I wanted to wait and post this once Danny got his website up and running but it’s taking too damn long and I have no damn patience. 🙂
So….
I have invested in a painting!
I don’t buy original art too much because my taste is very large and expensive {natch}, but now and again I get that spark in my insides that says ‘this one’s for you’, which is what happened with this painting, before it was even finished actually.
It’s an 80 x 80cm oil painting by Artist Friend D, also known as Danny Ager {hard ‘g’}, and I was lucky to snap it up before it was finished as it was unsurprisingly very popular.
Danny is self taught and has been painting since forever. He does very distinctive seascapes, among other things, although the sea is as much a part of who he is as it is for me, so it’s a recurrent theme.
He has shown me how to paint clouds and waves but I’m more about the big mess than the careful attention to detail, generally speaking.
This painting gives me so much joy. I’ve hung it in the kitchen {see crap photo below} and I am just mesmerised by the moonlight and the geese flying in formation and the colours.
So until I can fly south myself, I will keep an eye on the geese.
And when his site is ready I’ll tell you about that too.
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PS. He says to tell you ‘I’ll take the year of brownies and maple syrup if they’ll up the offer to a quid’.
WOOOOT!! I won the bidding war!!! WOOOOOOT!! He drives a hard bargain but I can probably scrape together the whole quid….:D
wowzers on that painting…..if you look at it a certain way you can see it moving….well…*i* can….:O gawd anyone who can work with oils is a hero in my book….
xo
Lol. I will inform him his house has sold. What a total bargain! Have to confess I’m not seeing the movement, but now you’ve said that I wish I could!
*grin*
second photo from the end…the geese are flying and the clouds are scudding across the moon…if you listen, you can hear the sea…but it’s very soft.
yes, i’m a bit mental, i know…but paintings sometimes move….or make noise.
i’m going to stop now before everyone thinks i’m a nutter…
i should probably get started on those brownies anyway…
xo
that is one beautiful painting!
it will bring you joy for years to come, i’m sure 🙂
Tara, what a gorgeous painting!! How wonderful that you get to see it every day!!!
Your post made me smile. Your CRAP kitchen photo, and how you have no damn patience…
you remind me of me. Probably why i like you already. lol…
ps: your kitchen chandelier is fabulous!! Love the explosion of colour.
xoxo
OMG This painting is superb and so in tune with you Tara!!!! I love where you have hung it -so’s you can see it all the time. It has much depth and atmosphere and would be lovely as a meditation aid. WOW! Let us know when Danny’s web site is up and running 🙂
x
Congratulations on your new purchase. It’s so, so lovely.
Please do let us know when Danny’s site is up so we can admire his other pieces too.
Gorgeous painting! And, his has your name all over it! What joy to bring this beauty into your home!