.524-05:00I was intrigued, so I googled an explanation for t...I was intrigued, so I googled an explanation for the autograph and found this in an online Orlando Sentinel article about Ginsberg:<br /><br />"Juggassar, a 21-year-old junior at Brooklyn College, handed Ginsberg a thick paperback edition after classes the other day and then stood clear as the maestro's fountain pen swooped toward an empty page.From a swirl of lines, a Buddha-like image suddenly appeared. In a corner, Ginsberg circled the word ''eclipse,'' to note the celestial event that had occurred earlier in the week, and elsewhere drew a skull with flowers blooming from the mouth - a tribute, he said, to the triumph of life over death."<br /><br />I kinda intended for the white square to be a part of the building. I see the drive-in theater, but don't really like to look at it that way. But glad you love the painting.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-67023513966211721622013-02-17T13:48:16.734-05:002013-02-17T13:48:16.734-05:00Ah the thoughts I can think! ;)Ah the thoughts I can think! ;)Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-56911294747292410542013-02-17T13:47:52.683-05:002013-02-17T13:47:52.683-05:00And who said I didn't use a straight edge? I ...And who said I didn't use a straight edge? I did. Not a ruler - the side of a plastic watercolor palette. (Confessions, good for my soul). I like the way you have compared it to a collage - neat analogy. Thanks.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-38139453264123022432013-02-17T13:46:33.433-05:002013-02-17T13:46:33.433-05:00I love Florida, what can I say? Thanks!I love Florida, what can I say? Thanks!Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-13510255032388300362013-02-17T13:46:13.725-05:002013-02-17T13:46:13.725-05:00Thank you!Thank you!Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-75434400500535017572013-02-17T13:46:01.649-05:002013-02-17T13:46:01.649-05:00Brilliant?! Thank you! That is not Ginsberg read...Brilliant?! Thank you! That is not Ginsberg reading. I've added a note to the post - in fact he does read other poems on You Tube and I've included the link.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-22715109392775930252013-02-17T13:44:31.054-05:002013-02-17T13:44:31.054-05:00Thanks John! I'm glad you found a dream quali...Thanks John! I'm glad you found a dream quality. This isn't read by Ginsberg - see the note I added above - he is probably from the North Midlands of England. In print we all say potato and tomato the same way!Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-82299631265113283582013-02-17T13:42:32.726-05:002013-02-17T13:42:32.726-05:00Thank you Martine! If only I could be that loose ...Thank you Martine! If only I could be that loose all of the time! :)Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-68061010661367362672013-02-17T13:42:07.895-05:002013-02-17T13:42:07.895-05:00Yeah, at first I was going to look for something r...Yeah, at first I was going to look for something read by him or another beat poet, but when I came across this - it is so well done, and I like the way he added the photos and words to follow. Thanks about your comment about the light! "Great painting" is quite a compliment, given your experience, and I appreciate it.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-68779068743768210782013-02-17T13:40:42.278-05:002013-02-17T13:40:42.278-05:00Thanks Debra, glad you like it!Thanks Debra, glad you like it!Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-203803073906959282013-02-17T13:40:30.279-05:002013-02-17T13:40:30.279-05:00I take the Florida sunlight wherever I go. Just c...I take the Florida sunlight wherever I go. Just call me sunny. Thanks!Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-73460091566141157362013-02-17T13:39:45.033-05:002013-02-17T13:39:45.033-05:00A capital L-O-V-E?! Why thanks! I hope to do mor...A capital L-O-V-E?! Why thanks! I hope to do more like this.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-52018458592946098552013-02-17T13:38:32.166-05:002013-02-17T13:38:32.166-05:00Thank you for the nice words - I am getting all pu...Thank you for the nice words - I am getting all puffed up. Love your description of the piece. :)Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-40099904418874966592013-02-17T13:37:54.704-05:002013-02-17T13:37:54.704-05:00Thank you! That is quite a compliment. What'...Thank you! That is quite a compliment. What's funny is I was thinking more Miami meets New Mexico, or something..Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-23235973982182767272013-02-16T21:42:52.623-05:002013-02-16T21:42:52.623-05:00Your improv painting is fantastic Dan. You might l...Your improv painting is fantastic Dan. You might like the work of a British watercolour it's named Shirley Trevena.<br />Happy Painting.Nora MacPhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00157384278145480000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-13910193825694773812013-02-15T13:26:23.408-05:002013-02-15T13:26:23.408-05:00As I recall both Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee w...As I recall both Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee were highly influenced by music in their approach to painting. The geometric progressions and improvisations were right up their proverbial alley (did they envision a Miami alley?) <br /><br />So, you're in great company. I enjoyed the light, airy feel, almost as if it could float away. But, the geometry brings it back to, hmmm, not quite earth, but Dan's place, or canvas :)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-11047260195108402852013-02-15T11:24:17.078-05:002013-02-15T11:24:17.078-05:00I like how everything is so nice and straight and ...I like how everything is so nice and straight and structured and yet....very artistic! :)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08703463476504355697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-42993264906351161112013-02-14T08:58:03.107-05:002013-02-14T08:58:03.107-05:00Lovely painting so bright, so colourful, so Florid...Lovely painting so bright, so colourful, so Florida! Love it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511653763073963362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-27910972468481803692013-02-13T19:58:36.701-05:002013-02-13T19:58:36.701-05:00Hey man, this looks like a drive-in theater to me,...Hey man, this looks like a drive-in theater to me, and that's where it WAS (I was a teen in the late 50s). Love the painting.<br /><br />I have the book, Allen Ginsberg Photographs. Inside the book, he wrote "for Hallie Farber on her 49th birthday," and he drew a large flower with a skull below, then his signature. The book was a gift. Now I wonder about that skull.hw (hallie) farberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-13348637450218057592013-02-13T12:46:26.826-05:002013-02-13T12:46:26.826-05:00Thought provoking, as usual:)Thought provoking, as usual:)Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285606251006696303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-51499011260444697202013-02-12T22:59:53.885-05:002013-02-12T22:59:53.885-05:00I really like the collage effect. You see straight...I really like the collage effect. You see straight lines and can paint them. (As someone who never met a straight line without the aid of a ruler- it's impressive.) Pam Hugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03886722152972554968noreply@blogger.com