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Tully Mars · 02-11-2009, 07:48 AM

While home last fall I snapped a few shots of the paintings my dad has done. These are photos taken of pictures hanging on my parents walls. The lighting is awful and the photos really don't do justice to the paintings. He swears he's not an artist, I think he's nuts.

uncle phil · 02-11-2009, 08:23 AM

watercolor, right?

my mother has been playing with this for years, thinks she isn't any good, but i have a few of her sketches that are keepers...

good stuff, tully...

Tully Mars · 02-11-2009, 10:29 AM

Some watercolors, some oil and some acrylic. Not sure exactly which are which but I know the Golden Gate bridge in the fog is oil, I was still home when he did it. I think the one with two parrots is acrylic and many of the rest might be watercolors. Again I'm just not sure. I do know the photos don't do them justice.

ryfo · 02-11-2009, 01:40 PM

butterflies are beautiful tell your dad that he is indeed an artist I just wish I had his talent

little_tippler · 02-17-2009, 03:04 PM

these are nice, my favourite is the 5th one with the butterflies, it has the most freedom of brush stroke to me.

PonyPotato · 02-17-2009, 03:34 PM

I really love the hummingbird and the butterflies.

genuinegirly · 02-17-2009, 06:55 PM

The bridge is my favorite. Remarkable work, shame he doesn't see the talent.

blahblah454 · 02-17-2009, 08:20 PM

Wow, those are really good!

By chance did you inherit any of his ability?

grumpyolddude · 03-17-2009, 06:58 PM

These are all good, but the bridge and the butterflies are exceptional.

Grasshopper Green · 03-22-2009, 06:50 AM

As a bird lover, I very much appreciate his subject matter. These are great!

newtities · 06-06-2009, 09:00 AM

what an artist

Tully Mars · 06-08-2009, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blahblah454

Wow, those are really good!

By chance did you inherit any of his ability?

Not really. I can take a chainsaw and a chunk of wood and turn it into something that looks like a bear, fish or bird. I've dinked around with drawings and stuff most of it doesn't look anything like art.

Shell · 06-08-2009, 05:29 AM

...they're awesome, tully, artist he is!...you tell 'em i said so

Kasey · 09-02-2009, 04:51 PM

there are very nice, my favourite is the seven,you dad is really a artist

02-11-2009, 07:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	My Dad's Paintings While home last fall I snapped a few shots of the paintings my dad has done. These are photos taken of pictures hanging on my parents walls. The lighting is awful and the photos really don't do justice to the paintings. He swears he's not an artist, I think he's nuts. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

02-11-2009, 08:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	watercolor, right? my mother has been playing with this for years, thinks she isn't any good, but i have a few of her sketches that are keepers... good stuff, tully... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

02-11-2009, 10:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Some watercolors, some oil and some acrylic. Not sure exactly which are which but I know the Golden Gate bridge in the fog is oil, I was still home when he did it. I think the one with two parrots is acrylic and many of the rest might be watercolors. Again I'm just not sure. I do know the photos don't do them justice. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

02-17-2009, 03:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	these are nice, my favourite is the 5th one with the butterflies, it has the most freedom of brush stroke to me. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

02-17-2009, 03:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
PonyPotato Soaring Location: Ohio!	I really love the hummingbird and the butterflies. __________________ "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." — Henri-Frédéric Amiel

02-11-2009, 01:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
ryfo Psycho Location: melbourne australia	butterflies are beautiful tell your dad that he is indeed an artist I just wish I had his talent

02-17-2009, 06:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	The bridge is my favorite. Remarkable work, shame he doesn't see the talent. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

02-17-2009, 08:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	Wow, those are really good! By chance did you inherit any of his ability?

03-17-2009, 06:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	These are all good, but the bridge and the butterflies are exceptional. __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

03-22-2009, 06:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	As a bird lover, I very much appreciate his subject matter. These are great! __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

06-06-2009, 09:00 AM	#11 (permalink)
newtities Upright	what an artist

06-08-2009, 05:29 AM	#13 (permalink)
Shell Cheers Location: Eastcoast USA	...they're awesome, tully, artist he is!...you tell 'em i said so __________________ ..."Say what you think. Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" ~ Dr. Seuss

09-02-2009, 04:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
Kasey Upright Location: China	there are very nice, my favourite is the seven,you dad is really a artist