tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127096082918876032.post4012762325199883377..comments2014-09-19T20:37:17.008-05:00Comments on A Plein Air Painter of Pensacola: Impressionist or a Tonalist ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127096082918876032.post-10852518290931070572009-09-11T21:50:01.320-05:002009-09-11T21:50:01.320-05:00It was at the Peddie School, in 1976, that the Art...It was at the Peddie School, in 1976, that the Art Department had sponsored a day of painting like the masters. I tried to copy a Matisse, and I was so impressed how difficult it was, that I knew that there was something inside me that wanted to investigate more. While I was at the Naval Academy, I purchased the Time Life “book a month club” on the great artist of the Western World. Being close to Washington DC, I enjoyed going to the National Art Gallery. Being able to look at Monet’s works close up, sold me on the beautiful works of the Impressionist. In about 1985, I started with watercolors, copying the works of Toulouse Lautrec, then Monet in oils. The rest of the story involves a hurricane, a portrait artist and a Pentecostal church… but I will leave that story for another blog posting.Jim Kieslinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06038139081640024490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127096082918876032.post-18007677468620722692009-09-11T19:11:54.718-05:002009-09-11T19:11:54.718-05:00how interesting... i didn't know you painted a...how interesting... i didn't know you painted at all in high school!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040674254150310726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127096082918876032.post-40427519038108817942009-09-04T10:49:09.129-05:002009-09-04T10:49:09.129-05:00I recently was reading a blog post on "making...I recently was reading a blog post on "making a mark" which included a survey about which type of art we'd categorize ourselves in. <br />Most of us find it difficult to do that. I'd agree... It is a matter of style, but few of us really are one or the other, in my opinion... we sort of lap over into several.Marian Fortunatihttp://www.marianfortunati.com/blognoreply@blogger.com