"I'm sending this to you without the toner. I was afraid after the toner
it might not be clear as the toner is sometimes too dark. The lines on
the original are all straight..the camera is too close and causes curved
lines. I can't think of what's that's called. I'll think of the word
later." (11/27/13)
"Can you see the house? It opens very small here but I can enlarge it a
little in the program. It is the Front of the house (here) that I'm
doing in the next painting from the second floor. I took out the chimney
and made a few other little adjustments. I have the painting toned and
the sky is in full." (11/28/13)
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| work in progress: The shore house |
" Here, as promised, is the latest pic of the shore house. I don't know at
all what the finished title will be but I'm calling it the shore house
for the file. It's hard to paint because it's so small and it's all wet
and so I can't touch it. I can't 'noodle' on it yet. Sea grass will look
so good if I get it right. I wanted to do some little touch ups before I
sent but I have to go to the doctor's now and don't have time. I dread
that because it will take hours before I got home. Just sitting in the
waiting room gets my BP up. Then I have to go to Target's to walk. " (12/2/13).
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| the shore house, Dec. 5, 2012 |
"You'll see an updated version of the shore house this morning. I'm doing
little bits and pieces on it while doing other things here. White takes
weeks to dry so that gives me a little trouble. but so far all is okay.
I think I'm going to try to restretch the painting in it's new
stretchers today. I have a little jar of Cobalt dryer but I don't want
to add another chemical to the paint. I picked out the frame yesterday
but I have an email in to the frame shop to cancel it."
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| The old white house Dec. 8,2013 |
"Do I take the weekend off? Do I stop to smell the roses? NooOOOoooooooo.
I work. I paint. I need to shave too. I still haven't set all my clocks
back to the winter time. I have to water the plants too. I just work.
Pity me. I have no life. Just work. At least I'm sitting down.
I forgot to tell you, I have a snowflake that lights up (for
Christmas) that's been in my front window for December for 4 years. The
strange thing about this place......a building with 146
units...........so many windows.........nobody else has a
Christmas decoration at all. No one! I hope this is not 'the future'. If
you stand across the street and look back....just my snowflake is
shining down on the rest of humanity. "
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| Shore House #7 |
The Shore House #7 arrived on 12/17/2013, the next one will be the completed work. Having lived near Charleston for a time, I can almost smell the ocean---Rose
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| Shore House ( #8 finished product) |
My words to Mr. Jones: "I am so glad you just send the work for me. I don't care if you ever
look at the website, I just do it for me! Nice it works out that way,
eh? I know that my sisters and Rich Lemanski enjoy looking at them,
too as well as a few others who comment. We are "opportunists" and you
feed our curiosity to see how it is done by the professional. It's like
watching a surgeon...or a carpenter, or anyone who uses their hands and
mind in their profession."
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| the Shore House, framed 12/24/2013 |
