you mind explaining just WHY there is cadmium red up there?

[joflasher]

You know, its come to my attention that I really don't like painting frogs or geckos or hooked mermaids. I don't DISLIKE it but its really not what fires me up. All of those paintings were done because I wanted to paint rock. Concrete, lava stone, gritty, sandy, heavily textured rock. Cracks and rust marks and stripey shadows. Its fun. Its free form. Very free form. I have paint on my ceiling from the last round of rock. That's how you know its what you love to do, cause even with watercolors, getting paint off of a textured ceiling isn't easy or good for the body. This a lot of experience and a twisted back talking.

But no one is going to buy a picture of rocks.

Well, I'm sure someone would, eventually, cause there's a sort for every subject, but its not something I'm willing to wait around for.

So I put frogs over the rock. Everyone likes frogs. I like frogs. Slick, grinning, obscenely cheerful frogs. Frogs are CUTE. I see a frog in real life and go "Awwww, froggie". Me, the oh so practical and not so tender person that I am. They are just ... well, they are. Its the grin.

Frog sell. Frogs sell really well, actually. I mean, I have yet to have a frog come home from a show. Even after I sent one to a LITTLE show. Even after I jacked the prices up double. Send a frog to a show and the show is paid for, show fees, shipping and registration. People like frogs. People are willing to spend money on frogs. People smile when they see a frog. See above.

Rocks don't make people smile.

Unless the people happen to be me.

And I happen to be painting rocks.




Evolution
How you get from slimey and squishy to armored and hydraulic
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with rocks.


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Okay, I lied. There is one thing about painting frogs that I REALLY enjoy. Their eyes. For some reason, it utterly thrills me to paint frog eyes.

I need to get out more.

Comments

[mj2q.livejournal.com]

You need to paint your bathroom or your work office in rock. Although I guess that's a very big canvas with no sale.

Nice frogs btw.

[talldean.livejournal.com]

Hell, I'll still take the painting of the bunny if you didn't trash it. Pardon, 'rabbit'.

[flasher.livejournal.com]

The rabbit is dead.
see

in all truth, I have no idea where the original rabbit went ... its around somewhere

[zyrain.livejournal.com]

3 Things:

1) I strongly suspect that wihtout the wonderfully textured rock background, that the froggies wouldn't sell so well.

2) I initially read 'body' in the above post as 'boy' and it was way funnier!

3) I just had a dream that the rocks of the earth were actually the hardened hearts of millenia of creatures who loved and lost. I'm writing a poem about it, but if that idea can translate into painting somehow, you're welcome to it.

[starherd.livejournal.com]

Frogs with Thistle! XD
...the funny thing is, if you were actually painting on pieces of rock,
you most likely wouldn't get such a nifty, personality-full background. o_O
(Jo Rock: Better than the Real Thing)

At least the frogs aren't totally boring you to tears yet.
I've had some costumes like that.
I always like them better by the end, because it feels good to get something done, though.

[tikva.livejournal.com]

bester is a geologist, and I would TOTALLY buy him a rock painting, if I could afford it. Hmmm. *plots* Maybe we should talk about a commission or something. Do you do those? :)

[flasher.livejournal.com]

yes, on a limited basis.

As in, my time to paint is limited, so I need to have a good amount of time/warning before you need it.

I did a painting for pancua's wedding and it took me ~2 weeks of working an hour or two per evening BUT she let me know 2 months in advance. Most stuff takes me ~2 weeks of evenings or a couple of days straight but my work likes to make me travel. Getting two weeks at home can be tricky, some months.

[luminifer.livejournal.com]

no market for landscapes or something? barren wastelands?

those can be beautiful in a different way... *shrug*

[georgejas.livejournal.com]

jo, DUH

paint a rock shaped like a frog, real subtle like.

[georgejas.livejournal.com]

a BIG rock

like your fairy eating toad...

[flasher.livejournal.com]

but toads look like rocks already. Guess I need to paint a toad and see if it fullfills.