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I combined a figure study (oil on masonite) I did a while back with a wall texture I found in a book about the ruins of Pompeii. I played with the light intensity and the shadow depth to emphasize the emotional impact.. Too bad it's not on canvas.
John Cox is a painter, cartoonist, and illustrator for hire. For information about purchasing existing work or commissioning new work, contact him by e-mail at john555cox [at] hotmail.com.
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Comments (19)
Have always been amazed at the artwork of Pompeii. Guess it comes from the parochial school education and reading Pliny the Elder in latin.
Posted by GarandFan | March 12, 2009 3:01 PM
Posted on March 12, 2009 15:01
JOHN
Do you not have the talent to take this figure study amalgam & turn it into a full-blown work?
It's a rhetorical question. I know you can do it.
If don't feel compelled to paint it, how about sending the uncompressed image to a shop with a giclée printer? (No exhorbitant set-up costs to deal with as with contact prints.)
Posted by Terwiliger | March 12, 2009 6:51 PM
Posted on March 12, 2009 18:51
HEY T
Great idea! Gonna look into it.
Posted by john Cox | March 12, 2009 11:35 PM
Posted on March 12, 2009 23:35
HEY T
I looked into putting this image on a 36" x36" canvas at CANVASONDEMAND.COM for $276. Plus a reasonable mark-up ($300), this could be very cool if I were go back onto the printed surface and added a thin layer of tone to give it an oil painting sheen. This piece could go for $576. Lesser size, lesser price, of course.
Any takers?
Posted by john Cox | March 12, 2009 11:51 PM
Posted on March 12, 2009 23:51
The boobs look fake.
Posted by Wickedpinto | March 13, 2009 1:12 AM
Posted on March 13, 2009 01:12
A big WOW! for this one, John -- so pretty, and exotic.
Terwiliger I agree with you whole heartedly...
And, Wickedpinto, you are not looking at pornography: "boobs" do not exist in Fine Art.
Yo
Posted by Yocheved Menashe | March 13, 2009 9:34 AM
Posted on March 13, 2009 09:34
Hey man, ever read this?
http://www.amazon.com/Pompeii-Novel-Robert-Harris/dp/0812974611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236961617&sr=1-1
It's not great and it's not bad, but it is worth a read.
Posted by Sam | March 13, 2009 12:32 PM
Posted on March 13, 2009 12:32
JOHN
I don't have the free cash flow, & I'm still waiting on my bailout money.
Maybe later...Any chance you'd be willing to do this with some of your other work?
Posted by Terwiliger | March 13, 2009 8:03 PM
Posted on March 13, 2009 20:03
HEY T
Definitely. I know this can work and I'll be happy to discuss details with anyone out there who migh think some of my posted work can be turned into "hanging art" via digital-to canvas techniques. Prices can be based on production cost.
Posted by john Cox | March 14, 2009 2:53 AM
Posted on March 14, 2009 02:53
This one would work much better, with natural boobs, did jenna sit in as the model?
Posted by Wickedpinto | March 14, 2009 9:17 PM
Posted on March 14, 2009 21:17
HEY WICKEDBOOB
Am I suppose to take you seriously?
Posted by john Cox | March 15, 2009 12:46 AM
Posted on March 15, 2009 00:46
My comments are art Jon.
You take it as you see it.
Also no, don't take me seriously, I'm a jackass most of the time.
Posted by Wickedpinto | March 15, 2009 11:00 AM
Posted on March 15, 2009 11:00
Though I do suggest that in the future when using a model you use a natural model.
Why you think Kate Winslet is hot?
Not cuz she is really hollywood hot, but cuz the people think she is hot, cuz she is real, and ain't affraid of being real (though the recent diet thing is offputting)
My girl ain't tiny.
She's short, and has a bit of a waiste, WHY? cuz she plays soccer, and takes kun-fu course (in fact she just graduated from broadsword to stick studies) and I was a wrestler almost 20 years ago, she rides a crotch rocket, and she tests roads, Me? I'm affraid of hieghts and motorcycles.
Real women are interesting enough without giving validation to fakies.
That is really my point.
BTW my chick is HAWT!!!!
Find your way to OZ next year and she might pose for you, I think she will likely be pissed at me for makeing you wait that long.
Posted by Wickedpinto | March 15, 2009 11:08 AM
Posted on March 15, 2009 11:08
I'm somewhere in between john.
You have a brush and an artistic eye.
My skill is with text, and especially with making people uncomfortable.
I go back with the typing stuff to at least '85, my father waking up in the middle of the night "ARE YOU MAKING POPCORN!!! IF NOT STOP THAT CRAP!!!"
I had an old pucketa keyboard, and I type like the wind.
No, you shouldn't take the farce as serious, but some other things you should.
I'm like you, I project what the others see.
ART! :)
Posted by Wickedpinto | March 15, 2009 11:13 AM
Posted on March 15, 2009 11:13
as for how you should take me seriously?
should have used a darker background in general on your palate slate, and then, made the framed portions darker rather than lighter.
Should have turned the woman with milky skin into an even MORE milky woman with even more milky skin against the darker background.
I think this image would look great on marbled slate.
Posted by Wickedpinto | March 15, 2009 11:17 AM
Posted on March 15, 2009 11:17
the focus of the image looks like she is strangling a mummy.
I don't know the exact basis of the image, but, Lightening the image of the individuals, and contrasting it with the background, like a black granite would be awesome, in my opinion.
NOTE: I'm not an artsy type, I just like pretty pictures.
Posted by Wickedpinto | March 15, 2009 11:20 AM
Posted on March 15, 2009 11:20
And I love boobs, boobs rock!
Even gay guys love boobs.
You know why?
cuz boobs rock.
Posted by Wickedpinto | March 15, 2009 11:21 AM
Posted on March 15, 2009 11:21
HEY WICKED
Very compelling. Thanks for your input.
Posted by john Cox | March 15, 2009 2:38 PM
Posted on March 15, 2009 14:38
Where are Nancy Reagan & Betty Ford when you need them?
Posted by Rutager | March 16, 2009 6:52 AM
Posted on March 16, 2009 06:52