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BobTheSubgenius

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37. Those are beautiful!

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 06:43 PM

Aug 30

My wife also gets a lot of joy from painting. She went to a tiny highschool in a tiny town in WNY. Somehow, an exhibit of the art from graduating seniors was seen by someone from an art college in P'burgh, and the college offered her a scholarship. She was flattered, but declined.

She said "I love art, and one day, I won't want to draw an apple, and that day will be when it becomes something I have to do, instead of want to." She was equally drawn to social work and spent her career with the Boys and Girls Club, which she LOVED. Went from unpaid intern while still in college, to retiring as a regional director.

She still paints. I'm glad you do, too.

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Two recent landscape paintings [View all] femmedem Aug 30 OP

I love these! Love the soft focus, subtle colors. Ocelot II Aug 30 #1

Thanks, Ocelot. femmedem Aug 30 #3

Stunning! SheltieLover Aug 30 #2

Thank you for looking! femmedem Aug 30 #4

They are truky beautiful! SheltieLover Aug 30 #6

The softness really appeals to me. MLAA Aug 30 #5

Thank you! Yes, I posted a self-portrait, maybe more than one. femmedem Aug 30 #9

Damn, if that's your secret weapon I'm going to start painting blindfolded! MLAA Aug 30 #15

LOL! femmedem Aug 30 #20

Holy smokes, those are good! ZZenith Aug 30 #7

Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #10

Love your water! Karadeniz Aug 30 #8

Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #11

Your paintings impart a sense of serenity. Lovely. Clouds Passing Aug 30 #12

Thank you so much! femmedem Aug 30 #14

Thanks 😊 Clouds Passing Aug 30 #19

Masterful. The top one could be mistaken for a photo. sinkingfeeling Aug 30 #13

Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #17

These are wonderful! Diamond_Dog Aug 30 #16

Thank you, Diamond Dog! femmedem Aug 30 #18

Nice. marlboroman369 Aug 30 #21

Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #22

Nicely done Auggie Aug 30 #23

Thanks, Auggie. femmedem Aug 30 #24

Really nice AltairIV Aug 30 #25

Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #28

"" AllaN01Bear Aug 30 #26

Thank you! n/t femmedem Aug 30 #29

yw. AllaN01Bear Aug 30 #53

Just exquisite!!! ailsagirl Aug 30 #27

Thanks, ailsagirl! femmedem Aug 30 #30

Who are some of your favourite artists? ailsagirl Aug 30 #31

I love them both. I think seeing the Impressionists' and Post Impressionists' work in person femmedem Aug 30 #34

Unfortunately not ailsagirl Aug 30 #44

I love all your favorites! femmedem Aug 30 #48

She really did-- she also was quite a reader and I would sometimes read her books (tho' they were usually over my head) ailsagirl Aug 30 #52

These are beautiful! Very peaceful views. Oil? LoisB Aug 30 #32

Wow, those are wonderful! dgauss Aug 30 #33

Thanks so much! femmedem Aug 30 #36

Thank you! Yes, oil. femmedem Aug 30 #35

Those are beautiful! BobTheSubgenius Aug 30 #37

She sounds as if she and I would be best friends. femmedem Aug 30 #40

She is very easy to like. BobTheSubgenius Sep 1 #75

Looks like those Russian landscapes from the 1890s wolfie001 Aug 30 #38

Oh my gosh! Thank you! Those Russian landscape painters are amazing! femmedem Aug 30 #39

Ilya Repin wolfie001 Aug 30 #45

Thank you! I will look him up! femmedem Aug 30 #47

Go to Wikipedia for his biography wolfie001 Aug 30 #49

My word, he is an astounding painter. And yes, the boat haulers look as exhausted as any people I've ever seen femmedem Aug 31 #72

Oooohhhh Great!!! wolfie001 Aug 31 #74

Easily the best paintings I've seen here on DU. No, wait, too faint praise. Really nice done. Beautiful work..... EarnestPutz Aug 30 #41

Oh, thank you! But there are a lot of talented painters here. femmedem Aug 30 #43

You have a gift. Thank you for sharing irisblue Aug 30 #42

Thanks! Not so sure I have a gift, more like an interest that drives me to learn. femmedem Aug 30 #46

Since I was a child, I have always been drawn to impressionism. Mr.Bill Aug 30 #50

Oh, thank you! They were my first artistic love. femmedem Aug 30 #59

They are both gorgeous nuxvomica Aug 30 #51

Thanks so much, nuxvomica. femmedem Aug 30 #65

Gorgeous tonalist paintings! ❤️👏👏👏👍👍 I am always trying to make paintings like these and LiberalLoner Aug 30 #54

Thank you! I posted these because of you! femmedem Aug 30 #55

Thank you so much! I can't tell where you've used a palette knife, tbh, it looks very smooth! LiberalLoner Aug 30 #57

Sometimes I used it for foreground foliage, like the marsh grasses and their reflections, for texture. femmedem Aug 30 #61

Those are very nice! Rizen Aug 30 #56

Thanks! IIt was quite a revelation to me when I learned about "sky holes"--the areas between the branches where the sky femmedem Aug 30 #64

Those are really great oils. Not an easy medium. Great job. Thank you judesedit Aug 30 #58

Thank you! I find oils pretty forgiving because, unlike watercolors, you can keep correcting or adding to them femmedem Aug 30 #63

It's the drying time in between.. Have you used acrylics? Just curious. judesedit Aug 31 #71

When I first picked up a paintbrush after a decades-long hiatus, I started with acrylics. femmedem Aug 31 #73

What is the location for your paintings? Frances Aug 30 #60

The top one is on a path at Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme, Connecticut femmedem Aug 30 #62

Thanks for the info Frances Aug 30 #68

Absolutely love them both. Bristlecone Aug 30 #66

Thank you, Bristlecone! femmedem Aug 31 #69

Really beautiful! bif Aug 30 #67

Thanks, bif! femmedem Aug 31 #70

Fantastic! flying rabbit Sep 1 #76

Thank you! femmedem Sep 1 #77

So lovely! Glad you're back at it! GPV Sep 2 #78

Thanks, GPV! femmedem Sep 2 #79