dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Image HistoryThis is a photo of a painting I did in the mid 1960, my relaxation getaway from Grad-school Boring Chemistry Studies. I hung out with the Art Department and was invited to figure drawing class by the professor base on our chance meeting in the display center and discussing void spaces in sculpture and paintings... nude figures were more interesting than chemical glassware and chemist were a dullards. Once educated and employed, I missed my opportunity to be a starving artist and applied my artistic creativity to process design which paid good money. The art part of me solved problems with artistic creativity that few had. My tech talks always had images and yes, even cartoons.

Titles interpret images. The image coupled with the title "Warm Tonight Everest Tomorrow" tells the story. This image is perhaps confusing because of my odd "Point of View" [POV] just one of my paintings and photographs in which prospective is not typical. Later I will make topic of another POV painting by me, the artist, long disappeared.

POV is important in everyday photography. My Son-N-Law photographs grandchildren from his 6'2" prospective so we have a great view of the top of their heads. What if the camera was in a small hole looking up at the child, the POV would create a child of giant height.

David Lynch POV The movie Blue Velvet by David Lynch is filled with creative POV photography and is a lesson on prospective. His early films while getting his degree were filled with "off the wall" images.
Google "Heart attack scene in blue velvet movie YouTube." In that scene, the victim falls to the ground and still conscious looks thru the grass, we see thru his eyes. The opening scenes tell a quiet story of Lumberton North Carolina that opening scene of Lumberton is visual story and the POV of Heart Attack and Ear Scenes are interesting POV employed for effect. I did not copy him, he did not copy me.

Image FramingTo answer a previously asked question the I, and perhaps Linda, asked about framing a photo. The photo image frame for this image was created in Paintshop Pro 2023 [on sale for $40 life time] using Effect>3D>Buttonize. I think it was a question asked some time ago in this section... how to make frames. What does a button have to do with a frame effect? No clue.

WARM TONIGHT EVEREST TOMORROW

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dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Comments, critiques, and modifications welcome.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Very nice abstract work! The back story helped me look at it from your perspective.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

sounded familiar from when I was a kid... long ago.

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dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Yes the title, looking at Ice-covered Mt Everest thru a camp fire that warms a climber the night before the climb.
Thank you for commenting and saying you enjoying the abstract and the back story.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

A marvelous conversation and image!

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Thank you Linda... wow it was years ago that i did that painting. Did you see it as burning log campfire and snow covered mountains in the background?

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Image explained:

magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK

Thanks Don, you’ve helped me get right through your image and understand it - not something I usually manage with abstracts, even if I like them. Must say, I do like this, for both colour and form. Title works a treat.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Thank you magnetoman
I look at the images of my painting and wonder who that guy painting was~!
I read some of my technical reports I wonder who that guy researching and writing was~!
I read some of my poetry, I wonder who that guy writing poetry was~!

And now I have AI editing add on and it has its own being beyond me. Will it be Hal 9000 from Space Odyssey 2001?

Like Dr Frankenstein I with the help of many and time stitched my many beings together and we let them ourselves out single or multi cooperating. At times I have been misunderstood as was Frankenstein's original monster. Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks is a better fit.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

I would not presume to modify this in any way. It's a really nice image. I used to not appreciate abstracts because I always wanted to be able to "understand" everything in an image. I'm not hampered by those constraints anymore. If I like what I see it is good. I don't have to understand it.
Erich

veralisa296 Loc: New Jersey

You are SO descriptive in describing your experiences, such as your time in the Art department...gave me a chuckle and brought me right back to my days as an art major in college. I LOVE the spontanaity of the oil you produced! Though I suspect you put in a lot of forethought about just where each color would go! I liked the orange splash, too.