Other kinds of art

[DiLeon]

Ok I am learning how to do this. It was requested that I show some of the types of artwork that I have done. I had a very large portfolio lost by a public relations person I had hired. It had everything photos, shows, and newspaper and magazine articles. That portfolio never returned to me, as the person who had a break down when her son committed suicide.....and no one ever found it. My lost was massive because I had zero replacement copies. I do have some photographs which I will try to get from the phone to here. This is the first one. This from an old Honolulu magazine, this is two of the ceramic vessels. These are about two feet high and I sold tons of these things in galleries, each one very different from the next..... and to collectors mainly to Europe and Asia. The next photos will be more stuff I will gather later. Until I get a photo where my hand is not shaking these will not be the best photos.

[Arthur C.]

Very nice, Di! I threw pots until arthritis got into my hands. Your ceramics look beautifully thin.

[Randy]

Those are outstanding Di! I look forward seeing more of what you have created .

[Brian T]

Randy: you might find a number of other multi talented artists in this parish.
Maybe they don't want to stand up and be counted.

[joepaulbutler]

Di, You are truly talented, I know it is not right to wish for what others have but you make it difficult

[JJF]

very nice...

[Arthur C.]

Randy: you might find a number of other multi talented artists in this parish.
Maybe they don't want to stand up and be counted.

And you, RV, would be amongst that number! Let us see some of your artwork. please.

[DiLeon]

Di, You are truly talented, I know it is not right to wish for what others have but you make it difficult

I do not call what I have talent, I spent a whole lifetime trying to improve each and every piece of work....and I can not say that hard work was fun. There are times when it does not work when no money is coming in...a general insanity goes with a fine art. To be good at any kind of work needs really hard work and patience that I did not often have....smile. I went to school and spent outrageous amounts of money....to improve. That is a joke....as my friends are lawyers and computer techs making big money....it is not a good investment nor wise. Honestly, I do not know of too many people who wish for my life. Like I was told in college do not be an artist unless you have to do it. Now I am older I focus more and more on making good art in my own eyes. There is very little art I can not do,.....my hands create all, I have to do is learn the basics. A lot of time...... I envy you who do this as a hobby.....you do it because it is relaxing and fun and no pressure....so there is always two side of the fence.

[DiLeon]

Very nice, Di! I threw pots until arthritis got into my hands. Your ceramics look beautifully thin.

Those ceramic are super thin....they are created by thin slabs over balloons to support the wet pieces from collapse. When and if I had success I would let it go to leather hard and break the balloons. Praying it would support a even balanced weight. If not down she would fall like an earthquake hitting it.

[DiLeon]

Those are outstanding Di! I look forward seeing more of what you have created .

I am having a hard time getting the photos.....I wish I had pictures of my best work. I have gotten to the point I really do not care about the past which accounts for that fact. Try to get a few more pictures today.

[DiLeon]

very nice...

Thanks one thing I did last night is go through old pictures last night, lots of memories of the good old days. I still can not find my art pics....who knows....maybe this artist just threw them all away. I have a love and a hate relationship with my work. It is nice although to see others appreciate it.

[Arthur C.]

Those ceramic are super thin....they are created by thin slabs over balloons to support the wet pieces from collapse. When and if I had success I would let it go to leather hard and break the balloons. Praying it would support a even balanced weight. If not down she would fall like an earthquake hitting it.

What cone did you usually fire to?

[DiLeon]

[QUOTE=Robson Valley;n1132875]Randy: you might find a number of other multi talented artists in this parish.
Maybe they don't want to stand up and be counted.[/QUOTE


Honestly, I do not count myself.....I was taught to be outrageous critical of my own work. I can always tell you ten thing wrong with each and every work I do as an artist. I do not see the good, I see what needs to be better. Art is a game with myself on how to get rid of all the mistakes and try to do better next time. But I will note it is nice to get an expression that someone likes my work on occasion, then I know that perhaps in this insane world...something matters a little bit even though I often do not see it. nor believe it. Perhaps there is hope what I have done in my lifetime work.as an artist does matter? Is there really hope for the artist and art is real point? I really do not know. Stand up and be counted...be a successful artist, be famous ...is all seconds of time and then you die....so it is all rather meaningless in my own brain.

[Brian T]

Years before wood carving, I liked to spend my summers doing watercolor paintings.
Waterfront marinas, old streets, botanicals. Some ink and color. I cut the paintings off the boards and sold them on the spot.
Wall-paper to me, $50/square foot. That's about it, isn't it, Di?

I had a big shack in a lakeside resort village.
The sketches that I really bombed, I took home and used for tinder in the wood stove.
So most of them are long gone.

One painting of a sunflower hangs in my hall. 1996, it says. I might have given some to my kids but I forget.
All the rest of my wall art is OP (Other People's) and there's lots of those hung around.

Wood carving is the opposite, a subtractive process taking fiber off. The painting was an additive thing on a blank ground.
In any case, I still do enjoy the drawing part. Always have a sketchbook and paints when I travel anywhere.
Everybody should draw every day (me too) to get better at it.

[DiLeon]

What cone did you usually fire to?

About 30 years ago the electric company quoted in order to get a kiln in my shop would cost about 13,000 dollars to wire from the street to the shop..., along with the kiln and cost of electrical power plus time, It was not cost effective to fire my own work. Even in the mainland was the same issue before that.... all my firing was done in a ceramic shop .... I taught classes in exchange that they would fire my work. So I hired a few big ceramic shops to do all my firing....the real trick was getting the greenware in one piece to his shop. Today that cost must be unbelievable to wire for such a thing.