tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post2487718717465547984..comments2023-05-11T13:33:37.617+01:00Comments on Watermarks: Journey to the Sea - Part IIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-56278275497349314862009-06-02T10:23:19.184+01:002009-06-02T10:23:19.184+01:00Jeanette, you have the most fascinating and challe...Jeanette, you have the most fascinating and challenging environment in terms of painting(and living, I think!). And exactly so are your paintings. Love it!<br />ronellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-23700119438089481002009-06-01T21:49:49.031+01:002009-06-01T21:49:49.031+01:00Your water is very active and the colors of the la...Your water is very active and the colors of the land so peaceful. It sets up a very interesting contrast.<br /><br />We have a lot of company and my fingers are just itching to paint IRL. You have inspired me to get out no matter what.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142884023928819776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-77241689557675504662009-06-01T08:54:45.431+01:002009-06-01T08:54:45.431+01:00Jeanette, - sorry but I'm very slow with comments ...Jeanette, - sorry but I'm very slow with comments right now. Your series is a great idea. I like the groupings around different watermarks. I just thought of how one can apply very different approaches to this: scientific, lyrical, poetic etc... Hm... let me ponder...<br /><br />And, yes... very much so agreeing with the limits of monitors... and like Vivien I'm very glad to have seen both her and Lindsay's art irl.<br /><br />Oops - that reminds me of the project idea... will see to that asap... now off to a course of teamworking and managing teams... and will find out some more about MBTI personality types... cannae wait (and that's being serious!)Gesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808430595430298345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-4628304645808159682009-05-29T16:42:56.058+01:002009-05-29T16:42:56.058+01:00I'm enjoying seeing this series develop, Jeanette!...I'm enjoying seeing this series develop, Jeanette! As for the hazards of viewing work on line---I lament them, too. My last piece, if I may say so, has a much better overall texture than it appears to have as posted.<br />I do think that having very strong value contrasts in a painting makes it more amenable to reproducing on line. Your Journey, Part II suffers a bit in reproduction, perhaps, because it lacks pronounced value shifts. I would love to see it in person, too.<br />Keep going, girl---this is such a great concept!Laura Frankstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528540633399368216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-50939827868182634252009-05-29T12:35:32.190+01:002009-05-29T12:35:32.190+01:00I totally agree :>) - would love to see everyo...I totally agree :>) - would love to see everyones work IRL<br /><br />.... well, I'm lucky I have seen Katherine, Lindsay, Tina and Gesa's :>) but only a little, I'd love to see a lot more. The mark making is so important isn't it!vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-57937109808215337322009-05-29T12:12:19.534+01:002009-05-29T12:12:19.534+01:00Katherine, I have to confess that I know very litt...Katherine, I have to confess that I know very little about the geology of Newfoundland and your links are fascinating. I have heard that the origins - physically - of the mass that is Newfoundland is a break off of a larger continent, so you<br />right there is a connection to Cornwall and further.<br /><br />All I know about the rock in Newfounland is that it is plentiful and that gardening requires a pickaxe and shovel!<br /><br />Vivien, my pet peeve with displaying artwok online is the viewer's inability to explore it close up or to step back for an appropriate view. I like looking at brushstrokes and how a painting is built as well as viewing from 'across the room'.Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-21702793123623333452009-05-29T08:19:37.481+01:002009-05-29T08:19:37.481+01:00Great post Jeanette :>)
and that close up is ...Great post Jeanette :>)<br /><br /><br />and that close up is gorgeous - we miss so much by only seeing a tiny thumbnail of works online, these little close ups give a much truer picture of the painterlinessvivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704279171808207164.post-44637656099807206462009-05-28T09:21:11.473+01:002009-05-28T09:21:11.473+01:00OMG - I haven't done the hydrologic cycle in aeons...OMG - I haven't done the hydrologic cycle in aeons!<br /><br />Do you know what sort of rock you sit on? The geology of an area has a huge impact on whether the ground is pervious or impervious - and degrees inbetween - and hence how the run-off works in terms of soil cover and ground saturation.<br /><br />I love the painting. You are just so painterly once you have a brush in your hand!<br /><br />PS I couldn't wait! You al need to take a look at <A HREF="http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/mines&en/geosurvey/maps/nf.pdf" REL="nofollow">this pdf map of a geological survey of Newfoundland</A> - it's absolutely fascinating! I used to be able to read these and tell what had happened to an area...........<br /><br />Looks to me like your saturated ground might be due to metamorphic rocks which are impervious. But also it looks like your journey to the sea crosses different rocks on its way<br /><br />I couldn't resist looking a bit further and came across this about <A HREF="http://museum.gov.ns.ca/MNH/nature/nhns/t2/t2-2.pdf" REL="nofollow">T2.2 THE AVALON AND MEGUMA ZONES</A> which in a nutshell basically says that <I>Avalon</I>, the area where you live, was once part of the bit of Gondwanaland which went off to become Africa and Europe! Maybe it's a bit closer to Cornwall than you thought?<br /><br /><I>"the Avalon Zone was associated<br />with Europe and Africa (i.e., Gondwana) during the Cambrian period."</I> <br /><br />Then everything to the west of you on Newfoundland is associated with the Appalachians - but has become joined up with Avalon.<br /><br />You are living in a geologist's idea of heaven!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.com