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Untitled Painting Exercise04 by ~evildex:iconevildex:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Still Life

©2008-2010 ~evildex
:iconevildex:

Artist's Comments

Among the loves I've had you were one of two who didn't have a "title."

I made this when you were two. I was in fifth grade then and I had absolutely no idea that we would meet or you would mean this much to me, or that I would miss you this badly, months after.

All that was important to me at the time was that this new well of opportunity had opened up. That, and that I was going to be a painter. Not the kind that got recognized years after they've been dead-- no matter how you cut it, you could never spend your money in any humanly meaningful way after you kicked the bucket.

This was where I picked up the habit of signing my works before they were finished. I didn't like my signature back then-- a clunky black line whose thickness was an offense to taste.

I was learning so much. And the bonus was that people were actually buying my paintings.

In my life I've only felt this way a few times. The most recent times were, of course, with you.

I don't know what'll happen to me this year-- almost 24 years after I finished painting the thing.

I hope that this year is kinder to you. And that all of us find what we're looking for and have no cause at all to regret them.

I love you, for whatever that's worth.


Dex

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Oil on Canvas, Summer of 1985. An exercise in color theory and in execution. This was copied from one of my teacher's many instructional materials. This piece hangs in the dining room of my grand aunt in Alabang Hills Village. I hope to restore it one day soon.

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~ika-siyam Jan 2, 2008, 4:53:23 AM
ganda ng rendering ah...
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~evildex Jan 2, 2008, 6:07:01 AM
I was young then. I was still flexing my artist muscles, plus I had a good teacher. Now I'm nearly decrepit and I've almost forgotten what was taught to me. Kainis.

At least I'm deep into my quest to relearn and discover.
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~sevenofeleven Jan 2, 2008, 9:59:56 AM
Grapes look great.

Looks pretty good.

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98% of the teenage population has tried or does clean pots. If you are of the few that does not, please help out in the kitchen more!
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`poetess Jan 6, 2008, 9:27:36 AM
"i was young then" what the-- dex!! even in our age, it doesn't make any difference. Just feel it in your heart. Remember what you used to feel when you're doing those arts.

<-- hehehehe nagsalita. :p

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*littlegoblet Jan 8, 2008, 12:47:32 AM
wow this is gorgeous. I don't think you lost your touch buddy. Even now you are doing lovely pics. Even lovely sketches.

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Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than by the things you acquire
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