We have an artist on board!

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Whoa. Wonderful hand. I am speechless really....

cheers--Sharon

 

[blueroses]

What a gift!!!! I''m going back for another look, but that doorknob just knocked me out! WOW!!!

 

[AmantdeChat]

Beautiful work Kenny. Thanks for sharing. Talent like that should not be hidden away! (Thanks to Leonid for pointing it out

).

My favorite is the doorknob too.

 

[pricescope]

Date: 7/27/2005 1:52:43 PM
Author: AmantdeChat
Talent like that should not be hidden away! (Thanks to Leonid for pointing it out

).

I feel like a proud parent

.

 

[kenny]

Leonid.
Thank you for the thumbtack.
I am honored, really.

How many people get a thumbtack?
Sincerely, I can think of no acknowledgement that holds greater REAL weight in the year 2005 than an unsolicited thumbtack from the owner of a respected Internet forum.


Love is where you find it.

 

[AGBF]

I agree that you are talented, Kenny. The door knob is my favorite painting, as it is the favorite of several other posters. I think that the reason I like it so much is that is gives you a chance to showcase your eye for detail. The grain of the wood, the facets of the glass in the doorknob, and the texture of the metal all give you a place to show what you can do: really look. I feel that of the few pieces you posted here, your best work is on the doorknob because it is so close. The picture of the fisherman is lovely; it is evocative. It shows where you can go with emotion. But when you paint up close, you use your ability to separate color so that the picture comes alive. Keep at it!!!

PS-Your use of color is key. You use it to evoke peace on the water with the fisherman; in the other pictures you use it to light up the object from within. The doorknob glows from the color you saw.

Deborah

 

[Lorelei]

Kenny, you are a brilliant artist. I especially love the canoe picture and would love to see that on my wall. You are really gifted - thanks so much for sharing!

 

[Kamuelamom]

Well *I* can only draw stick people, and even that''s a stretch.

Great work, Kenny!

Please tell us more about yourself in the Who''s Who forum.

 

[MissAva]

That fisherman in the canoe is so smooth and wonderful, your eye really follows his fishing line. Wow...really lovely.

 

[hlmr]

Date: 7/28/2005 8:03:56 AM
Author: Lorelei
Kenny, you are a brilliant artist. I especially love the canoe picture and would love to see that on my wall. You are really gifted - thanks so much for sharing!

That canoe picture is my fav as well. I also enjoyed the lighthouse pictures!

Heather

 

[decodelighted]

Kenny,
I had to find out who this "size bigot" was ... but you really took the piss out of me with these paintings. Amazing work and a great story. I hope you''re enjoying each day of your new journey. I''m a freelance writer myself and chose to do what I love with lack of stability and fluctuating income as the consequence - but my dad always said to get an education & then do what you love. He''s a mechanical engineer and turned down promotion after promotion, & corporate gig after corporate gig to stay actually DOING engineering instead of managing other engineers. We had fewer material comforts because of it (and there were 6 of us kids soaking up the limited resources) ... but I think the greatest gift he could give to us was a happy, satisfied father. I''m not planning on kids myself, but I do plan to be an example to the nieces & nephews of the road less traveled. Sounds like you''re treading a similar path. I''ll agree to disagree on my much, much wanted 1.5 ct, VVSI H rock, especially if you''ll sell me a painting! -- deco

 

[kenny]

Decoded
Thanks for the kind words.
But wouldn't I be the *opposite* of a size-bigot, prefering a smaller size for a given budget?


(Actually if I am any kind of bigot it would be a car bigot - I have a hybrid and go through a lot of trouble every day to get 20 MPG *above* the EPA etimate.)

Almost everyone wants the largest diamond they can afford.
My opinions and priorities about size are the exception to the norm.
That is why I speak up.
I like to explore the areas in which I differ.
It is interesting.

 

[Colored Gemstone Nut]

Outstanding Work Kenny...

My favorite picture is the fisherman in the canoe although the crystal door knob speaks volumes on your ability to create very detailed work..Stunning