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IMAGES BY DIRK (Part III)
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But life goes on.
After Herb died, I sold our little farm & tried selling Real Estate myself, using my self-portrait on my business cards. Trying to sell Real Estate for two years finally gave me a heart attack, so I stopped.
I thought about becoming a cartoonist - then decided not to.
"TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD." ink over pencil 1989
- My Xmas card 1989 -
All my life I've been fascinated by clouds & have painted a number of "Cloudscapes,"
EARLY CLOUDS - oil on canvas panel - late 1960s
"RIDING THE WIND" acrylic - 1969
"ABOVE THE STORM" oil on canvas - '71 or '72
"HOW NOW, BROWN CLOUD?" oil on canvas - 36x48 -1985
"J.L. SEAGULL" - oil on canvas - 36x40 - 1973
"DAWN ON THE FARM" oil on canvas - 24x36 - 1985
"CHRISTMAS EVE OR MORNING, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. " acrylic on canvas. - 12x18 -'78
"BEACH WITHOUT PATRICK" THE VIEW FROM SEA RANCH - oil on canvas, about 60"x96".
Patrick was the good friend who had taken us to Bette's concert & provided those tabs of acid to heighten the experience. He had access to a condo in Northern California called "Sea Ranch". Six of us spent a very stony weekend there. I took his picture on the beach, then started a mural-size portrait of him standing in the dunes at Sea Ranch. He died of AIDS before I could finish it. For years, the unfinished painting was stored in my junkroom. There was a blank spot where Patrick should have been that almost looked like his ghost - I'd started to pencil-in his portrait so you could tell it was Patrick. Either I had to chuck the painting in the junk, paint over it, or fill in the blank. Sometimes I think I can still see that outline in the the grass & sand - where Patrick should have been.
In 1995 I was persuaded to republish my Gay Trilogy: I WANT IT ALL, ALL OR NOTHING, & ALL IS WELL! I revised I WANT IT ALL & painted the new cover:
"I WANT IT ALL" - oil on canvas panel - 1995
Getting the book printed cost way more than I had planned; I ran out of money & couldn't afford to have a full-color cover.
I got caught up in the fever of starting a new Gay business, all my own, to republish my books and maybe some artwork. I was planning on calling it
"OUR WORLD" Acrylic on textured panel, 1995
'UNIFIED DIVERSITY - THE TRIANGLE TRANSFORMED" acrylic, 1995, printed on 500 postcards - most of which I still have for sale: Dirk@ImagesbyDirk.com.
"KING DAVID'S RAINBOW" for Gay Jews - 1995
"GAY BALLOONS" for Birthday cards - 1995
"WEB OF LIGHT" Acrylic on canvas board
The book flopped & the artwork never caught on.
Still:
"I am like a hidden fountain
flowing constantly,
whether anybody drinks or not."
The Gospel According to Gabriel Horny
In 1987, I started painting giant flowers, al la Georgia O'Keefe:
"PAM'S IRIS" - Acrylic on canvas - 24"x24" - 1989
"SHIRLEY'S BLUE GIRL" - oil on canvas - 36x36 - 1990
BLUE GIRL UP CLOSE & PERSONAL
"APRIL SHOWER" - oil on canvas - 36"x36" - 1990
"APRIL SHOWER" DETAIL
San Francisco Rose, "MOJAVE" - oil on canvas, 24x36 - 1992
"YELLOW ROSE" - oil on canvas - 36"x36" - 1993
& back where we started, with Sabra's Rose
"Sabra's Rose" oil & acrylic on canvas - 22"x28" - 2006
To see more of my digital images of flowers "Up Close & Personal" please go to www.ImagesByDirk.com
"Bye! Thanks for coming! Please come again soon!"
Digitally imaged on 3/25/05
Please feel free to download any of the paintings or drawings & print them on your own printer. The DPIs will be low, but will make a passable 8x10 for the refrigerator door. Many of the images herein are available as posters. (& refrigerator magnets!) Starting with my digital image on a CD, the folks at Office Depot can enlarge it to whatever size you want. Please inquire at Dirk@DirkVanden.net for sizes & prices. Also please use that address to let me know what you think of my website. Thanks for coming! :>D
PS: Please allow me to introduce an excellent fellow artist, Shannon McCarthy.
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