Dream studio details...

[Jean Kelly]

A little off-topic but is your pup a shepherd mix or pure GSD? Enquiring minds want to know. He/she has a great face! I'm overly fond of shepherds.

Jean

[Linda Brandon]

You know, Steven, I don't think I've ever seen a depiction of an artist painting a nude angel. Is it religous/anti-religious/neo-religious/religious parody? Or did you just filch one of the stations of the cross that I don't know about?

[October Reader]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth Schott

Do you guys think banked lights above the window are good?

I'd think artificial day-lighting would give you so much freedom in terms of scheduling your work around your life.

Originally Posted by Elizabeth Schott

or the system like Marvin's on the arm?

What is Marvin's on the arm system?

[Marvin Mattelson]

I think Beth is referring to the wall mounted boom arm assembly which holds my light fixture, not my arm, per say. To see a picture you can refer to post #19 on http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...0&page=2&pp=10

[October Reader]

Thanks very much Marvin for the link! Have to study that thread very closely as a reference guide on a mini system I'm trying to put together.

For a minute I started to visualize you walking around your studio with tentacles spreading out of your arms No, not really.

Beth thanks for bringing up the lighting subject

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Linda Brandon

Or did you just filch one of the stations of the cross that I don't know about?

Ah, would that it were. How that would lubricate the machinery of apologetics and evangelization.

But, no, the image is but one of the 20 4"x4" ceramic tiles that make up the structure called "Wimberley Tales." All twenty tiles run just over $1000. When I purchased my "The Artist" at Tree's Place (gallery) on Cape Cod only about three years ago, I paid about $35, as I recall. They are now individually priced at about $55. They have a magnetic backing.

There are numerous figures and scenes depicted -- The Dentist, The Doctor, The Lovers, The Harlot (my favorite, of course). I'm surprised not to be able to find a good image of the entire set online, but this will have to do -- it's a tiny image that I've greatly enlarged, hence the blurriness. But you can see the Artist in the uppermost room on the right:

[Marvin Mattelson]

If I were going to paint my walls a color based on the criteria of it's being named for an artist, I'd go with Van Dyke Brown! If not I'd go with a middle value neutral gray.

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Marvin Mattelson

I'd go with Van Dyke Brown! If not I'd go with a middle value neutral gray.

Yes, and agreed, but the interest is in the WHY. Why would you not choose a neutral color, and what color WOULD you choose?

There are so many advisories against Van Dyke Brown, that I've actually tossed any tubes of such that I had. Though compulsive, I never had enough to paint the walls of my studio.

[Marvin Mattelson]

I like Van Dyke.

[Steven Sweeney]

Oops, sorry, Marvin -- I misread your post to suggest that you would not opt for a middle value neutral. My bad.

Back to my corner.