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Alpha
··Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega CollectorSome members may recall my posting of a few of these in the past but given the time of the year and the content of some of them here they are along with a few more.
Old postcards from France
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cicindela
··Steve @ ΩFMy uncle brought back some post cards from France after WWII, don't recall them looking like these though 😗
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Jking
·Pretty cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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Alpha
··Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega CollectorA couple more,
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·My uncle brought back some post cards from France after WWII, don't recall them looking like these though 😗
My uncle brought back some post cards from France after WWII, don't recall them looking like these though 😗
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Muddlerminnow
·These are great images--deltiology is probably as addictive as horology--and can be pretty expensive too.
In the late 1980s I spent a summer in the south of France--mostly Bordeaux and Montpellier--and at flea markets and shop stalls I purchased a copious number of cards--mostly French, but also some Russian and German cards, and some from God knows where--and these became the basis of an art project that occupied me for a few years. Some of the cards were treated directly with ink and dispersions, which I could manage to do easily enough while traveling. That's one advantage of postcards--they are small. A couple of these are pictured below.
Back home in the states over the next two years, I tried something else: some postcards were photographed with an 8x10, then printed about 4 x 6 feet--then mounted on canvas--then treated again with chemical dispersions. I was naive and reckless back then, breathing in way too much asphaltum--but the results were very satisfying. A few of these are also pictured below.
NB the photos are not great--they are scans from 35mm duplicates from the late 1980s/early 1990s--.
Postcard paintings:
The larger dispersion paintings:
In the late 1980s I spent a summer in the south of France--mostly Bordeaux and Montpellier--and at flea markets and shop stalls I purchased a copious number of cards--mostly French, but also some Russian and German cards, and some from God knows where--and these became the basis of an art project that occupied me for a few years. Some of the cards were treated directly with ink and dispersions, which I could manage to do easily enough while traveling. That's one advantage of postcards--they are small. A couple of these are pictured below.
Back home in the states over the next two years, I tried something else: some postcards were photographed with an 8x10, then printed about 4 x 6 feet--then mounted on canvas--then treated again with chemical dispersions. I was naive and reckless back then, breathing in way too much asphaltum--but the results were very satisfying. A few of these are also pictured below.
NB the photos are not great--they are scans from 35mm duplicates from the late 1980s/early 1990s--.
Postcard paintings:
The larger dispersion paintings:
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allwoundup
·These are great images--deltiology is probably as addictive as horology--and can be pretty expensive too.
In the late 1980s I spent a summer in the south of France--mostly Bordeaux and Montpellier--and at flea markets and shop stalls I purchased a copious number of cards--mostly French, but also some Russian and German cards, and some from God knows where--and these became the basis of an art project that occupied me for a few years. Some of the cards were treated directly with ink and dispersions, which I could manage to do easily enough while traveling. That's one advantage of postcards--they are small. A couple of these are pictured below.
Back home in the states over the next two years, I tried something else: some postcards were photographed with an 8x10, then printed about 4 x 6 feet--then mounted on canvas--then treated again with chemical dispersions. I was naive and reckless back then, breathing in way too much asphaltum--but the results were very satisfying. A few of these are also pictured below.
NB the photos are not great--they are scans from 35mm duplicates from the late 1980s/early 1990s--.
Postcard paintings:
Well done! Please share more!
The larger dispersion paintings:
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Muddlerminnow
·Thanks for the kind comment--.
The postcard paintings and dispersion studies were largely just that--studies for the larger photographs. There's a lot of repetition and variation in an effort to work out certain material/visual issues. Ultimately, a lot of them ended up getting thrown out, or given away to friends, or lost in the many moves I've made since the late 1980s. But a few have stayed with me:
The larger dispersion paintings--these are about 4 x 7 feet:
They are the work of a young artist in love with epic themes--. Things changed a lot over the decades, but I'm just now puttering through my archive (not to self: it means you are getting old), and the thread on the postcards caught my eye so I wanted to add a little to it.
The postcard paintings and dispersion studies were largely just that--studies for the larger photographs. There's a lot of repetition and variation in an effort to work out certain material/visual issues. Ultimately, a lot of them ended up getting thrown out, or given away to friends, or lost in the many moves I've made since the late 1980s. But a few have stayed with me:
The larger dispersion paintings--these are about 4 x 7 feet:
They are the work of a young artist in love with epic themes--. Things changed a lot over the decades, but I'm just now puttering through my archive (not to self: it means you are getting old), and the thread on the postcards caught my eye so I wanted to add a little to it.
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allwoundup
·Thanks for sharing your work. It is wonderful to have a physical "archive" of one's creativity upon which to reflect.
From previous posts I recall that you are located in upstate NY. Stay warm, my friend. Only a few more months until trout season. Cheers!
From previous posts I recall that you are located in upstate NY. Stay warm, my friend. Only a few more months until trout season. Cheers!