<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">"Windswept" is the painting I enjoy the most and would like to be able to paint. Linda, did you plan this out in detail before painting or did it just flow? Patricia Roshaven <br><br><img src="http://www.quill-signatures.com/Patricia_ani.gif"><br>Website: http://www.roshaven.com<br>Blog (latest info): http://www.roshaven.com/blog<br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 10/10/09, gilles durand <i><gilles.a.durand@wanadoo.fr></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: gilles durand <gilles.a.durand@wanadoo.fr><br>Subject: Re: [Aquanet] OK, I'll chatter<br>To: "'Claudia Arztmann'" <c.arztmann@gao.ch>, "'Barry'" <popeyeiam@mchsi.com>, aquanet@aquanetart.com<br>Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 6:19 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1731892679">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">Hi Claudia,</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">I just wonder: what
exactly did you not like about this superb painting? The atmosphere is rendered
beautifully, the skillful arrangement of strong hues and colored grays makes
colors sing, the composition is very effective in leading the eye in and around
the painting and a lot of painters would kill (figure of speech) to be endowed
with such a fresh and spontaneous style …</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">"Fall at the
lake" is my favorite among a truly exceptional display of talents. This
theme really hit the bull's eye in bringing the best out of this group!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">Kind regards,</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-GB">Gilles</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">De :</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
aquanet-bounces@aquanetart.com [mailto:aquanet-bounces@aquanetart.com] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">De la part de</span></b> Claudia Arztmann<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé :</span></b> samedi 10 octobre
2009 09:28<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> Barry;
aquanet@aquanetart.com<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [Aquanet] OK,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">Barry .thanks for your
positive comment on my painting. Funny is, I didn't even like it after it was
finished. I thougt : just another wishy washy painting of mine. Last week my
family decided to prolong the summer a bit and went to
Italy ( venice
and lake garda ) with a motorhome . The weather was so warm and we could swim
in the mediteranean and also in the lake. Yesterday we took the way home over
mountain passes where Fall already turned the landscape in beautiful warm
colors of yellow and orange browns and thought i don't like the comming cold
season ,but this was wonderful. Coming home and checking my computer i was
thrilled to have the fall colors as the gallery theme for october . Despite my
not so good feelings about my painting I thougt i turn it in, the fall colors
are there at least. I also think, again, there ist a great selection of
paintings in the gallery</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;" lang="EN-GB">swiss greetings Claudia
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Von:</span></b>
aquanet-bounces@aquanetart.com [mailto:aquanet-bounces@aquanetart.com]<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Im Auftrag von </span></b>Barry<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gesendet:</span></b> Samstag, 10. Oktober
2009 02:05<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">An:</span></b> aquanet@aquanetart.com<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Betreff:</span></b> [Aquanet] OK, I'll
chatter</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">First of all I think this months theme
contributions are the best I've seen in a long time. I really like them
ALL! Just seems to have validated my strong belief in "subject
matter."</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">As it would take volumes to touch on each, I'll only
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">Annette's "shape-painting" is a technique I
really like, I really like it a lot! "Windswept" by Linda Kemp has
the perfect name and I love the painting in general- everything about it (I
obviously feel titles are important), "Bountiful Harvest" by Barbara
just screams of Fall- jumps right up at you, gorgeous! Nita's " Autumn
Leaves" is an incredible example of neg./pos. painting should be in a
really nice gallery or library but Claudia's " Fall at the
Lake " is my favorite so far. Just too many things I
like about it to mention, a classic example of a "textbook
watercolor" in my eyes if there could ever be such a thing.</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> Thanks everyone and I look forward to see and
learning more! Have a great weekend folks.</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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