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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:41 PM
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A few hundred more of my creepy animal paintings...
Warning kind of well, creepy...



















Sorry if I scared ya...
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:42 PM
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1. jeeeeeeeesus scared me heh, those are good tho
speaking of animals, hippos and whales are related.
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:43 PM
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3. I think wolfs are actually
genetically closer to whales...from what I've read...
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:45 PM
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4. wolves?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6863348/
interesting.
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:56 PM
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7. yup
Wolves and Whales probably share a common ancestor- there have been really cool fossils that have been found that show a sort of "swimming wolf" with long finger bones...
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:00 AM
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11. I am becoming interested in science, is that good?
:shrug: I like science way better than math btw.
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:01 AM
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13. same here
Science, especially biology IMO, is really free-flowing and creative. Math never let me explore mentally..but then again, I suck at calculus so go figure :P
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:04 AM
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15. bio is good, I enjoyed it
and you can use history knowledge in it too.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:43 PM
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2. Makes me wanna go fishin'
W/ a pole and a lobster trap!!!!
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:11 AM
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17. You mean my little slugs
I'm nowhere near the ocean, so most of these were done from my mind.

And I'm actually a pretty boring person.
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:52 PM
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5. I like number two best, it has the most depth, complexity, and color
variation. One and three, though good, are a bit flat. Number two shows more of what you can do.
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:57 PM
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8. Thanks...
Unfortunately the original is not in very good condition...cheep paint on cheep canvas.

But thanks again for the compliment.
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Philosophy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:55 PM
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6. What the heck are those things?
Some kind of bizarro crustacean-christmas tree ornament genetically engineered hybrids?
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:18 AM
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18. No just self portraits of me...
the little slimy slug that I am.;-)
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 11:58 PM
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9. wow!
longgrain, you are wicked talented! :o
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:01 AM
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12. Hey thanks WindRavenX
Edited on Tue Jan-25-05 12:01 AM by Longgrain
I'm trying with what little talent I can afford to spare...

A few hundred other of my paintings can be found here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=282x149

:hi:
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:04 AM
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14. dude
If I ever make enough money to buy art, I will be very honored to buy some of your work- they're fantastic.
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:25 AM
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19. Your not the fist DUer to say that
right now $50 is a lot of money to me so any offers are reasonable...
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:30 AM
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22. LOL
You deserve waaay more than that.
And I am a college student- 50 bucks is a month's worth of food :P
Then again, I DO need to drop a few pounds- mebbe I'll fast for art?
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msgadget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:00 AM
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10. I didn't get creepy,
but I like the way you used color. I especially liked the cracked stone (?) on the third one. Is that a mutant slug? I stepped on a slug this summer and still haven't gotten over it, Longgrain. Thanks EVER so much for the memory. :eyes:
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:05 AM
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16. Hee hee
These are all fictional animals...I was kind of morphing different animal shapes into one another (and plants as well):hi:
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msgadget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:25 AM
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21. Hey there!
:hi:
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:25 AM
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20. I've said it before
I love your use of color... now the subject matter... Actually, I like it, too. It's creative is a sick, bent sort of way. Cool. :)
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:32 AM
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23. Thanks again Lone_Star_Dem
Looking at the paintings above you'd be surprised to know I was actually inspired by guys like Cezanne and Gauguin...
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:47 AM
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26. Not surprised in the least
I'm not kidding either. :) It's in the gradations of color, very nice.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:33 AM
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24. The blatent sexuality of two and three do creep me out a bit
Couldn't you just paint flowers like any normal perv?
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 01:02 AM
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27. Yhah...blatent sexuality
Hey AT.

No I don't paint flowers...tho I'm glad you saw the suggestive traits of my paintings...

Not so subtle innuendo have always been one of my strong points in art...
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 01:09 AM
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28. whew! *wipes brow*
Oh good, it's not just me. I was afraid maybe my repressed childhood had me seeing things. :evilgrin:

Nice work, btw. Do you have a website with more of your work?
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 01:52 AM
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31. No web site
I'm an unsold amature...

the closest thing I got is right here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=282x149
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 12:35 AM
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25. I rather like these paintings. They are beautiful in fact.
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 01:10 AM
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29. There's beauty in everything
if you look for it...us artist just tend to look at the world in a different way then many people do.
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T Town Jake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 01:50 AM
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30. Reminds me of some of the portraits from "Night Gallery"...
...Rod Serling's 1970's era follow-up to "The Twilight Zone." I loved both shows, BTW, so that is in no sense a criticism; quite the opposite, you are certainly talented, IMO.



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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 02:52 AM
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32. I think I know what you mean...
Edited on Tue Jan-25-05 02:53 AM by Longgrain
The bold lines and stark contasts are what make these paintings great.
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