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Monday, April 21, 2008 01:33:20 PM
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The
Star*Lite Story… Chapter 2
I
have never had any formal art training beyond high school art.
A few great art teachers described many of the techniques I developed
over my lifetime of painting to me. My
senior year in high school included two semesters under the tutelage and
encouragement of my teacher, Mr. Bob Corty.
Bob and I later developed a great friendship as fine artists. We observed many of the same local talents in our area and
had a few laughs over some curious nuances of the local art scene. My
talent as an artist and entertainer were developed from my wonderful childhood
gift. I was encouraged by all that
saw my early works to continue using my gifts.
In my heart the passion developed at a very early age. Some of the freehand artwork I was doing by the age of nine
was good enough for me to win a national coloring contest sponsored by Better
Homes and Gardens. The prize was a
treasure chest book. I still have
it! My first oil painting art lessons were learned when I was
fourteen years old. I was fortunate
to be able to attend Colorado Academy for a year and their art program was the
best. It was truly a college level
class and I looked forward to it more than any other class! My teacher was Mrs. Rhodes.
Her husband was also part of the faculty and I glowed when they raved
over my first paintings. This is
the perfect way to encourage children. I
have heard that most high school and college art students receive discouraging
criticism; encouragement is apparently rare.
In
my second oil painting, I attempted to paint a night scene of the skyline of New
York City. The painting was
directed toward capturing the night-lights and color of the city at night.
I could see the image in my mind and knew how to show the perspective but
I did not have skills to convey this with oil paints on canvas.
I recall being frustrated with the great difficulty of the painting. I was not satisfied with the results. The painting was never
finished. I sought guidance from my teacher who suggested starting a third, less
complicated subject. What I actually did with both of these paintings was even
more complicated than what I had been attempting. My
original painting of the New York City skyline was painted when I was fourteen
years old. Completion of the
painting would never happen and the original work was abandoned.
The discarded painting was not discovered until I was forty years old.
My mother had stored it in 1965, along with my third original painting.
She discovered the painting in 1986.
In
every way, these two paintings are "primitive" paintings.
Moreover, yet you can see several contemporary art styles had influenced
both paintings. The New York
skyline is obviously a cubist form of expression.
The diffusion of background light is very painterly.
The lower left corner features an obvious solitary tree hanging in space.
Works I had seen of the great artist Salvador Dali most likely inspired
this…
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My
first oil painting was of a Braniff Airways Lockheed Electra N911B. 