Comments on: Everything but the Bathroom Sink

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:35:58 +0000

Thanks Heather – and Robin! I plan to leave this version as it is. I feel it speaks more to me as a personal image. That said, I plan to try it again with the wallpaper.

Robin – Special thanks for your wonderful way of seeing…

I think everyone here offered great points – thank you so much!

By: Robn Easton

Robn Easton — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:04:40 +0000

Wow, this painting is amazing! I checked out the original photo and I hate to say it but I think the painting WITHOUT the wallpaper pattern is far more powerful. My eyes are able to register the picture. In the original photo I can’t seem to settle on any one thing. There was just too much movement.

I also feel like the painting conveys the true feeling of these old hoses much more than the photo. You mention the ‘waiting’ for return, well the painting REALLY captures that feeling. It brings up a huge longing in me, the deep-in the-pit of your stomach feeling of wanting to recapture something long past. It can bring tears to my eyes. I think it is something we all relate to…if we let ourselves feel it. I do.

I think these old places are living breathing memories. The wall and floors are saturated with all the voices, emotions, touches and experiences of their occupants. Maybe it is why we feel we are getting a peek at a secret or something deeply private.

Your works of art are really beautiful Michelle. I just wish I was there to explore with you. I too feel when I enter an abadoned home that I am entering a sacred space.

Gosh, we are fragile beings who are here for only a blink of an eye. Makes me want to live and live and live every moment I can.

Thank you dear friend. You are quite remarkable. Hugs, Robin

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:08:11 +0000

I think you can have it both ways…what ever works for “you”…as someone mentioned if it is a duplicate, it needs the wallpaper, if it is your interpretation then it is your choice.

I do like your idea of doing another with the wallpaper…what ever works…

Great piece regardless of what you do…
Cheers

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:55:11 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts, everyone. I really appreciate your feedback!

I am inclined to do another painting entirely with the wallpaper in. That way, I can have it both ways!

By: Jenn Jilks

Jenn Jilks — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:01:29 +0000

I love the painting. I think the painting is excellent as it is. But the photo is excellent, too!

The question I ask is the painting a duplicate or an interpretation. An artist’s rendering. I think the latter!

By: kaslkaos

kaslkaos — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:38:22 +0000

erm…wallpaper, by it’s style and condition will give the room a ‘fixed’ time stamp. Without, everything is open to interpretation. So, of course, as always, up to you.

By: Jennifer Rose

Jennifer Rose — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:51:27 +0000

make up a different pattern for the paper?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:14:12 +0000

Chrissy – It is a stand for the hot water heater!

It’s funny, but, I have been asking this question all over and I am getting ‘leave it’ from men and ‘add the wallpaper’ from women. I am attracted to an almost minimal simplicity, personally, so my instinct was to leave it. Jury is still out…

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:08:42 +0000

Haha, a very dangerous question! I think you could hint at it without it becoming distracting. But, whatever you decide to do, it works. I love the neglected atmospher that you achieve. Is that a foot scaper in the corner?

By: Col

Col — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:21:37 +0000

A dangerous question! You ARE brave. My “in favour” for the busy wallpaper may just be a reflection of an attraction to a certain busy-ness in my own work but even so I think you would have handled the wallpaper beautifully — you would make it fit, not over power. I think your skeleton is strong and would withstand a little makeup.