Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Open to Interpretation

First, I want to share with you a verification word that I had to type, in order to leave a comment on one of the other "hound" blogs that I follow.


Trust me, you do not type "peeless" without noting it.
While I guess technically it is a adjective, those of you who know Hero will understand why it struck me more as a command, request, or helpful suggestion- pee less!

More random thoughts-
I believe the fact that Vincent Van Gogh was an artistic genius is pretty much undisputed.
And while I do NOT count myself among the well educated on the subject of art and art history, I still do appreciate the raw emotion and power contained in his paintings.
This being said,
Am I wrong in wondering if this young lady (and her parents) considered this portrait flattering?


Why do I ask?
Well, I mentioned that Lisa sent me the following lovely photographs of her greyhound Connor:

(well, here is my interpretation)- Alaina called it "scary".
While evoking emotion is what every artist hopes for, fear was definitely NOT what I was going for.
Perhaps you will prefer this one

Lisa, let me know if you actually would like to have one of these pictures.

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It also happens to be our friend Theresa's birthday tomorrow, so I thought I would draw her dog, Isis, as one of her gifts.
Alaina tried SOOO hard to get a good photograph of Isis but she appears to be REALLY camera shy-



Anyway- here's what I came up with.


2 comments:

Ann said...

Actually, I think the first picture is really great! I mean, the 2nd is also, but I think the dog looks so dang sweet in that first one... don't listen to the critics, lol!

Lushorama said...

FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!! I haven't had a chance to catch up on my blog-reading for a few days, so imagine my surprise and glee at seeing my beautiful boy immortalised in art!!!!
I think that both portraits are great, and I would be proud to own one (or both!) of them - how do we organise that??
I'm blown away....have been having a run of crappy days, and seeing your post has really made me happy - I squeeled when I read it, and I'm in my class - the kids all rushed to see what the commotion was about, and they are very impressed (and they're 14 year-olds, so that's saying something!!)
hahhhhhhhhhhhhh.......happy sigh....