tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10994567.post8415054848239348873..comments2024-03-19T02:17:51.730-07:00Comments on tunnels of gates: "Murmurs from Deep Time"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10994567.post-27288363955535223122008-09-01T01:31:00.000-07:002008-09-01T01:31:00.000-07:00David, could you take more detail shots of Bob's p...David, could you take more detail shots of Bob's painting? Maybe, the mountains, and the rocks on the bottom middle and left? :)oh and, p.s. I found some mala in my backyard- would they belong to you?chrisromainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961185652035285009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10994567.post-3800917779572020492008-08-30T02:06:00.000-07:002008-08-30T02:06:00.000-07:00also, interesting fact: the original mirror was re...also, interesting fact: the original mirror was red. he changed the color on the painting (maybe to match his ocean blue eyes?God, remember those twinkling eyes? I miss Bob so much). Your points make me think, How much of this scene is real, and how much is imaginary? That's a good question to ask ourselves about all of our experience, actually. How much is real, and how much is imagined?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386432305484990988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10994567.post-72821576980532446902008-08-29T15:30:00.000-07:002008-08-29T15:30:00.000-07:00Great ideas chris! I did talk to Bob about natura...Great ideas chris! I did talk to Bob about natural light, and he said that he painted so many still lifes that he could make the light up. And he did use photographs and photo references, but not often.<BR/><BR/>His precess was to first loosely draw out all the images and then slowly "pull" them into focus using many layers of semi-transparent paint, so he could have done the highlights and shadows near then end and all together (he also used a fast-drying medium). It's the light on his face which trips me out. amazing.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386432305484990988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10994567.post-34830066874861091032008-08-29T01:45:00.000-07:002008-08-29T01:45:00.000-07:00Wow. OMG! Oh my God. I love the Murmurs From Deep ...Wow. OMG! Oh my God. I love the Murmurs From Deep Time. I love the surreality of the daytime light coming in through an unseen window, which is so masterfully painted, combined with the mountains and moon at the top which seem to be in a night/dusk time. It looks as though it could be a painting on the wall within the painting, or a window into the actual Himalayas. I don't know which it is, but it would be fun it was another window. The crescent moon looks like the crescent in the Om which represents the final subtle dualism before complete oneness (the non-dual state) is reached. It would also be the threshold beyond which is where the cycle of birth and death have been transcended. Okay, SO, did he paint on this for 20 or so minutes a day, at the same time each day, so that he could get the light right? Or did he take a picture and calculate the angles of the shadows he wanted and get that exact, but paint for an hour at a time around the same time of day??? I just don't know how you paint all of that natural light and texture and shadows from a photo. Did you ever talk to Bob about using photos for paintings? For himself, and for other people?chrisromainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961185652035285009noreply@blogger.com