ART SUPPLIES

Friday, December 10, 2010

'PAINTING IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF KEEPING A DIARY' - Pablo Picasso



Henry Ward Beecher once said, “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” If so, below is a glimpse of my own nature, or maybe my soul.

My pictures began with a camera, a lens and natural lighting that made its way to a computer, mixed in with filters, electronic brushes and adjusted pixels and finally printed on canvas and added oil and acrylic paints. A true mixed media of art forms and of ages (traditional and computerized painting). This is my hobby while I decide if I will continue in triathlon or on to something else. Maybe art, maybe writing or maybe back to triathlon.



Somewhere along the way before Ironman I lost my enthusiasm for the sport, especially the bike portion. Mostly because of an ankle injury that made biking extremely painful for the months leading up to Ironman. I was hoping taking some time off after ironman would allow my ankle to get better but it is still bothering me and is forcing me to go to the doctor and possibly have surgery.

So in the meantime, this is what's filling my spare time. It's hard to see the texture of the prints on the computer but I hope you like them. Who knows, they may be for sale one day.








3 comments:

Debbie said...

S E R I O U S L Y !!!!!

THESES ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS EVER. Randy, I love every single one, i would buy these,Can't wait to see whats next for you. So I didnt know about your ankle, hope everything goes good there.

Bruce Stewart (施樸樂) (ブルース・スチュワート) said...

I guess you need a little rest and recovery with the house move, the injuries (including Karen's) and the huge amount of time and energy you must have devoted to preparing for Ironman. Anyway, I expect you will bounce back in some way or other next year. I had a break from any form of training for much of the last year as I was in Sweden for nearly 3 months. Now I just need to focus on survival. No more ambitions of trying to compete against or beat anybody, well, maybe not, we'll see about that.

dangel smith said...

Very beautiful photos.

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