tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post2434473616271860918..comments2024-01-30T23:01:54.645-06:00Comments on Jean's Paintings: Breakfast at the Cricket Cafe (work in progress)Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-17631707942950267262009-05-23T19:00:41.784-05:002009-05-23T19:00:41.784-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-52324611483877175212009-05-23T19:00:03.780-05:002009-05-23T19:00:03.780-05:00Your right; it's because of the pigments I used. ...Your right; it's because of the pigments I used. They tend not to gray down as you mix them, much less graying than with the cadmiums. I had to work really hard to get any graying at all. I kind of love this palette. It's kind of late 20th-early 21st century in look.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-81243441444071178872009-05-22T14:22:55.291-05:002009-05-22T14:22:55.291-05:00Hopper on hallucinogens!Hopper on hallucinogens!Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-58859212330540385162009-05-20T15:17:00.549-05:002009-05-20T15:17:00.549-05:00Okay, CP and AH. There's plenty to love--and pain...Okay, CP and AH. There's plenty to love--and paint--in our neck of the woods, and I hope to paint some of it.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-88242946412710906502009-05-20T09:09:18.792-05:002009-05-20T09:09:18.792-05:00Those colors are just lovely. (Initially I thought...Those colors are just lovely. (Initially I thought this was the joint on Walnut and El Molino.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-44720932792805035782009-05-19T21:15:14.448-05:002009-05-19T21:15:14.448-05:00JS, you just need to start working back here in ou...JS, you just need to start working back here in our Cafes!Cafe Pasadenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366911652838118347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-81918127668653703992009-05-19T12:07:00.000-05:002009-05-19T12:07:00.000-05:00Thanks, all.
PA, cool. I didn't know I was pai...Thanks, all. <br /><br />PA, cool. I didn't know I was painting a landscape--I like "urban landscape." <br /><br />K--Yes, I thought of quadrants because of how Portland is naturally divided by water, but for someone like me, who hates to measure, eyeballing halves is doable and relatively painless. <br /><br />Katherine, what this strongly reminds me of (after the fact) is of Alfred Hitchcock's storyboarding--something like Rear Window, where there is a story happening in the distance, which is strongly framed. You kind of expect to step through and into it.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-78353090241007736102009-05-18T23:30:56.463-05:002009-05-18T23:30:56.463-05:00Hi Jean,
I like the feel of this - great colors a...Hi Jean,<br /><br />I like the feel of this - great colors and composition, as has been pointed out. I like how the dark, vertical foreground element creates a psychological barrier. I feel this painting has a Hopper sort of mood to it - if you don't mind comparisons, and he's one of my favorites.Katherine Keanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466330357052340620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-86600363864005275722009-05-18T16:55:00.000-05:002009-05-18T16:55:00.000-05:00Quadrants or no, I really like this; compostiion, ...Quadrants or no, I really like this; compostiion, style, atmosphere, everything.-K-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596223475426533484.post-40203843357250006822009-05-18T15:27:00.000-05:002009-05-18T15:27:00.000-05:00I tend to favor urban landscape painting over port...I tend to favor urban landscape painting over portraiture. This is beautifully composed with all lines converging on the hooded figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com