Post by patchoulli on Sept 17, 2011 8:41:43 GMT -5
Firefly, I had no idea you'd had surgery and a stroke. Was the stroke caused by the surgery? And that it has made it impossible for you to do your art is unimagineable to me.
How are you coping? Do you have someone to help you? Have you found something to at least partially take the place of doing art?
I looked at your page at deviant art and was astounded by your works and found myself grinning widely. You and I must have come from the same planet as I, too, like bright colors and some of my recent art looks very similar to your line drawings and colored patterns (now I've just entered my "cubist phase" and have just started a "semi-cubist" oil. Been looking at a lot of Thomas C. Fedro's art. Bet you'd like him too. You can find some of his stuff at google images).
Your portraits are extremely good, something I've never really tried as all early attempts looked like aliens and not at all like the sitter. You say you are self-taught. Did you like art when you were in school?
Another way in which we might be star-kin is that religious argument you got into on another board. You sound pretty feisty. I am too and I get into occasional trouble. Actually got kicked off this board in the very beginning because I said something I can't even remember about Native Americans. It was taken the wrong way and I had to do a time out for a few days. It tickled me because my dad was half Indian. But it did teach me what is and is not acceptable on these boards.
Can you work with a computer mouse enough to consider some of the digital art programs?
Patch
How are you coping? Do you have someone to help you? Have you found something to at least partially take the place of doing art?
I looked at your page at deviant art and was astounded by your works and found myself grinning widely. You and I must have come from the same planet as I, too, like bright colors and some of my recent art looks very similar to your line drawings and colored patterns (now I've just entered my "cubist phase" and have just started a "semi-cubist" oil. Been looking at a lot of Thomas C. Fedro's art. Bet you'd like him too. You can find some of his stuff at google images).
Your portraits are extremely good, something I've never really tried as all early attempts looked like aliens and not at all like the sitter. You say you are self-taught. Did you like art when you were in school?
Another way in which we might be star-kin is that religious argument you got into on another board. You sound pretty feisty. I am too and I get into occasional trouble. Actually got kicked off this board in the very beginning because I said something I can't even remember about Native Americans. It was taken the wrong way and I had to do a time out for a few days. It tickled me because my dad was half Indian. But it did teach me what is and is not acceptable on these boards.
Can you work with a computer mouse enough to consider some of the digital art programs?
Patch