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I do a little painting



Zenfolio | Slideshow | Ricky Niell





Zenfolio | Slideshow | Ricky Niell





Zenfolio | Slideshow | Ricky Niell

 

a painting of mine from almost 30 years ago....my "student work'

 

a small watercolor\gouache about 5x8" 'cheabeague island"

 

some drawings...

 

Looks like this one escaped from the Cow Parade !

 

A couple from an art installation in Paris

 

taken a few years ago with a point and squirt - but "we" still have it, in great condition, and my son is driving around Italy in it this week

 

Urban Light by Chris Burden

 

Cosinaphile - I love your paintings - the first one reminds me so much of Cezanne's still lives

You have such a talent there - do you still paint? Please show us some more of your work!

 

thanks for your kind words , i have thousands of painting and drawings
i certainly will post more , as many are photographed on kodak 160 tungsten slide film,it will take some work with my nikon slide bellows attachment as i convert older work to digital files , and do some shooting on later work too

 

Wow that's a lot! Please do post more when you can, look forward to seeing more of your work

 

caroline these are in the gallery already

 

Those paintings are so incredibly expressive - I wish I had that artistic talent. :smile: In fact the reason I turned to photography myself is that I realised that I could never express what was in my head using my hands alone... it takes a piece of machinery in my case to express my feelings, and I have so much admiration for those who can do it with their hands and mind alone :smile:

 

this is a small oil on panel of an impression of a building in venice from a few years ago, it is a loose quick study
which i do as well as more developed images

a small oil \ canvas a study of a catskill mountain scene

 

caroline what you dont know about your own talent could fill a book or at least a sketch pad , every sucessful drawing or painting starts with a single stroke ,just as every good photo starts with an idea, if you just hold your camera in the direction of something vaguely interesting at fire away , well youll get what you get...but if you have ab idea in mind and try to be aware of the dynamics of what is occuring in "your rectangle" and choose what is and exclude what in not

the bridge is yours to cross caroline , like the master picasso who is worthy of study for image makers every bit as much as bresson, manray winogrand,
anyone can draw.... it has nothing to do with "artistic talent"
it has everything to do with total submission to the need of the image and a totalsubmission of all your notions of what making art is ,

now get thee a sketch pad and go forth
let your photography and color and line art reinforce each other, your talent is there
cheers