tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188700731713860207.post8240627532648452479..comments2024-02-19T10:13:10.031-08:00Comments on Painter's Process - Randall David Tipton: High AnxietyRandall David Tiptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10842621412363241927noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188700731713860207.post-61332230591728911642020-10-09T12:06:02.121-07:002020-10-09T12:06:02.121-07:00Your feelings about these times we are living in e...Your feelings about these times we are living in echo my own. It's hard to indulge in simple pleasures that used to bring happiness when so many are suffering. Painting even feels like an indulgence. It could be, if we are doing it right, how we express our angst of the moment. I really enjoy seeing what artists are making lately and how it encapsulates the overall experience of 2020.<br />I'm also really enjoying your new abstracts! I hope to see some in person someday. Let's hope life returns to normal soon.Kasey Wanfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188700731713860207.post-68837450846165620522020-09-10T11:47:56.561-07:002020-09-10T11:47:56.561-07:00I think we are all trying to create when our feeli...I think we are all trying to create when our feelings are so uncertain and we are in pain or anxiety (or both). I think you are accomplishing something beautiful here and should continue. Perhaps stop your mind thinking so much while you are painting and just let go a little? Easy for me to say! ha ha. I hope you stay safe and stay inside while the sky is like that - it cannot be good for your lungs!! RH Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497161758269292809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188700731713860207.post-54136145417115950852020-09-10T06:07:40.323-07:002020-09-10T06:07:40.323-07:00Well, that first painting made me smile and put th...Well, that first painting made me smile and put the world right, at least for today.<br /><br />I am heartbroken for all you're going through. Keep safe.<br /><br />I do still smile and laugh at the little things around me. If I can't, my soul will wilt and die. There is only so much negativity I will allow to enter my life. It isn't that I don't care, and I will do my part to make things right, but I will not let anyone or anything steal away any more of my time.E.M. Corsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829869418729185410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188700731713860207.post-81648710062864851582020-09-10T03:43:54.037-07:002020-09-10T03:43:54.037-07:00Randall,
Earlier this year I drove from La Quinta...Randall,<br /><br />Earlier this year I drove from La Quinta to Palm Springs to go to the museum. I saw two Agnes Pelton paintings. They were luminous and perfectly executed; unlike anything I have seen in person so far. I love that her work is so personal but accessible. I checked out the landscape too along the way and thought about what life must have been like earlier, stripped of the midcentury glitter and golf courses and signs of economic downturn. I love that environment. It's so unforgiving. It's unapologetically harsh and brutal and beautiful all at once.<br /><br />I haven't laughed or smiled much in months. Months. It's a culmination of things that certainly includes the shitty times we are living through.<br /><br />Hope that you and John are safe and thriving the best that you can. Thank you for the post.<br />Libby<br /><br />Libby Fifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13532162740012986996noreply@blogger.com