tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174056159991246877.post1175491347145917611..comments2023-04-11T07:36:18.121-07:00Comments on No Artist! Just a Painter ...: Here is Where I'm AtDr Henry Tegnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09066781800926576413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174056159991246877.post-7533521732606163052013-04-09T13:21:11.907-07:002013-04-09T13:21:11.907-07:00Hello Oscar - and many thanks for your comment. I ...Hello Oscar - and many thanks for your comment. I am pleased to see that my remarks about myself were taken as intended. I hope to continue to add further examples of my paintings from time to time, and in turn I am looking forward to following your blog as well. I am sure you know Stonehenge, which is about 25 miles from where I live in Wiltshire. But closer to hand we have another World Heritage Site - the great stone circle at Avebury. I mention this because late last year I took a series of photos there and made some paintings of them. See them if you like on www.paintingsforgifts.co.uk .<br />You may be interested to hear that my great-grandfather who was from Philadelphia was something of an illustrator as well in that he illustrated the journals he kept when he travelled to Japan in the 1870s. I have his journals and you can find these too in the family section of www.henrytegner.com . He even sketched the Emperor - but I think from memory after he was presented to him. I think had he whipped out his sketch pad in the palace they'd have had his head off sharpish.<br />You must be circumspect over the ailment diagonoses - I'm well and truly retired now!Dr Henry Tegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066781800926576413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174056159991246877.post-31367430871881351362013-04-09T10:43:07.746-07:002013-04-09T10:43:07.746-07:00I came across your blog while visiting The Waterco...I came across your blog while visiting The Watercolour Log.<br /><br />First, your paintings are excellent. I can see why they would sell.<br /><br />Second, much like yourself, I also do not refer to myself as an artist, despite working as a professional illustrator for close to three decades. I found myself chuckling in agreement with what you'd written. I prefer to consider myself an entertainer who happens to draw and paint.<br /><br />Regarding the pricing. That was hilarious. I may try the same thing, after all it's not how much you get, but what you do with the money afterwards (many a rich man has started a fortune on just ten dollars or 10 pounds). My family and I went to an art showing and many of the paintings on display (by amateurs, no less) were going for ridiculous prices. In fact, paintings by nationally known professional watercolorists could be had for less.<br /><br />Your atitude is a refreshing one. There was a fellow named Doug Wildey (famous for creating the cartoon series Jonny Quest). He once showed a western scene he'd painted to a friend of his. As he pointed out where he used markers, colored pencil, oils, acrylic and so on, his friend told him that in art school one is taught not to use different materials like he'd done. Wildey smiled and said he could because he'd never been to art school.<br /><br />Anyhow, I will be visiting regularly. Also, I promise not to ask for any free diagnosis of any ailments I may have :)<br /><br />Great work.Oscar Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266668061798353541noreply@blogger.com