Saturday, July 18, 2009

Planet Earth Is Blue and There's Nothing I Can Do

************** The Stars Look Very Different Today ***************
This is the challenge painting I did from Karin Juriks' Different Strokes From Different Folks blog. I decided to make it a double challenge by doing it in watercolor. I was listening to the Ziggy Stardust album while painting this piece when the idea came to me about having this fellow "floating in a tin can" high above planet Earth. We have seen this motif done before by a hand full of painters. The one that comes to my mind is the painting of the guitar player "Corky" by The Brothers Hildebrandt. 7.5'' x 6.25'' watercolor

I wonder how many other painters will use an open door?

LINK >>>
Different Strokes blog

8 comments:

pica84 said...

I really like this painting.

Dennis said...

ty pica84

Mark Bridges said...

Got a little Peter Max action going on there. :)

Claire Beadon Carnell said...

Oh yes - like this a LOT!

Becky Drees said...

That's great, Denny. I love it!

Mike McCarthy said...

I love it.... Awesome, Dennis..
You have a way for expressing themes and capturing a real mood...
You are the man...
Mikey

Dennis said...

Thanks Becky and Claire
Thanks Mikey....hey Mikey, aren't you the founder of "Folks Painting"?
..you paint folks?

dominique eichi said...

very creative