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mookie blaylock 10
mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
edited April 2006 in The Art Wall
here is a painting i did for a friend who is also a PJ fan...and i mean fanatic...it's based on song lyrics from "jeremy", and it's called "arms raised in a v" ...i'm currently working on a piece based on "crazy mary"...i'll share it when it's finished...

http://www.segmentedpaintings.ca/arms.htm

i'd be anxious to hear any comments or questions anyone might have.

have a pearl jam day!
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  • *given*to*fly*
    *given*to*fly* Posts: 325
    unfuckingbelievable!!!!!
    you are very talented
    id love to have a piece like that hanging in my appartment
    im kinda jellous actually
    so many ppl seem to have all these creative gifts and i got nothing lol
    but yes its beautiful and id love to see more of your work
    cheers
    dream like your living forever
    live like your dying today
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    wow! thanks so much for the kind reply. we all have something creative in us....sometimes you just have to look for it. can't wait until i finish this "crazy mary" piece so i can post that too. it's going to be called "sometimes we did". my website's in my profile if you want to check out more. i do mostly stuff based on music lyrics...especially neil young...he's my main inspiration. once again, i can't thank you enough for the kind words. peace from the east coast!
  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,406
    wow, i really like your moon panel!
    how long did it take you to create this piece?
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    i thought about it for a week or two, and listened to "jeremy" a FEW times - i was fine with that! once i had the image in my head, it was finished in about four days. it's on wood...so that includes cutting, sanding, and preparing the wood. it was just one of those pieces that came to me...if you know what i mean, and i had to get it out and get the image i had in my head down with paint. the only thing that slowed me down was the fact that the red and yellow were slow drying paints! it's my favourite piece i've ever done because it meant so much to the person i did it for. all he asked me to do was a painting based on "jeremy" and that it had to incorporate the idea of "arms raised in a v"...hence the title and the tree splitting so it looks like arms...one reaching for the sun...one reaching for the moon..."king jeremy ruled his world"...in other words, as he holds the sun in one hand (tree branch) and the moon in the other.
    thanks for your reply gluten, and for taking a look, i appreciate it.
  • *given*to*fly*
    *given*to*fly* Posts: 325
    WOW!!!!
    i dont even have words,
    your stuff is amazing!
    im really impressed
    please send me a msg when u finish your next piece id love to see it
    cheers
    dream like your living forever
    live like your dying today
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    will do GTF! thanks for taking the time to take a look and for your kind words once again. i really appreciate it! i'm pretty excited about this new piece, so i'll be quick to show it off once it's done...
    ...down a long dirt road...the old blue car we used to race...a little country store with a sign tacked to the side...
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    i played around with this for a bit and finally learned how to post a photo of the painting in the thread, instead of just the link...here it is..."arms raised in a v"...




    armsraisedinav.jpg
  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,406
    ok, so i looked at your piece again. "metalic spray on pine", is this only spray paint or did you use a paint brush? i really like the yellow and red colors too.
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    i don't normally use paint brushes, unless you count the foam kind. i use foam to paint the panels black, and to paint the trees. the only metallic spray is the sun...it's a gold metallic. the moon is actually a "dust" paint normally used to coat glass. the red and yellow are actually heavy duty rust paints..they blend well together and get really sticky, but take a long time to dry. the rest of the painting i do with rags and my hands...or whatever accomplishes what i'm going for...i've used spoons, knives, spatulas, sponges, but i rarely use a traditional paint brush. i didn't use any brushes on this piece.
  • RVM86
    RVM86 Posts: 76
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    i played around with this for a bit and finally learned how to post a photo of the painting in the thread, instead of just the link...here it is..."arms raised in a v"...




    armsraisedinav.jpg

    Oh my gosh, that is beautiful. You are extremely talented. Do you have anymore I can see?
    War In Iraq? Do It In My Name.
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around...

    love the sig RVM86...it's funny because i'm working on a piece right now based on the lyrics from "crazy mary"...as i posted before i'll put up a pic when it's done. i have some design plans for "black" and "indifference" too, maybe "wish list" sometime in the future. most of the stuff i do is based on song lyrics.

    thanks for the compliment too! all these compliments make me want to do more work! i really appreciate it. if you want to check out more, click on my homepage in my profile, there is more there...but no others based on PJ songs yet...mostly neil young songs...or just click here...

    http://www.segmentedpaintings.ca

    i'm always interested to hear what people think...unless it's negative - lol !
  • RVM86
    RVM86 Posts: 76
    Wow, wow, wow. I'm looking at your webpage right now. You are AMAZING! I think I'm in love with you....lol. You have got some serious talent. I'm speechless.
    War In Iraq? Do It In My Name.
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    i can't wait to show you this new piece then! i'm really happy with it so far and am anxious to show it - it's the biggest one i've done yet...a framed piece about 5 feet by 3 feet...also, you are far too kind...thanks for taking the time to have a look.
  • RVM86
    RVM86 Posts: 76
    I bookmarked your website....I'll be on the look out for new pieces!
    War In Iraq? Do It In My Name.
  • thunder_balls
    thunder_balls Posts: 117
    That's just beautiful. I'll give you 2074816230124981648123818512048237894831809989732409237102 dollars for it..But seriously, if I had the money, I'd buy it if it were for sale. That is so beautiful. That painting is what you would call, "A damn amazing painting"...
    7/10/06
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    thank you RVM86!
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    thunder_balls wrote:
    That's just beautiful. I'll give you 2074816230124981648123818512048237894831809989732409237102 dollars for it..But seriously, if I had the money, I'd buy it if it were for sale. That is so beautiful. That painting is what you would call, "A damn amazing painting"...

    i'll take a cheque TB! lol...my friend who is the PJ fanatic has it on his wall, he is the one who does my photos for me. thank you for your compliment. after seeing PJ live recently and hearing all your kind words, you guys are giving me the encouragement i needed to get some more painting done!
  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,406
    tim, HOLY CRAP!

    "freedom" is awesome!
  • GummiBeer
    GummiBeer Newfoundland Canada Posts: 189
    Those are some great hands you have, not to mention your thoughts....great work
    Calgary 04-09-2005
    Edmonton 05-09-2005

    "A Thousand Ports of light For the Newfoundland...Theres a Kinder gentler American Band"...EV 25/09/05
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    gluten919 wrote:
    tim, HOLY CRAP!

    "freedom" is awesome!

    thanks again gluten...you guys are going to give me an "inflated head"! lol again, it just encourages me to do more work...so that's a good thing!

    there was another painting i wanted to put on the site that goes along with "freedom"...kind of like a "sister" or "brother" painting...it's the mirror image of "freedom" and i painted them both at the same time. they were intended to be hanged side by side - you'll notice i do a lot of "night and day" stuff...but the photo was done by someone after i sent it to them and the glare from the flash was too much to put on the site, it's kind of hard to see the trees in the lower right hand corner, but they are the same as "freedom"...but here it is...it's called "a lyric at midnight"...they are both supposed to be kind of like northern lights inspired - like i would imagine a day turning into night at the "tree line" in northern canada. i was listening to rage against the machine's "freedom" at the time and it was close to midnight as i was finishing them, hence the names and the chaotic nature of both paintings...both paintings are somewhere in calgary, alberta...

    alyricatmidnightwall.jpg

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