tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post145040182728041357..comments2023-10-11T07:32:57.888-05:00Comments on Tonya Vollertsen <br> My Slice of Art and Life: An Odd Mix. Some Works in Progress.Tonya Vollertsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400831737079985603noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post-23172563715702675392012-12-12T11:51:23.318-06:002012-12-12T11:51:23.318-06:00Thanks Liz!Thanks Liz!Tonya Vollertsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400831737079985603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post-73539000330304091682012-02-07T22:08:12.143-06:002012-02-07T22:08:12.143-06:00good to see you back at it again. Carry on...good to see you back at it again. Carry on...Liz Hill, irreverent Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784186311596145074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post-85379596290708094392012-01-30T22:46:09.629-06:002012-01-30T22:46:09.629-06:00Hi Jeane, thanks for the support. I appreciate you...Hi Jeane, thanks for the support. I appreciate your taking a look at my work. I do think it is important to find what works rather than forcing yourself into a mold.<br /><br />Don, thanks for the encouraging words. I try to take note from your work which always seems joyful and fun and often even mysterious, which is great. I'll have to get back over to your blog to see how things turned out.<br /><br />Hi Jan, yep, still plodding along over here. Thanks for your comments and encouragement. I love your new designs, I get so many compliments on the new pieces i got for Christmas! Love and miss you! Thanks for all you do.<br /><br />Hey Nick, thanks for taking the time to stop by. You are a busy man! I don't know that it was so much a rule thing as a purist kind of mentality ... kind of like not wanting fruit and nuts in your jello sort of a thing. I was going along just fine happy as a lark until I could't work one day because I was stuck on several paintings at one time. As I listened to my thinking process I realized that I was restricted by my own purist mentality not only in my mediums but also subject matter. Funny how we are usually our own biggest stumbling block.<br /><br />Hi Maggie, thanks for visiting! I really like what you have been doing lately. I need to get back to my blog visiting routine as i have been missing out on some great work from my blogger friends. I do think that the end justifies the means a lot to the time but there is still something to be said for trying to work out your painting within certain restrictions to get a particular result. Like in Watercolor for instance, you can't really get that same sparkle and glow by slapping on some white paint as you get with saving the white of the paper. So there is that.Tonya Vollertsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400831737079985603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post-4784317395959988992012-01-26T19:11:48.509-06:002012-01-26T19:11:48.509-06:00At times the end really does justify the means. Ma...At times the end really does justify the means. Maybe it would be better if we got away from the word "rules" and just called them quidelines or best practices. I think the image with the women's heads where you have divided the picture plane in half is a very good example of you breaking the rules to your advantage. Anyway, thanks for the very interesting comment on "shore leave" I had no idea about the shiny shoes, and yes come to think of it the camo is seen around town these days.Maggie Ruleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03038021491650759133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post-34345409200694879292012-01-24T16:26:40.917-06:002012-01-24T16:26:40.917-06:00Oooooh I really love that first abstract - great! ...Oooooh I really love that first abstract - great! <br />I do the same with paintings in progress, even frame and hang them. Alternatively, I put them away so I can't seem them in the "curing shed" (corner of the studio). They're out of sight, and largely out of mind, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm working on them. :)<br />So you were a rulemonger, now reformed? Yes at some point it becomes like streetfighting, do whatever it takes to win!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901533179774248604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post-21576760642333605802012-01-24T10:08:46.184-06:002012-01-24T10:08:46.184-06:00I am happy to see you working again and I love the...I am happy to see you working again and I love the direction that you are going. I is enlightening to read your thought process as you move forward. I can't wait to see what comes next.Love you!Jan Locanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030500947953099971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post-18201741640252749852012-01-24T04:45:47.623-06:002012-01-24T04:45:47.623-06:00Yep, your methods are definitely working for you. ...Yep, your methods are definitely working for you. I'm a firm believer that what we're doing must be fulfilling to us. What does it matter what medium or techniques we employ to reach our end results? I feel the love in your work. Keep it coming!<br /><br />-Don-Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549962962379079880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693069070043317640.post-56811141449855410872012-01-23T11:41:22.897-06:002012-01-23T11:41:22.897-06:00Tonya, Oh, how I think you nailed it!! finding wha...Tonya, Oh, how I think you nailed it!! finding what works for you! it's so important, no? I have enjoyed looking at this work you show - wonderful - your signature style shows in all of them, :)Jeane Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027843717050683473noreply@blogger.com