tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81005483488973221312024-03-05T14:49:03.493-08:00Larry Kassell Art BlogLarry Kassell discusses art, cartoons, photography, graphic design, humorAutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-56396252032325424642015-12-22T10:27:00.003-08:002016-01-07T19:09:58.897-08:00My new website(!)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More paintings. More stories. Yes, it's my new website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enough hard sell. Take a look for yourself: <a href="http://www.larrykassell.com/">www.larrykassell.com</a></span><br />
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AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-31886356190556843512015-11-11T17:12:00.000-08:002015-11-24T18:16:46.475-08:00Faded Glory<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today is Veterans Day and I am proud to be a veteran.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This oil painting is titled "Faded Glory" for the U.S. flag that was painted onto the side of this weathered barn prior to 1959 when two more stars were added. Time and elements have faded the colors, but it still reminds us that we're the land of the free and home of the brave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While traveling the freeway </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">recently I saw a waving flag painted onto a barn. The colors were still vibrant and there were 50 bright white stars. Good for many years to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I'm pleased and proud that someone still does that. God bless 'em ... and our country.</span></div>
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AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-28903450022447572442015-10-19T17:12:00.000-07:002015-10-20T05:36:39.531-07:00Grandpa left 'er for another<div class="p1">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I chanced upon this 1952 Champion I wondered what stories it might tell: Somebody took it home brand-spanking new, and probably scrubbed it every Saturday until the shiny wore off. That was before seat belts so kids were free to punch each other and wrestle in the back. Maybe some French fries found their way under the seats and soda spilled onto the hump down the middle. And maybe it transported two high schoolers to the prom. The suppositions go on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was then no doubt traded, repaired, re-tired, crashed, trashed and left to rust. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I discovered it and painted the portrait of a once proud motorcar. Rust and all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I present a portrait, many time I'll get "That doesn't look like me," and I'll consider never again trying to capture someone's likeness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> But Sylvia's shy endorsement encourages me to keep at it.</span></div>
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AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-36135707847686718992015-08-31T15:30:00.000-07:002015-09-02T10:00:08.993-07:00Know your artist during American Artist Appreciation Month (August)<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A curious eMail arrived recently from the folks at Patience Brewster, known worldwide for their Holiday cards, <a href="http://www.patiencebrewster.com/ornaments.html">Christmas ornaments</a> and figures. I was encouraged (as well as some other artists) to answer five get-to-know-you-better questions during American Artists Appreciation Month. I thought I’d pretty well covered that in previous posts to my blog, but it’s sometimes good to re-account one’s peculiar characteristics. Here are the five:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. As a child, do you recall a significant moment when you felt truly affected or inspired by any particular artwork or artist?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Waaaay back in the early 1950s my limited exposure to fine arts was the Sunday comics. Smokey Stover was a favorite along with Pogo and Peanuts. I particularly admired the brush-and-ink work of Walt Kelly’s Pogo. Colorful comics stood apart from the droll black-and-white of newsprint, and the humorous exaggerations were more enjoyable than news of the day (even then).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My parents were realists who thought hard work was the way to success, and daydreaming about art was a waste of time. Doodling in the margins of my wide-lined grade school tablet did not earn me extra points as I thought it should. I persisted, however, and in the mid-1970s I developed a comic strip about a photographer and his family, but was unsuccessful in having it published. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. <a href="http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2010/09/god-is-in-details.html">I believe that God is the best artist ever</a>. I choose to paint realistically to best demonstrate the vision and skills the Creator has given me. I think every painting should be our best, and then the next one will be better. I hope that my paintings will show those who choose to visit them something they may not have seen or known about the subject. And hopefully there is a story somewhere in there that draws out a positive response. Oh ... and I add some humor when it’s appropriate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. The ultimate praise for a painting is when someone actually buys it. That’s happened a few times. Other high praise is being invited to show paintings in an esteemed venue. Notable responses from gallery receptions and guest books range from: “That brings back memories ... ” to tears of joy for a portrait of a loved one. It’s always a blessing when someone else agrees with my perspective. Plus, that approving grin from my wife, Julia, is ever important.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> When it’s all over for me I hope some esteemed art critic will say: “He really got it!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. My dream project is to write and illustrate a book for preteens to maybe fourteen years. I’d produce contemporary-realistic artwork that would teach and encourage young people to appreciate who they are and that they’re best off when they implement God’s instructions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Best painter ... Norman Rockwell. My favorite expressionist-illustrator was Bernie Fuchs. A contemporary favorite painter is James C. Christensen. Wildlife: Robert Bateman. All realists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course there’s Boyd’s Bears and Patience Brewster for collectibles. Tim Conway and Don Knotts for their entertainment brilliance. And Bill Watterson for his ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ genius.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Happy final chance at American Artist Appreciation Day for 2015. Hug an artist.</span></div>
AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-20937718192361065272015-07-30T11:12:00.000-07:002015-09-07T12:46:38.596-07:00What to name a painting?<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I like <a href="http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2015/05/billy-kidder-western-fine-art.html">humorous paintings</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but find they don’t sell well. So, create a serious painting and give it a witty title. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> For “A Pontiac, Buick and a Dodge Went in to a Bar ... ,” I considered “Three Rusty Buddies,” </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Ah, the Stories They Could Tell” or “Rust in Pieces” but where’s the lesson in that?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Thus, the contrasts.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This event takes place at the Borland Gallery in Silverton, Oregon's City Park during the infamous political cartoonist and Silverton's native son, Homer Davenport's weekend celebration.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The Kassell Contrasts face-off extends the entire month of August at Silverton Arts Association's Borland Gallery.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Watch this space for more exciting information. You'll not want to miss this art show!</span><br />
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<br />AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-1471051483687606052015-05-12T17:19:00.002-07:002015-05-12T17:19:53.393-07:00Billy the Kidder ... western fine art<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Western art sells. I've read what big dollars some cowboy art brings at auction. Over a million for a singular painting in some instances.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So I thought I'd try my hand at cowboy art. I picked a name familiar to us all – Billy the Kid. Let's see ... paintings should be <i>original</i> to have any appeal to the discerning buyer, so why not add some humorous touches to a rather ordinary head-and-shoulders portrait? A pistol that says: Bang. A squirting flower. Groucho glasses. Now he's <i>Billy the Kidder</i>.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> When I showed this 20 x 16 inch oil painting to a renowned western painter, I was told it wouldn't be welcomed into the wonderful world of cowboy art.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> To think I had imagined gracing the cover of one of the many magazines that features painters, galleries and auctions of art from left of the Missouri River.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I still believe that <i>Billy the Kidder</i> has sales appeal in an apparently humorless market. Help prove me right. Buy Billy for your cowboy art collection. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Billy the Kidder / 20" x 16" / oil on canvas</td></tr>
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</span>AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-7165510871808872952015-04-22T14:56:00.001-07:002015-04-22T15:04:09.255-07:00My last six paintings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like food and love type </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(as a graphic designer for 40 plus years)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, hence, the poster-like depictions shown in this food series. Inspired by <a href="http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2014/12/vickys-mud-pie.html">Vicky's Mud Pie</a> I chose food favorites from dunots (donuts) to a burger with fries. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I thought for sure these paintings would be a cinch to sell in a gallery ... to be hung, maybe in a kitchen, as constant no-calorie reminders of pleasant moments past. But no.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I've been told that these 20 x 16 inch original oil paintings look too much like posters, are too derivative of Andy Warhol (really?) and I should have left off the text. So, this blog is my gallery.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Since I like food and love type I think the two go together like latte and scones.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> What do you think?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Did I mention these six pieces are for sale? Or prints thereof? Please contact me by eMail with your interest:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Six individual 20 x 16 calorie-free oil paintings on canvas ... for sale!</td></tr>
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The charming subject in the center of it all is Granddaughter Brittany from a photo I took about twenty years ago.<br />
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With the faded glitter of a trimmed tree behind her, she realizes that the lasting joy is in the Presence of our Lord and Saviour whom Christmas Day is, after all, named for.<br />
Merry Christmas 2014.AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-59684604272780558212014-12-20T09:09:00.000-08:002014-12-20T12:50:24.389-08:00Vicky's Mud Pie<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I can’t recall how many years we’ve been lunching at Wildflower Grill along Highway 101 in Lincoln City, Ore. Our meals have always been excellent and Vicky, the owner, has always made time to visit with wife Julia, even at their busiest hours. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Vicky displays art on her restaurant walls, and a few years ago she began hanging some of my efforts. The themes were not always topical to the Oregon Coast, and people don’t usually go to restaurants to buy art, but we actually sold one of my comical seagulls to one of her patrons.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Vicky makes what is probably the best mud pie ever ... just the right amount of mocha ice cream, Oreo crust and chocolate topped with whipped cream. I’d share mud pie at Wildflower Grill with Julia’s mom until she passed on. Now Julia and I share this treat whenever we can. It was only natural, then, that I paint my favorite dessert to display on the wall of her restaurant. After a year-and-a-half of hanging around Wildflower’s walls, the original Mud Pie is back in my studio ... a visual reminder great desserts past plus wonderful times of sharing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">You get the invitations in the mail or e-mail and notices in the local newspaper: an individual or group of artists having a reception for their new showing. Usually there are refreshments and musical entertainment hosted by the gallery and/or artists. On a really good evening there will be several gallery receptions along an art walk. What a grand opportunity for a cheap date!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Unlike a movie theater or play, patrons and browsers can shmooze with the “stars,” visit with friends, express thoughts on the art and enjoy the sights and sounds while sipping and noshing on-the-house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Revisit Inacchronisms™: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2011/11/inacchronisms-show-at-psalm-visual-arts.html">http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2011/11/inacchronisms-show-at-psalm-visual-arts.html</a></span></div>
AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-68743046685321574092014-07-03T18:00:00.000-07:002014-12-20T12:41:09.847-08:00Hangin’ with Frank Lloyd Wright<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> I will have several oil paintings hanging the entire month of August at the Gordon House, Oregon’s only Frank Lloyd Wright designed building in the Northwest open to the public. And it’s right here here in Silverton. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Details are included on the poster below – along with my caricature of Frank Lloyd Wright standing in front of this unique Unisonian home.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> With the theme: ‘Wright Angles ... home is where the art is,’ paintings will include rural homesteads and barns as well as some cartoons and caricatures for the fun of it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Jazz entertainment will be provided by son Micah Kassell and his trio.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> I’d be pleased if you’ll attend the reception on August 9, or, watch this blog for a recap of the event.</span></div>
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<br />AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-73483722029298366402014-02-03T13:41:00.000-08:002014-02-03T13:41:50.908-08:00Free rangers<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ah, the life of a free-range chicken. Freedom to walk about unfettered and able eat whatever and whenever at their barnyard buffet. When grazing for grain and grubs is iffy, supplemental feed is provided at regular intervals. And if rain threatens, they have access to a barn or other shelter. But freedom isn’t free. Their provider expects them to produce an egg-a-day – or they’re off the to chicken tender vendor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This painting is the first in a series of free-range chicken pix. Why chickens? I just like to paint feathers, and chickens are a departure from the many seagulls I’ve rendered, plus they’re good neighbors who will wait patiently for my car to pass before they cross the road (unlike opossums).</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My guess is that Rembrandt van Rijn wore a hat to keep his head warm during those cold 1600s days in The Netherlands – before “global warming” made us all comfortable. And it could be Mr. van Rijn chose <i>floppy</i> lids because baseball caps that proclaimed his favorite team were not yet in vogue. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> West Bank painters in Paris chose berets to cover their heads. Imagine painters who struggled to paint differently yet elected to dress alike. Even today when the word <i>artist</i> is mentioned, most folks conjure an image of a person with a palette and a <i>beret</i> . I’m guessing that the wearers pulled the beret’s poofy part to one side so rain would drip in the direction of their choosing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh and Norman Rockwell portrayed themselves wearing hats and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Angelica Kauffman often wore head coverings in her numerous self-portraits. Sofonisba Anguissola portraited herself sans head covering in her studio but wearing a flowered straw hat in a sunny outdoor setting. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> These days painters can choose most any type of cap they wish and often select a distinctive, repeatable style to represent their public persona and then it becomes their trademark. I find far more men that women wear hats while painting indoors. Whether they’re to keep the cold out, paint off of, or good ideas in, hats and painters seem to have an affinity that is timeless.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> If you have a good artist and hat story, I’d love to see your comments here.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Grade-school grandson Aidan was asked to: “Describe a colorful member of your family or an older adult whom you know. Include details about appearance, activities, and attitudes that clearly show this person’s personality.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My grandpa Larry is the most colorful person in my family.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> He’s really funny, but he tells really bad puns. My grandpa is an artist and a graphic designer. His pictures and paintings are supreme. My grandpa wears under overalls and long slacks with a touch of salt ’n’ pepper hair. My grandpa makes amazing birthdays for me. He, my grandpa, never ever ever gets mad. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">—Aidan</span></div>
AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-65669346605442921662013-09-15T17:14:00.001-07:002013-09-15T17:14:14.481-07:00Sometimes a photograph is best<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px;">A few years ago, forty-eight to be exact, I quit oil painting and took up photography. There was a long learning curve in those days before fully-automatic cameras and instant-gratification digital images that require no processing. Fortunately I had a few patient mentors who coached me through f-stops and ASA (now ISO), plus developing and printing quality photos.*</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So when I returned to oil painting six years ago, I went through another learning curve ... one of transparent and opaque oil colors, fat-over-lean, mediums, quality canvas and then coating it all with varnish ... gloss or satin. Once again with patient mentors.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Not-so-long ago the oil painter snob in me declared that: “photography is for people who don’t / can’t paint.” It never seemed right that a photographer could capture in 1/30th-of-a-second what could take a realist painter days, weeks or months to delineate all the minute details.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I’ve stated before that I’m a realist painter and draw from photographs I’ve taken. When a March snow fell on our family’s favorite twisted Western White Oak tree I saw a photo-op for a reference image. The resulting digital file is actually a full-color photo of the white snow contrasting with the dark gray bark.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The best reason to paint from a photo (even Norman Rockwell did it!) is to make the resulting image better. I just couldn’t paint this grand old tree any better.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">(*) Read more about my day with Ansel Adams:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-with-ansel-adams.html">http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-with-ansel-adams.html</a></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman';">.</span></span></div>
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AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-7126880165363967972013-08-08T16:15:00.000-07:002014-01-28T19:36:05.267-08:00Ansel Adams in the Zone<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think Ansel Adams had a sense of humor. If not, why would he claim MAD was his favorite magazine?*</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This oil painting of the master photographer is derived from a 1968 photographic head shot of Mister Adams I made in his home, imposed onto my posed body. His Hasselblad camera was drawn in since I no longer own one. “In the Zone” refers to his 10-step Zone System for evaluating, exposing and developing black-and-white film for optimum photographic prints. Zone V (five) is middle gray.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Black-and-white giclée prints of this painting can be ordered from Larry Kassell: <a href="mailto:larry.kassell@gmail.com"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099; text-decoration: underline;">kassell.concepts@gmail.com</span></a>. A 14 h x 11 w image on a 20 x 16 inch background is $35.00 plus $6.00 postage (US currency). Or send your check to Larry Kassell / PO Box 859 / Silverton, OR 97381.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(*) Read more about my day with Ansel Adams:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-with-ansel-adams.html">http://larrykassellart.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-with-ansel-adams.html</a></span></div>
AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-22273590377078318482013-07-20T14:19:00.001-07:002013-07-20T14:19:35.477-07:00Rusty Steelhead Attracted All Things Metal But Found This New in-Your-Face Magnetic Lure Unnerving<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rusty the Steelhead Trout attracted metal objects lying about the bottom of his stream and proudly wore the treasures for all to see. Then one day a clever fisherman devised a magnetic lure that would seek out steelhead. Rusty was taken aback that something so in-your-face threatening was on to him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is it about dilapidated barns and rusty trucks or tractors? You either love ’em or hate ’em. This iteration is a product of combining a photo of a neighbor’s abandoned homestead and a tractor photo taken miles away. I call it Value Added because you get two paintings in one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I think the attraction to derelict buildings and neglected vehicles is the memory of visiting grandparents’ farm and riding with grandfather on his tractor ... or the wish to have done so.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This particular house was built before indoor plumbing, so a bathroom was added later on the back porch (center section) and then walled in. The chimney on the right was also added later.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Why is it titled “The Other White House”? Some Very Important People lived here, too.</span></span></div>
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AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-20542540456600557082013-02-18T09:56:00.000-08:002013-02-18T10:04:11.670-08:00Angels among us<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Well, for the most part they’re angels. When our small children and grandchildren give us more joy than grief we award them with wings and halos, even if imaginary.</span><br />
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AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-17717956217191990072012-10-23T13:02:00.000-07:002013-03-15T10:31:43.675-07:00“But I could buy a good used car for that much.”<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">“Another day at the Office,” an-oil-on-canvas rendition of a '30s era Meteor truck carcass, was one of my eight paintings hung in the Westminster Presbyterian Church (Salem, Ore.) 25th Annual Festival of Fine Arts. There were several patrons who showed interest in this latest of my “rusty truck” series, but no takers at the asking price. I put many hours of time, and many layers of oil paint getting to “finished” in my paintings, so I feel the value is there. I think the choice these days is between needs and wants, and a reliable car is a family need. But then, when someone says they can buy a car for what a painting costs, I just have to point out the apples-to-oranges differences.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>• L. Kassell paintings are hand-crafted in the USA.</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>• No third party inspection nor air freshener necessary.</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>• Unlike a used car, an L. Kassell painting will hold its value.</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>• An L. Kassell painting won’t need a new transmission, battery, set of tires nor serpentine belt in the next 30 days.</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>• No license tags every two years, and no tire rotation.</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>• I apply three coats of primer before the finish paint, so the rust on the truck is intentional.</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>• An L. Kassell painting will most likely not end up on blocks in your driveway.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Here in the Silverton Hills, bumping our way up the Cascade Range of mountains where Mt. Hood was placed, we grow fine fescue for seed. Chewings, creeping red, and hard fescues are cool season grasses that grow well in the shade, require less fertilizer than other species, are fairly drought tolerant and mix well with perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass species for a terrific all-around cool-season lawn. Fine fescues also require less moisture to produce seed, so the unirrigated hills are ideal for producing this valuable crop.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> I took the photo of these five growers in 1980, and it appeared on the cover of <i>Weeds, Trees and Turf</i> magazine. Jeff, Fred, Bob, Dave and Jack have just finished combining a production seed field and are proud of this accomplishment. The oil painting from this photo was several weeks in the making, and is a tribute to the growers, my neighbors and friends, who help make the world a greener place.</span></span></div>
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AutoBlography:http://www.blogger.com/profile/17624221481421513753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100548348897322131.post-57571535984682270962012-07-08T17:18:00.000-07:002013-03-15T10:21:23.939-07:00Leroy and Whitey's Truck Repair<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>... or heavy hauler hospice, where old trucks go to nap</b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Larry Kassell is derived </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">from one of the many photos </span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> This was in May of 1986 – more than 25 years ago – when computers were a whole new learning curve to medical professionals who had more important details to tend to. The message of the account’s campaign was to not fear, but embrace technology, “ ... <i>and we’ll make it simple for you</i>.”</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> The copywriter and I flew to Los Angeles the night before the shoot. The session took place the following morning in a dentist’s office which was closed for the day. Mr. Knotts arrived at 8:00 a.m. escorted by two employees of the sponsoring account. Photography began as scripted , and included props we had brought. I was photographing with Kodak Plus-X panchromatic film in a Pentax 6x7 camera, occasionally checking progress with Polaroid prints. </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> In the morning session I was coaching Mr. Knotts to: “Do this with your hands, and make a face like that ... ” I then caught myself and said: “Here I am telling Don Knotts how to look nervous!” The assembled entourage chuckled too.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Our group had lunch at a nearby restaurant where patrons would point and stare, and our server asked for Mr. Knotts’ autograph. As as you can imagine, he answered a hundred questions, including working with Andy Griffith and Tim Conway.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CXn3ueTL79qwiG5BWO2CUxP5UFE1wLTTDObhBugIKLOaf1PK0PFLxlxnzjER-kEZ9BY2pQvUN74I7WHlmM8lNB5DmdliNQAT5IA3G3zFZPFEjg2AeYwShcs7I1hKf8g7eaOhP9j8VSo/s1600/Don+Knotts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CXn3ueTL79qwiG5BWO2CUxP5UFE1wLTTDObhBugIKLOaf1PK0PFLxlxnzjER-kEZ9BY2pQvUN74I7WHlmM8lNB5DmdliNQAT5IA3G3zFZPFEjg2AeYwShcs7I1hKf8g7eaOhP9j8VSo/s200/Don+Knotts.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> We wrapped up the photography by mid-afternoon, and Don Knotts was escorted to his home. The copywriter and I returned to Oregon that evening and I began developing the film from our day’s work.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Our efforts resulted in several direct mail brochures with an instantly-recognizable face on the cover. And I got an autographed photo of Mr. Knotts and me.</span></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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