tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510849285017183201.post6992767621681463583..comments2023-12-18T13:17:18.428-08:00Comments on Kevin Menck Fine Art: No Artistic Value WhatsoeverKevin Menckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08384683939643882594noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510849285017183201.post-69825122828388335392011-12-10T04:32:03.150-08:002011-12-10T04:32:03.150-08:00No artistic value is correct. I was an
avid reader...No artistic value is correct. I was an<br />avid reader but am rapidly fading. Very few posts over the last while and now you seem to think folks are interested in what your fishing bait smells like. GDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510849285017183201.post-70072732671015197402011-11-23T22:27:56.097-08:002011-11-23T22:27:56.097-08:00Thanks for a great post! I can see the river in a ...Thanks for a great post! I can see the river in a new light. I love the photo of the gray trees with the warm sun spots....that's going to look so nice as a painting!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750266313158746341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510849285017183201.post-24632266306141931222011-11-22T09:26:08.675-08:002011-11-22T09:26:08.675-08:00Kevin I have smelled that stinky bait and it is tr...Kevin I have smelled that stinky bait and it is truly disgusting, but I have eaten many a blue channel cat that that stuff attracted to a trot line.<br />And as for that stinky stuff having no artist value... just maybe it does indirectly... it was part of your Duck River experience. A sense of place that an artist tries to capture is made up of sights, sounds, feelings and yes smells. Your Duck River sounds like an artist and fisherman's paradise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276659944304853311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510849285017183201.post-91098340046283835352011-11-22T01:45:35.019-08:002011-11-22T01:45:35.019-08:00[quote]But by far and away the most attractive and...[quote]But by far and away the most attractive and impressive sight was the river landscape. If I thought I could logistically and financially do it, the river would be my one subject to paint. I ask artists I meet that have travelled and painted the world if they had one place left they had to paint the rest of their lives where would it be? Me, the Duck River. It's moody, earthy, colorful, ancient. And changing all the time. I saw millions of paintings in a 3 hour trip. Imagine how many over a lifetime.[/quote]<br /><br />No no artistic value whatsoever, ... hehehe thanks for this lovely insight.René PleinAirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368603005553165550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510849285017183201.post-90762459014309573202011-11-21T04:48:52.174-08:002011-11-21T04:48:52.174-08:00Love it Kevin! My hubby is a fly fisherman and we ...Love it Kevin! My hubby is a fly fisherman and we spend a lot of time on the Little Red River in Arkansas, so I know just what you mean. I plan to spend time out there this upcoming spring painting more. Great fishing story and I love the comparison to "finding money on the street." So true!Denise Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12571110198502896822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510849285017183201.post-31633056112590712502011-11-20T18:58:12.900-08:002011-11-20T18:58:12.900-08:00That's Hilarious! The worst sound in the world...That's Hilarious! The worst sound in the world was when we had trot lines out and it would be getting late and everyone was tired and Doyle would start with," Bait Up! Let's Go! Time to Bait Up!" The older we got the less we thought we needed to Bait Up! all night.Kevin Menckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384683939643882594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510849285017183201.post-33400660497314324882011-11-20T18:45:37.137-08:002011-11-20T18:45:37.137-08:00Doesn't is just drive you crazy sometimes, to ...Doesn't is just drive you crazy sometimes, to see thousands of possibilities for paintings, and no way to get around to them all! I hope to see some of those scenes from the Duck River in your painting soon. <br />Oh, I love catfish! I once slept over night on the bank of the Duck River after we had set out a bunch of trot lines. We were listening for the catch. Don't remember if we caught anything, but I remember waking up pretty wet from the heavy dew.Janet Padenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635991693593554606noreply@blogger.com