listopada 13 2008
Do You Know Where Your Camera Is? (Deber Klein)
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ISSUE #269 - (Sponsored by FineArtStudioOnline)
Straight Talk about Art, Marketing, Inspiration and Fine Living
It’s 5:00pm, Do You Know Where
Your Camera Is?
by Deber Klein
TODAY:
“So, my advice to you, my friend, and to moi self? Never leave home
without your camera. Never! Unless you have one of those photographic
memories that only liars and other fishermen have . . .”
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It’s 5:00pm,
Do You Know Where Your Camera Is?
by Deber Klein
Today’s guest author is artist, Deber Klein .
This article has been edited and published with the author’s permission.
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Dear Oil,
It’s Autumn and the fall colors are truely awesome this year. Three days
ago as I headed toward the grocery store, I noticed a tree so red that I
about ran off the road looking at it. Actually, I’m a safe driver (a
very good driver, Rain Man!). But it was tall tree, a little awkward in
it’s shape. It stood alone by the busy roadside flaunting it’s vibrant
red leaves much like old ladies who swagger about with those feathered
red hats atop their heads. I was instantly inspired. I must paint that
tree! But where was my handy dandy brand new fancy Canon camera, my
friend? At home on the kitchen counter. Of course. And the afternoon
light was changing so fast that I couldn’t go back and grab it in time.
I would have to wait for another late afternoon, hoping the rain or wind
wouldn’t come and knock off all the leaves before another opportunity
arose.
Thank goodness yesterday, only two days later, was a perfect fall day.
So I grabbed my camera around 2:00 PM and headed out for my annual
autumn photo fest. The tree would still be there in all its glory.
It was a little early, so I saved my special red tree for last. I always
do that anyway, save the best for last. Driving all over the
neighborhood, I photographed other red trees and yellow trees, families
walking hand in hand with their kids at the park or walking their best
friends on leashes. Oh. And that one wildman mowing the park lawn at an
obscene speed, dust flying up behind him obscuring everything in its
wake. At last I swung Bullet toward the grocery store. (Bullet is my
trusty little red Subaru.) As I came around the corner where the tree
had been or where I thought the tree had been, there was nothing.
Nothing at all. Hmmm…
It was just a little strip of land between an old neighborhood and the
main road, so I turned onto that road thinking that the leaves must have
fallen or I’d mistaken the location and may miss the moment again. Well
I missed the moment all right. I stopped and asked a man about the tree
and he said, “That ol’ red tree? The one ‘at wuz right over there? They
cut it down yesterday.” I was like, “No they did not! Not yesterday?
Were they crazy? It was gorgeous! They should have at least
waited…’till the leaves fell off.” I mean, just between you and me, I
wouldn’t have been able to do it to a tree who had such zest for life.
It’s like having your dog put down ’cause he’s getting old and his eyes
are a little hazy, but he’s still running around playing tug of war with
the cat. Then seeing the man’s expression, I realized he figured he knew
who the real crazy was, so I did my usual explanation of being an artist
and blaa, blaa, blaaa. I mean, I like trees but I don’t hug them, you
know. He just turned his back on me and went into the house shaking his
head. It was just a tree.
It was a red tree, though. And now it’s gone.
All this is just to say that those of us who go around taking hundreds
and thousands of photos of charming but insignificant things for the
purpose of possibly wanting to paint them some day must realize our
secondary roll in all this. When we take a photo, whether it is of a
crooked old tree or a 150 year old dilapidated broken down two room
shack with no doors on it, or some big wild fella’ mowing the lawn at
fifty miles an hour with the sun behind his back making his head glow
like that of an angel’s, we are recording a moment. A moment that will
never be again. I often go through my photos, finding something
wonderful in it’s antiquity and charm that no longer exists. I pass by
places and remember when the light was amazing and the shadows were long
and mysterious and I missed it. Why? Well, maybe I was too busy to turn
my car around or too shy to ask if I may take a picture. Maybe I was
slow on the draw. Or maybe…I didn’t have my camera with me at the
time.
So, my advice to you, my friend, and to moi self? Never leave home
without your camera. Never! Unless you have one of those photographic
memories that only liars and other fishermen have. As for me, I am
getting a purse big enough to hold not just my wallet, but my camera as
well. In the camera case of course, since I have been known to be little
reckless. Me and that mower dude. And next time I see a rickety old tree
showing off just for my eyes and mine alone, I’ll do it the honor of
recording its unique beauty. Right then and there. For eternity.
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Be Selfish With Your Time (Linda Mikulich), Revisited
Avril Ward Wrote:
Goodness!!! reading Linda’s article was like hearing myself talk. Be
sure Linda, you are not alone in all you have to say, I think most
artists feel guilty when we are not painting, guilty if we are tired and
take a nap or spend too long on lunch - people with office jobs
certainly couldnt do that, but people with office jobs dont feel guilty
after 5pm when they leave the office, we do; especially if we havent
spent that particular day in the studio. I too have learn over the years
that for me the painting part of my buisness, that is the execution of
the artwork is generally the easy part, it is the creative planning and
inspiration that takes the time and the concentration. I have also
learnt as Linda mentioned that when I am battling to keep myself in my
studio it is better to leave it, I too live on an island and identify
with going out to the beach or visiting a friend, it works wonders for
breaking the creative block. Let’s remember just beacuse we aren’t in
the studio actually painting, doesnt mean we aren’t working, our work
starts with being around things that inspire us!
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>From the FineArtViews Blogs:
A few small daily paintings by
(Jan Perkins)
Posted: 11/13/2008 3:49:06 PM
Main by Ali Sharif
(Ali Sharif Fine Art)
Posted: 11/13/2008 3:34:51 PM
Looking forward to Art In Autumn this weekend by Pat VanOutry
(Pat VanOutry Fine Art)
Posted: 11/13/2008 2:06:12 PM
A Series of Buffalo by Kate Dardine
(The Art of Kate Dardine)
Posted: 11/13/2008 1:36:06 PM
Montage From Aliso Creek Beach by Bill Knauer, Laguna Beach Artist
(Bill Knauer)
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