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Chaz Reinhold

by Chaz Reinhold on 20 February 2017 - 17:02

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by beetree on 21 February 2017 - 17:02

First off— I've never been to the Upper Peninsula, those are some really beautiful waters for being north. My first thought was some kind of mineral quarry had to be helping with that light refraction. It is a shame I had to live in Pontiac when I actually lived in MI. lol (Couldn't wait to get the heck out of there, too! This was before there was a bottle deposit and the garbage on the roads was disgusting, lol. And I drove a Subaru and those motorheads snapped my antenna off while it was parked at the mall. Cry Smile )


Now, back to you and your painting critique!

This composition shows our now familiar Music Man traveling, or rather, perhaps he is contemplating a journey, but for now he is standing on a scenic state road, on the portion that is straight and directly in the center of the composition. The road takes a sharp right angle turn but we still get the feeling of going straight into the large, calm lake directly in front of us. There is a dirt road coming onto the paved state road, also at a right angle in the very right side of the foreground, maybe it is private road to a home. Maybe he came from there, too. The hint of mailbox post, I think it is, shows by this dirt drive, and perhaps those are the ears of his dog, too, watching the music man as he stands in the road.

The signage shows a rather squiggly road, just ahead, but it doesn't match the sharp right angle turn that is actually there and seems to instead take us parallel to the man's driveway. For how long? We can't know because if the signs don't match the reality, we are left to guess what lies beyond. These parallel roads suggest parallel lives, too.

By now, I know you like to play with shadows, and it is clear that once again, not all of them are consistent with a single source of light, such as a sun in the daytime that we can't see. The Music Man and sign posts share the same direction, but the side shadows of ... stumps? from the greenery looming on the left, reach out like fingers missing their tips.

The greenery on both sides create a cavernous sense, they tower over our Music Man, and like I mentioned earlier, beckon with their size, their leafy shapes and hollows to give a message that seeks to be understood. He is made tiny by their message, too. His music isn't being played. Insignificant he is, almost, in this dominating deciduous drama on the road of mixed messages.

H isotopes where my clue. I see three leafy fingers descending like hash marks, is that H3, the radioactive one with a half life of over 12 years? I can't be sure what the leafy message is meant on the left, only that there is one, and if it has to do with chemistry, then, atoms too, then there will be much desire and attraction to create a stable bond. H3 is not stable, but H and H2 are. If those are leafy O's then it would be as natural as water if they were joined. And there is the giant lake of water, calm and inviting and oh, so close and in reach, straight ahead.

Will he take a step and begin a new life journey, or maybe... does he wait for a lover to come to him, from around that corner, to create a stable bond with him and join him with his dog at home, at the end of the dirt road? 

 

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That's it for now! Back to my own insignificant life of baking muffins for a swim meet! 

 


Chaz Reinhold

by Chaz Reinhold on 21 February 2017 - 17:02

Not bad...🤔....that is a mailbox. Surprised you didn't mention the garbage can. And those are garbage bags next to the can.
Nice catch on the shadows. 3H is not stable. 2H and 3H are commonly called D and T. I can't divulge the left side message. I'll leave that for the viewer's interpretation.
What direction does the sign at the turn say he is headed?

I didn't know you lived here. I grew up on Union Lk.

by beetree on 21 February 2017 - 18:02

I even saw Prince in concert in Detroit! That was an incredible show!

I couldn't tell that was a garbage pail and trash bags! Oops, not enough details for me to see, just vague dark shapes in the foreground.

As for a direction? If Music Man proceeds to take steps forward on the road towards the lake, he could be coming from Ohio, heading north towards MI. That's if my sense of direction and map reading are on target! Supposedly Ohio State Rte 15 leads into MI 99 ... at some point. And since Erie is the Great Lake boardering Ohio, and you show me Lake Superior, he must be going North towards Mi, not south, towards Ohio.


Chaz Reinhold

by Chaz Reinhold on 21 February 2017 - 19:02

Figured you didn't see that was a garbage can , but was surprised you knew that was a mailbox. I forgot to paint the flag and numbers.
He is definitely up in the U.P.

Chaz Reinhold

by Chaz Reinhold on 21 February 2017 - 23:02

Bee, super busy at work today, and not a good day for that after being foolish and going to the bar last night.
I Don't know, maybe because these pics look so small on here or I'm just not a good enough artist, but he is walking and not just standing in place. His one foot is in front of the other.

And speaking of Prince, he died. No, but since his death, has Dr. Pepper not run those "Lil Sweet" commercials, or is it just me? I haven't really been watching any TV. If I didn't have the kids, I'd just cancel the cable.

Chaz Reinhold

by Chaz Reinhold on 22 February 2017 - 00:02

Also, that sign at the bottom is a universal sign to caution for curves in the road. It isn't exactly what is ahead, otherwise, they'd have to make one for every road. That would be costly and time consuming.

by beetree on 22 February 2017 - 00:02

What size are the paintings? 11x 14? When I try to enlarge the image on my computer screen to see more detail, it becomes blurred out. It is probably a photography quality issue. Maybe if you zoom in and shoot some of the finer areas of consideration I will see better, the details.

I also like to take my own screenshot to eliminate the tablecloth background that you place the painting on, for less distraction. How good is your camera on your phone?

Yes, I know that Prince died, that is why my memory of that concert is even more special to me. Trying to remember exactly which year... but I think it must have been one of the Nov.. '84 dates at the Joe Louis Arena. I would have to contact my Ex to collaborate this, otherwise it would have be June '86 and in the Cobo Arena. I moved back to CT by Oct. '87, that I am sure. I just am not sure if I was in MI in '84 during Nov...my Ex would know! I used to work at an art and drafting store called Favr Rule...I hated it. So, I took a Temp job as assistant to the Ops Mgr. at the MLPF&S brokerage offices in Bloomfield Hills.

Made a flaky rich art friend and her boyfriend who lived in a mansion in Grosse Point. I lived in a tiny crappy house on a dirt road only a few miles from the Silverdome. I moved there because my ex was a new hire in training for Ross Perot's company, EDS. He used to do triathalons, so I would follow him wherever, usually some place like Anne Arbor or Lansing. Oh, yeah, I tried cold call selling art posters and framing connected to a Gallery storefront in Detroit. There is where I discovered the Greek town, I think it was, which was sort of cool. I didn't make any money doing cold calls, so I signed up for the temp agency. I would handle the compliance from the brokers and the Manager liked me better than his old assistant, so they we're going to hire me full time, when the ex  decided he wanted to work for a firm doing brokerage conversions in NYC. So we moved back to CT.

Not that you asked .... or anything! LOL


by beetree on 22 February 2017 - 01:02

Well, we have all sorts of curves in CT and they always follow the roads actual movement! Being sued is way more expensive than making a sign!

I think you are wrong about that.

Lots of people are ditching cable... so long as they have Netflix.


Chaz Reinhold

by Chaz Reinhold on 22 February 2017 - 01:02

An imageNope. Lol. https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/services/publications/fhwaop02084/ Yep. Bloomfield Hills and Grosse Pointe. Lots of money there. This is the last year for Joe Louis Arena. I've played hockey in there a few times. I fixed the mailbox for you. Lol...added a flag, etc. Yes, this one is 11 x 14.






 


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