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[TheGSMoeller]

That's an awesome painting! Your son has talent!

Thank you!! 
I'll pass along your praise to him.

[ritter]

Thank you!! 
I'll pass along your praise to him.

Add mine as well, please. Very nice painting! 

[North Star]

Many thanks, Karlo! I've chsnged it to the larger of the two images you provided, as it seems that way it appears less distorted when in the forum page.

Have a great Sunday.

Cheers,

Rafael

You're welcome, Rafael, and a great Sunday to you too!

Add mine as well, please. Very nice painting! 

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[JBS]

You're welcome, Rafael, and a great Sunday to you too!
+2

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[Florestan]

Add mine as well, please. Very nice painting! 

+ 4! I'm the father of a son who paints all kinds of creatures so I know quality when I see it. 

Kudos to your son, it's excellent!

[NikF4]

There's a tl;dr below.

Recently I was talking to a photographer about photographic subjects and the work as a whole and I said I'd try to look through my past and see what I want to show, although I'm far more interested in looking forward. Most everything is drum scanned but there are bits and pieces here and there that never got printed or did get printed but not returned in place in time to be scanned. In this instance excuse the quick and dirty negative against the window solution.

BTW, I read the forum rules and they clearly state -

"Pornography and Adult Content
GMG caters to all cultures and age groups. If your post is not family-friendly or not work-safe, then it is not acceptable for posting on the forum. This includes pornography, either visual or text, obscene language, hate-related posts, drug abuse, gambling and links to sites with such content." - this shot isn't pornography. It depicts a  ballerina, one who has danced for national companies in Europe, when finally she's returned home after working hard and now in repose. Despite that, I'm not going to question the forum rules either directly or in some passive aggressive manner. But if anyone wants to see the uncensored version (currently low res and lacking in detail as it is) feel free to hit me up.

tl;dr: a shot of a naked lady. 


e: and yeah, 5054 is tmax. So?!

[Florestan]

August Macke - Our Garden with Blooming Borders (1912)

[NikF4]

August Macke - Our Garden with Blooming Borders (1912)

Good stuff.

[Florestan]

Good stuff.

Yours is / are not bad either. 

[NikF4]

Yours is / are not bad either. 

Thanks, pal. 

August Macke isn't someone who I'm familiar with, but one of the cool bonuses of this forum is how the way a frame of reference can sometimes be extended courtesy of another member.

[Florestan]

Thanks, pal. 

August Macke isn't someone who I'm familiar with, but one of the cool bonuses of this forum is how the way a frame of reference can sometimes be extended courtesy of another member.

Until yesterday I was ignorant of him as well. I stumbled upon his works while looking for a suitable painting for my new avatar --- but can't remember what I actually googled.  Anyway, his paintings are beautiful and expressive. He died in WWI, only 27 of age.

[Mirror Image]

Looks like now I'm one of several members who has a consistent avatar. Florestan and Nik change avatars a lot more than I did when I was changing avatars quite frequently.

[Florestan]

Looks like now I'm one of several members who has a consistent avatar. Florestan and Nik change avatars a lot more than I did when I was changing avatars quite frequently.

True, but at least I don't change my favorite composers every week, as you did back then.   

[Sergeant Rock]

He died in WWI, only 27 of age.

That absurd war took the lives of many great artists, poets, composers

Sarge

[Florestan]

That absurd war took the lives of many great artists, poets, composers

Indeed.

[NikF4]

Until yesterday I was ignorant of him as well. I stumbled upon his works while looking for a suitable painting for my new avatar --- but can't remember what I actually googled.  Anyway, his paintings are beautiful and expressive. He died in WWI, only 27 of age.

That absurd war took the lives of many great artists, poets, composers

Sarge

I was planning to reply to Florestan later because I'm having a whale of a time with some friends right now. But yeah, WWI - someone I read once in a while is Rupert Brooke -



Frankly, I find the somewhat widespread criticism of Brooke to be ridiculous. How can anyone view that massacre as anything other than tragic?

Anyway, one of my great-grandfathers volunteered but was rejected - bearing in mind they were taking almost anyone - on account of being born with one leg slightly shorter than the other. But it never stopped him because he eventually drove an ambulance on the front. I've the faintest of memories where he and his friends/former comrades would sit and talk and be hushed by my great-grandmother when I was nearby.

[Ken B]

I was planning to reply to Florestan later because I'm having a whale of a time with some friends right now. But yeah, WWI - someone I read once in a while is Rupert Brooke -



Frankly, I find the somewhat widespread criticism of Brooke to be ridiculous. How can anyone view that massacre as anything other than tragic?

Anyway, one of my great-grandfathers volunteered but was rejected - bearing in mind they were taking almost anyone - on account of being born with one leg slightly shorter than the other. But it never stopped him because he eventually drove an ambulance on the front. I've the faintest of memories where he and his friends/former comrades would sit and talk and be hushed by my great-grandmother when I was nearby.

I think you misspelt grandfather. It has no "great" in it.

My grandfather also volunteered, and was captured in 1915. He escaped more than once, but was recaptured. when I was a child we saw the World at War, and I asked him questions. Later my grandmother asked to never do that again, it upset him too much to talk about that war. So, alas, I never did. He served as an army surgeon in ww2.
I recommend They Shall Not Grow Old very strongly.

[NikF4]

I think you misspelt grandfather. It has no "great" in it.

My grandfather also volunteered, and was captured in 1915. He escaped more than once, but was recaptured. when I was a child we saw the World at War, and I asked him questions. Later my grandmother asked to never do that again, it upset him too much to talk about that war. So, alas, I never did. He served as an army surgeon in ww2.
I recommend They Shall Not Grow Old very strongly.

I don't understand what you mean.

[Ken B]

I don't understand what you mean.

You cannot convince us you are over 50 unless it was your grandfather, not your great grandfather.

[NikF4]

You cannot convince us you are over 50 unless it was your grandfather, not your great grandfather.

You're calling me a liar.

e: "us" - is that a forum of real people or the priggish voices in your head?

Okay, how about despite that fact I'm not obliged to prove anything to anyone, I find a willing volunteer to look at copies of birth/marriage certifcates? Anyone want drawn into this?