work vs. pleasure.

[duccio]

I went to my union job Saturday and made a BIG pile of money, but I couldn't go to the auction house and bid on two old paintings I liked. They went for only $25 and $30. I hate work.


Toy SonyCam flower pic
from outside the studio door.

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[duccio]

One was a picture of two children running on the beach. It is sort of nostalgic, but more than that it has a sort of illustration quality as if it maybe were the original art for an illustration for a book a long time ago. It uses a technique that is a very light touch consisting of what you might call color smudges, and it is rather low key in color, and in earth tones.

The other one was part of a two lot. One of them was pure flea market crap, but the other was a very accomplished plein air painting of an artist painting on the beach partly concealed under a big white umbrella.

If I had gone today I would have bid because obviously, bidding was low since they were both offered with bidding starting at $25.

I prepared photos of them, but I think I will post them tomorrow since I am kind of tired and I think they still need a little work to get the color more close to accurate.

Lose some / winsome.