Musicians
 

These two Folk Musicians showed up at the opening of my exhibition on Anholt a year ago. I was so fascinated by their music and the way they entered the the place. They brought a long line of Marine Signal Flags for decoration, sat down and started to play.
I was intrigued by their character and also the red shirt against the red wall behind them and decided to paint the scene. The painting was finished the day before this years exhibition at the same place.

Oil on linen 70 x 80 cm

Allan!

I had been waiting for another figurative of yours. I like this one very much. You have handled the 2-figure composition very well in my opinion. There is interaction between the 2 figures and at the same time they are their own entities even while the guitarist dominates. Very well orchestrated (excuse my choice of word), and there is very good colour harmony...

How did the exhibit go?

Allan, I did go to your web page to get a better look and I'm glad I did. Well done my friend. I believe you have captured what you saw and you have expressed this quite well. I can also appreciate your intuition in what will work. Al the best at the exhibit.

Your friend

Thank you, Carlos,
the exhibition opened yesterday and went very well I have to say. The pictures in the show are mostly local landscapes from Anholt plus some portraits (for advertising).
In the evening, after closing for the day, I had a special experience.
My friend Egon had heard that the guitarist in the painting was coming on the late ferry in the evening, we met him on the road and asked if we could show him something special and he agreed to have a look. He had'nt a clue of what he was going to see before he stood in room.
He was totally overwhelmed when he saw the painting of him and his friend and declared that he had to own the painting.
I had to go home this morning but I heard from Sys and Egon, who are taking care of our mutual show, that he came back and bought the painting today.
Does'nt he look happy?

Thank you, Mischa,
I am glad that you like the painting, you know that I have sweat over it ;)
Hope to meet you this summer if you come to Denmark, my friend.

Allan, the painting turned out SO well! The legs are just right and now the difference between the two men's body types makes a counterpoint that goes with the idea of the duet played with two different types of instruments. I like that very much.

Wht a thrill to have this musician come see the show and decide on the spot that he must buy the painting! You couldn't have asked for a better outcome.

Congratulations on the show, and I hope you sell everything and get some portrait commissions, too.

Thanks, Alex,
I'l show you some photos from the opening, it was a very nice day, it felt good that the "Musicians" was finished in time for the day and of cause that it was bought by one of them. Maybe the saw fiddler will never come back to the island because he have sold his summer house there.

Allan--

Congratulations on a great painting and a great show!

The fact that the guitarist was so wonderfully pleased is one of those additional dimensions that makes art such a worthwhile pursuit.

Hope that this exhibit breeds many more.

--T

Thank you, Tom,
I heard that the guitarist comes every day with different friends to show them the picture and that he have arranged with a restaurant that the painting, after the exhibition, will hang on the walls until he decide to end his holidays and return to Copenhagen with it.
I could'nt ask for more.

Allan,
congratulations on this energic painting ! ( and clever marketing !)

Allan,

Thanks for posting the photos of the opening. It always makes it easier to imagine being there when you see pictures, especially for visual people like artists. I think it is just wonderful that you have such an enthusiastic admirer in the guitarist!

Thanks, Marina,
the lions part of marketing goes on in the studio, the rest is simply luck. You don't need the luck :thumbsup:

Allan, I am so happy that this painting turned out so well (I love the paint texture in it, by the way). These photos are wonderful. Selling a painting is a terrific feeling, good for you! Paint some more. :)

My friend:
Your two musisians is better than "the Three Musisians" by Picaso!
S.Wang

Alex,
you'r right, an enthusiastic customer is the best advertiser, you never know who he knows.

Linda,
I'll start painting at once I get my arms down.

SB,
Thank you for the vote of confidence, I actually like a lot of Picasso's works, especially graphics.

Hello Allan,
Takk for sist! This is a great piece, congratulations on the sale. You really are a great painter. Thank you for letting me see your work in person , and thank you to you and Aud for welcoming my husband and I this summer.

Hi Grethe,
it was a pleasant surprise to meet you and your husband when you came by in your holidays. It was nice to talk to someone from the forum and exchange some ideas.
Aud send her greetings too.