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Oil on canvas, 16x20"An entry for the contest for the group The-Shapists for May 2011.
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there's more where that came from 
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This reminds me of Van Gogh's style, and it somehow speaks to me too, especially when in fullview
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You honor me with your flattering comment, thank you! 
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Very nice colors. It looks like roses... or water circles.
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glad you see that in there.
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I like looking at this, the colours are very nicely chosen and put together, and the shapes are kind of funny in a way one doesn't see often. Reminds me of a certain type of vase, somehow. Great job!
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Interesting, a vase you say? (*struggles to see it like that guy in "mallrats" who can't see the 3d image*) Hmmm (*changes subject in frustrated embarassment*) So, funny weather we've been having here in New Jersey... (*collects self*) Um, the shapes overlap and interlock, I do that a lot. It's supposed to create the effect of motion. Use it in a lot of pieces, with varying success. Got the idea from my Cognitive Psychology class in college. Optical illusions and whatnot. That's why I put in the 'Mallrats' reference above, lol. Um, something else... I dunno, thanks for the interesting comment!
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Haha, that is interesting! here is a visual for you, the last three on this page: [link]
They come in many colours and variations in my country XD
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Oh, the ones with the spots, yes? Those all look handmade, I can see the slightly different shapes of the glass in a couple of them, and the prices of course. They make mass produced similar things here, not as nice, but I do have some glasses with spots all over them downstairs, love them! Thanks for the visual 
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Yes, I went to where they make them once, and these aren't the nicest, sometimes they blend the spots closer like in this painting and with much wilder colours, I like that more!
And I don't know how it works, but I suppose you could design for glass without actually being able to blow it yourself 
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I used to know someone who blew glass when I lived in Baltimore. He was saying how it is very dangerous, because you can burn your lungs if you inhale by accident, and people have killed themselves. I agree, would be cool, interesting suggestion. I've always liked to do all my own work at everything I do, but it's not very practical. So, I'm just starting to look at subcontracting, on the advice of my family. There's a couple sites, zazzle.com seems the best I've found so far, that let you put your art on various items. But I wouldn't even know where to begin with glass. Take a look at zazzle if you have time, it's fun, and it's free, to put your art on their items, and if anyone buys them, you make a small percentage. They have international sites, don't know about Denmark, but it mentions they are available in different languages in different countries.
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Ohh, my God 
Really? Zazzle sounds exciting!
As for glass - find someone who blows!? *lol* And show them your nice work
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a lot of art forms are dangerous. neon benders go crazy like hatters from the mercury usually. yeah the inhalation thing sounds horrifying. i'll stick to nice safe oil painting *licks fingers*
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Neon bending?
We all are wack to begin with, we're probably just enhanced XD
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neon, yes those glowy signs that light up are made by hand by bending glass tubes, there's some combination of phosphor, a dust inside the tubes, a gas, which i think is the neon, and electricity, and it makes that light. i actually gave it a go once, my girlfriend in college took a class. the instructor was already getting quite a bit loopy from long term mercury exposure, if her description of him was correct. yeah we're all nutters, you're probably right. i wrote something on my twitter recently, um "i'm not certain i've ever met a sane person, and if i did, i certainly wouldn't trust them"
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It sounds crazy! I have seen the signs (NO VANCANCY) but didn't know there were an art form. I am a fan of Chihuly, though, his work is often glass that looks like those neon bended ... things.
Sanity is relative like everything else, indeed
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thank you very much! i've got a series of related works underway. this one is the best so far though lol, kinda surprised me it was just 'trying something new'
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you can't imagine how HAPPY this makes me feel!
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Wow!
I love the texture, which is like looking through rippled glass.
Very interesting.
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Wonderful, swirling sense of color. Impressionistic in stroke and form if not in palette. A delight to look at.
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So many colours, so pretty! 8D Not normally my kind of thing, but I like this.
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I love the colors in this painting it's so pretty
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This is pretty~ It reminds me of water~ very very nice
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I hope you had as much fun with this as it looks! Bright and cheery (not in a sappy kind of way).
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Thanks, yes, it was fun to paint, a bit different from the way I usually paint because it was rushed for the contest deadline, so a bit more of a challenge to keep it from getting muddy.
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Well, it is a total success!
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the colors are really great! I especially love the yellow shapes
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This really appeals to me ... lovely colours and line work.
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