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Trees of variety

2008-10-06T18:15:00.006-04:00

Have been painting some different kinds of trees lately.

Cedar Grove

Mon Trees

Palms

Tree Spot

Mondrians flower

2008-08-28T10:44:00.003-04:00

This is a flower from a photo of Mondrians studio.

Water Dragon

2008-08-04T17:18:00.002-04:00

New painting for July 08

2008-07-23T07:10:00.007-04:00

Again

2008-06-07T09:04:00.005-04:00

Something new

King of Kilimanjaro

2008-03-21T07:05:00.003-04:00

A small painting for a friend. 7x9 watercolor

Coke Bottle painting

2008-03-06T16:57:00.003-05:00

Coffee Cup and Beans

2008-03-06T16:54:00.001-05:00

I can't help it if I love coffee!

Coffee Cup and Peacock

2008-02-25T21:22:00.003-05:00

These are small paintings like 6x8 inches

Autum Leaves

2007-12-03T10:22:00.000-05:00

Ball Tree

2007-11-28T07:45:00.001-05:00

I saw a painting someone had done with small round ornamental trees. Mine are what I think they would look like if they grew really big. Ball Tree

Blue Tree World, Tigger,Puff,Sally,Living Well

2007-11-19T14:58:00.000-05:00

"Living Well" is this cat
"Blue Tree World"
"Tigger" is a cat at work. Feed me !
"Puff"

"Sally" is a journey , a place to go

Mando man,Stormy water, water trees

2007-11-13T07:53:00.000-05:00

Water treesMando Man
Stormy water

Wades

2007-11-04T09:40:00.001-05:00

Trying new things with my photographs and watercolor interpretation.

Another Fall Trees

2007-10-30T08:12:00.001-04:00

The painting is stuck in my head.

Fall Trees

2007-10-29T17:14:00.000-04:00

These are two paintings I have done in watercolor thinking of fall.
They are 11x14 on 140lb Fabriano HP paper
I have put them on Ebay in hopes of selling them for at least $20 each.

Log Cabin

2007-10-29T08:43:00.000-04:00

The photo I made on this past Saturday and painted the painting on Sunday

The painting is small 7X11 watercolor. The Cabin is by the Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, VA.

New stuff 10-18-07

2007-10-18T01:34:00.000-04:00

Sarsaparilla

2007-09-18T06:26:00.000-04:00

The one of this I put up yesterday is blury. Hope you can see this better.

Luther #2

2007-09-17T16:59:00.001-04:00

Well another bamboo and dragonfly

This one done a bit differently in the brush style and colors. I like red dragonfly.Luther is gone now but I did one more painting of him.

Sheep in a box

2007-09-17T16:30:00.000-04:00

Well Dersu is 5yrs old and he sent me drawings he has done for the past year. It reminded me of "The Little Prince" and how the author cannot draw a sheep, so he draws a sheep in a boxI have painted a "Sheep in a Box" for Dersu. Happy birthday !

This is the painting I have done for Baby Bo. I thought you might like to see one framed.

Painting for Baby BO

2007-09-04T16:49:00.000-04:00

"Sarsaparilla"

Its a name that Joe came up with and I like it.Anyway this is a painting I have done for my newest grandson Bo.

Akitsushima

2007-09-02T09:08:00.001-04:00

Akitsushima

One name for Japan from folklore. It means "Land of the Dragonfly"

Black Browed Barbet

2007-08-05T05:47:00.000-04:00

This is the Black-Browed Barbet who lives in Tiawan

Elephant #3

2007-07-25T07:00:00.000-04:00

The third elephant is looking for the others. He was left behind because he played too long at the mud pond.

Fall Trees

2007-07-22T11:07:00.001-04:00

Fall Trees is a lanscape that I've combined western and eastern styles to paint with

Cat & Butterfly

2007-07-10T19:38:00.000-04:00

12 Koi #2

2007-07-09T17:19:00.000-04:00

I have changed this painting from the first time I posted it. I took out all the weedy water and made it bluer to allow the Koi to stand out more.

The Lyric

2007-07-03T07:15:00.005-04:00

A painting from the park across the street from the Lyric Theater in Blacksburg. The first time I have tried to paint from a real place.

Spring in the woods

2007-06-16T08:15:00.000-04:00

Inspired by the watercolor art of Shanna Kunz and her painting "Ballade" shown in the 07 issue of, American Artist Watercolor.

Night in the mountains

2007-06-15T09:17:00.001-04:00

I thought this worked good. The trees in the front are bothersome to me. but the cabin works.

Two fish

2007-06-15T09:15:00.001-04:00

These came out OK but they don't contrast each other so the first fish is lost on the one behind.

I still like the fish

Vase with plums

2007-06-15T09:12:00.001-04:00

A small still life 10x15. The plums are a bit smushed or the basket is too small. But I like the vase.

abstact blugrass

2007-06-15T09:09:00.001-04:00

This is practice painting of a style I may try in the future. 10x15

Feeding Birds

2007-05-30T21:15:00.000-04:00

This is a small painting I call "Feeding Birds"

Grapes

2007-05-25T06:59:00.001-04:00

This is "Grapes"

12 Koi

2007-05-21T07:38:00.001-04:00

This is 12 Koi

Koi and Casscades

2007-05-17T17:31:00.000-04:00

This is from my photo of the casscadesOrange Red Blue Koi

Fish ,Bluejay, Bug & Elephants

2007-04-14T07:22:00.000-04:00

Fish are fun . I like Neon ones.

Bluejay

A Dragonfly in bamboo

Mama and baby elephant

Bluebirds & Egrit Babys

2007-04-01T17:48:00.000-04:00

Bluebirds

Egrit Babys

Crane Family & Blubirds

2007-03-31T06:59:00.000-04:00

Crane Family

This was a photo on the internet and I thought I would try and paint as closely as I could to the real thing.

My Mom wants a painting of Bluebirds in bamboo. so I have painted this for her.

Elephants and Bees

2007-03-10T09:07:00.000-05:00

The Bees

It took a long time to paint the honey comb.

Elephants

This is an attempt at a style by Lian Quan Zhen.

He has a color pallet of only red, blue and yellow.

I am trying to paint more with this style.

Sunset Birds and Luther

2007-01-23T06:48:00.000-05:00

Here Are some new paintings . All of them are on 9x12 140lb paper.

First is a sunset

Next is Luther a cat that I am careing for till Phillip returns.

This one is a Sparrow on a plum tree in the spring.

And the last one is a Bananaquit on a peach tree in the spring.

Poppy's & Fall Branch

2006-12-19T07:16:00.000-05:00

Fall Branch

Poppy's

Anna's painting

2006-12-07T20:17:00.000-05:00

Anna asked for a painting so this is what I came up with.

No subliminal message here. I just thought she would like it.

Red Flowers

2006-11-14T07:04:00.000-05:00

This is a painting that was inspired by a Piet Mondrian painting "Amaryllis" c1910.

Mine is an imaginary flower so I just call it "Red"

The flash seems to have washed out the blue.

Sang-Froid

2006-10-18T07:11:00.000-04:00

"Sang-Froid" 15x20 ink on 140lb watercolor paper. This is a painting of serenity.

Sleeping Cat & Bird Under Palms

2006-10-11T20:43:00.000-04:00

This is a cat I've been trying to paint.

I almost have it !

Just another time or two should do it.

The bird needs work but I like the palms.

The rock is ok too.

Something is out of wack with the composition.

The tree leans the wrong way or is too close to the palms. Or maybe I should put the palms from the other side over the bird ?

Albert Einstein autographed book

2006-10-08T18:07:00.000-04:00

This is a very rare autoghaphed book . It is Number 10 of a limited edition of 760. It is signed by editor Paul Schillp and Albert Einstein.

The pages have water damage and slight bug holes on the title page but otherwise the book and binding are complete and intact.

Paul Schillp gave this to my stepfather's mother in 1950. Now my stepfather Dan Haight is giving it to my son David.

Quite a gift !

Abe Goorskey Quartet

2006-10-03T20:40:00.000-04:00

The Abe Goorskey Quartet played in Floyd Va in August 2006 at a charity concert for a local church.

Abe is also in a band known as Bluemoonshine but the only person from that band is Mike the fiddle player.

Bernie is playing guitar and is a long time friend of Abe. The bass player is sadly unknown to me but is great.

The crowd was enjoying the music for hours

The band had fun and played great.

Tiffany Tree

2006-10-02T07:22:00.000-04:00

The fall is here in Virginia and the trees are turning to bright colors. My tree is a sort of combination of several. The sunny days can still be hot.

The Parkway will be great to visit this year.

A Painting from High School

2006-09-26T06:41:00.000-04:00

This is a painting I did in a high school art class in 1971 or 72. All of the things come from a still life the teacher set up.

I remember the still life had many many items on a table in the classroom. We were told to draw the still life as it was as realisticly as possible but we only would have that one time to do so. As the still life was gone the next day.

We then were told to take our drawing and make another picture from the things we had been able to draw from the previous day. Only this time the things could be rearanged to our liking.
The next day we were told to put away that drawing and from our memory only paint or draw another . Only this time we were to do anything we liked but could only use the items we had drawn in the previous drawing. this would then be our final painting.

The yin yang was not in the original still life but at the time I was into I-Ching and took the artistic liberty of including it in my final painting.

"YIN YANG" ink and watercolor on paper 18x24

Crtomir you asked what the pink thing was in many fo the picturs I post . Well it is a simple clip I use to hold the painting on th easle. You see I paint on a flat table an then clip them to a stand to look at them from a distance.

As to my needing a stamp I do want one. I am planning on having one made with the characters for Valley and Mountain carved. I choose those characters because Dale is a valley and Goorskey is a mountain.

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Bogomila I thank you for the kind words. I however do not use stick ink just yet. I use bottle sumi ink from the art store. Untill I can afford the ink stick and stone.

The need for calming myself for painting is true. My pleasure in the is in the whole process and I do much better if I ponder the subject for a time befor I paint. I do wish I had a teacher.

A Pelican and a Gladioli

2006-09-25T20:02:00.000-04:00

I have a friend who is always calling people he thinks are in his way or acting like morons "pelican" . So I told him I would have to paint him a picture of a pelican. Don't know why I just did. I found a Photo on the web and painted it .

The painting of the "Gladioli" is from a book on Sumi painting and I liked the subject . It is so simple and pretty. My painting lacks life I think.

Photographs Real ! What?

2006-09-19T06:24:00.000-04:00

Photographers must "see" the end of the picture at the begining. Training the eye and mind to view the sene or object for what it is or what it could be.
Creative photography isn't as much technical manipulation as it is capturing the obvious.

Many people see the Duck picture and imagine snow is what they are swiming in. Then surmising that this is not the case asume the possibility that the photograph has been manipulated.
The effect is a simple fact of the light green of alge comes out as light white in black and white film. Knowing this when I make the picture helps me be creative with the subjects.
Reflections on Binions pond is a photo that many people want to turn over because the trees at the top are pointing down. The fact that it is a reflection is not immediatly apparent. Also because the trees in the frame are also down. Seeing this effect through the lense and arranging the sujects in an interesting way makes the photograph seem sureal.

This Photo "Spring Shoot" is effective for what is symbolises both death and life. Destruction and creation. Still while it is obviously a bullit with a plant growing from it I have been asked if I set it up that way. Did I put the plant in it or is it digitaly produced ?

Curious questions to me but understandable too. The bullit and plant were found together as you see them. My only inspiration was that they were a photograph that had to be made.

A Cat and Some Bamboo and Dalton

2006-09-16T20:49:00.000-04:00

The painting on the left is my copy of Jennifer Scott's wonderful painting on the right. I have some work to do to get as good.

Sly Cat 15x22

This is one of my better bamboo paintings.

Bamboo and Bug 15x20

Dalton visited with me all day today. We went on the bus and saw Daddy working and went shopping and played trucks and saw "The Fox an The Hound" and took a nap and then Daddy came and picked him up to go eat out.

Finally I have this painting of a blue pitcher. 11x14

Two Koi

2006-09-14T07:03:00.000-04:00

Two Koi

This is a wet on wet practice painting from a book by Lian Quan Zhen. I admire his technique.

I have problems yet with the freedom of this style and yet including the acuracy of the subject.

Casscades Photographs

2006-09-08T06:54:00.000-04:00

Everyone loves this place.

I took these in 2003.

1971 Protest Photos

2006-09-07T19:46:00.000-04:00

These photos are from 1971. Protesting atomic tests on Amchetka Alaska.

We marched through the streets of Detroit and blocked the bridge to Canada.

The police were there to protect us :)

This woman is wondering what is going on I'm sure.

Night Pictures

2006-09-07T17:17:00.000-04:00

I was out at arownd 4:30 am and I thought Id make a picture of the tree under this street light.

Just as I finised setting up my camera and tripod this fellow "Lil Phil" comes walking along.

So I asked him to stand by the tree. He did and I shot using a flash an 30s timer. He then began to walk away thinking the picture was done.

But I stopped him and asked if he would step back by the tree explaining that there was a 30s timer and would he wait till I counted off the time. He did and the just walked away.

I was only able to call after him and ask his name "Lil Phil" is all he said. Not seen him since.

I then went back to my original plan and made the third photo not knowing if I had anything on film that I wanted. Turns out I got more.

Painting for Chloe

2006-09-07T06:57:00.000-04:00

A painting I've done for my grandaughter Chloe. "Pink Flamingo under the Tirquoise Tree."

My daughter Abby likes elephants so this is my painting for her.

I take pictures to study by. Not nessesarily to paint from. This is a study of textures and line. I may make a rendering of this but not a duplicate. Or I just need it for the inspiration.

vanVliet Art Blog: Today's Painting, "Reflecting" by Gordon van Vliet

2006-09-06T17:53:00.000-04:00

vanVliet Art Blog: Today's Painting, "Reflecting" by Gordon van Vliet

How About Them There Hokie Birds ?

2006-09-06T07:10:00.000-04:00

They'er everywhere

I am trying to photograph them all.

There are 70 of them !

2006-09-02T07:45:00.000-04:00

The Turquoise Tree

I feel more like doing impressionistic styles and this came out . I like it .

Winter Shadows

An older photo to most of my friends taken in Radfod Va 2002. The composition is what makes it interesting .

Composition is the first thought in making a good picture. Subject is next.

2006-08-31T17:47:00.000-04:00

Hello and welcome

My name is Dale and I am glad your here.
I am seriously interested in photography and watercolor painting. Film phototography and Chinese Brush painting to be clearer. I have opinions and works to show for your opinions in both mediums. So please feel free to critique and share with me.

"Man Walkin in the Rain " 2004

This photo is one of my favorites. It is that "decisive moment" that Cartier-Bresson called for in his photographs. The picture must be made or it will be gone.

Bird and Bug 2006

I have had some smaller success with the brush painting . This one seems to work alright for me.