Monday, October 09, 2006

Tundra Landscape Posted by Picasa

12 comments:

D.Macri said...

Well, so much for showing intermediate stages. :S

I'm done (Except an occaisional daub here and there).

Anonymous said...

So awesome, way to go.

Ups the bar from your last one.

Heh heh...

cara said...

Gorgeous colour and texture.
WOW!

Ted said...

Wow micro, This is a serious painting.

J C said...

looks like a candyscape, i wanna eat it.

TheBlueMask said...

I`d like to hang out there.

Stan Dangerman said...

I love the tree line. the perspective too is fantastic.

D.Macri said...

Thanks people! Your praise makes me want to do more.


Eating oil paintings is VERY hazardous to your health
- Surgeon General

Stan Dangerman said...

hey-- where'd that bug one go? that was funny-- macro meets B-movie.

anyway, i LOVE this work. i was just in calgary and all the pricey oil wealth galleries there sell stuff that's exactly like this, except nowhere near as good (imho).

SOMEBODY's gotta make us all rich, so i vote macro. (ok, i'm just kidding--clearly it's up to renemaphone to take over the UN and create global equity, otherwise there's no hope.)

curfimw: the attaining of wealth and/or status through the acheivements of others.

Quitmoanez said...

Seriously Micro, this is stunning.

Almost photorealism, so close enough to appease the mass, but painterly, like candy as Knackerson said, so even better.

I would argue that you sellOUT: Paint 10 of these, all large, then you have a show, and roughly 75K to show for it (assuming each can sell for an average of 15K, and after all applicable taxes and gallery leaching habits).

So what's the storyGlory?

Let's have it.

:)

Anonymous said...

ooooohhhhhwwwwoooooooo! wolf boy throws his feral head back and greets the moon.

again, if it matters, a wolf vs. dangerman conflation has occured here.

Anonymous said...

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By Bill Mayberry


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