D.H. Penner-Bodnar: "Portraits of Life": Influence

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Friday, 22 February 2013

The Almighty Pencil...

..."The King of all Art Instruments"...

Ahhh......the pencil......This is where everything starts for me. It is the instrument that initiated my creative process and projects well over a half century ago...and is still my most prized “worker”. It is this one lowly

Always follow your dream....

Most artists have drawn influence and inspiration for their art from someone whose work has captivated them. I am certainly no exception to this phenomenon.

My Favourite Quotes

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.~ Aaron Copland
A picture is a poem without words ~ Horace
A picture paints a thousand words ~ Anon
Without art the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable ~ George Bernard Shaw
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures ~ Henry Ward Beecher
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls ~ Pablo Picasso
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision ~ James Whistler
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home ~ Twyla Tharp
The world is but a canvas to our imagination ~ Henry David Thoreau
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad ~ Salvador Dali
Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do ~ Edgar Degas
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it ~ Paul Valery
Color is my day long obsession, joy and torment ~ Claude Monet
A man creates with his brains and not with his hands ~ Michelangelo
Color is my day long obsession, joy and torment – Claude Monet

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Friday, 22 February 2013

The Almighty Pencil...

..."The King of all Art Instruments"...

Early Influence and Inspiration...

Always follow your dream....