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1. Deron Bauman on June 13th, 2010 at 9:08 pm

   is this your painting, Barry?

2. Barry on June 13th, 2010 at 9:32 pm

   I applied paint and ink over a reproduction of Ansel Adam’s photograph from 1942 of Old Faithful. So, yes, I think.

3. Deron Bauman on June 13th, 2010 at 9:34 pm

   nice.

4. Deron Bauman on June 13th, 2010 at 9:35 pm

   I like the exploration you seem to be doing.

5. Barry on June 13th, 2010 at 9:40 pm

   Thanks, man..It’s all an experiment. Fun to try some new things out. I have no idea where it is all going, kinda exciting, kinda frightening..

6. Deron Bauman on June 13th, 2010 at 9:41 pm

   absolutely.

7. Daryl Scroggins on June 13th, 2010 at 9:46 pm

   I agree–this has real presence to it. I could enjoy looking at this for hours and feeling disturbed by it. It has the kinds of texture and spontaneous features that remind me of what I like about Anselm Kiefer.

8. Deron Bauman on June 13th, 2010 at 10:00 pm

   yes. or some of the paint qualities of richter.

9. Barry on June 13th, 2010 at 10:03 pm

   Thanks, Daryl. I am interested in thinking about the relationship between painting and photography in terms of history, space of the picture plane, and gesture or (lack there of in photography).

   And its scary for me to leave the neat crucible of “photographic” concerns and enter the world of the “plastic” arts.

10. Barry on June 13th, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    I think Richter for sure, Deron….he is unavoidable when painting on photos…
    He is actually the reason, besides lack of ambition and talent, that I stopped attempting to make paintings way back in the day…

    Photographers are lot like dentists in this way.

11. Deron Bauman on June 13th, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    failed doctors?

12. Phil Bebbington on June 14th, 2010 at 2:18 am

    This is wonderful, Barry. Oddly your reasons for stopping painting aren’t disimilar to mine. I hope this leads you somewhere nice.

    Great stuff.

13. Kelsey Parker on June 14th, 2010 at 6:38 am

    This truly captivates, and I can’t wait to see where paintings take you.

14. Michael Smith on June 14th, 2010 at 7:15 am

    Holy…I love it.

15. Daryl Scroggins on June 14th, 2010 at 9:04 am

    Yes, Richter does come to mind. I think it’s the textures you achieve here that make me also think of Kiefer. This image seems primordial–as if the geyser is generating a universe.

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