The two unfinished versions together

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Comment by Ningning Li on January 29, 2014 at 14:08

Jon, now I know, it is not easy to put them together. I think that I will try to paint one or two to see whether I am happy about the result, if it is very interesting I will paint a big canvas with dancers. I will let you know after I finish a try. You know a lot and I am sure that your coming still life series will be very succsessful.

Comment by Jon Main on January 29, 2014 at 10:23

Ningning - good question! - version I was on one huge canvas, for version II (the panels) - I think I will glue them to a another big canvas of the same size - I wish I'd done them on squares of canvas - they would have been far easier to glue on top of one big canvas!!! Looking forward to seeing the dancers! I was thinking of doing still lifes/lives with objects that sort of symbolized me - books and painting stuff, walking boots etc. These still lifes seem to be a good exercise for developing one's skills!!

Comment by Ningning Li on January 29, 2014 at 9:27

Thank you , Jon, for your information. I will do my dancers.  I have already collected more than 300 photos of dancing figures.One question, I see those on the floor are all seperated individuals How did you put them together like those against the wall? 

Comment by Jon Main on January 29, 2014 at 7:51

Hi, Ningning - dancers in that format would be really spectacular!!! DO it! Mine are 32 x 33 cm squares of panel. I do them three at a time and spend 3 2-hour sessions on each batch of 3

Comment by Ningning Li on January 29, 2014 at 4:12

They are all beautiful and interesting way to show. You must work hard to finish so many pieces and put them together. I always want to do this for my dancers painting. Jon, you encouraged me.

Comment by Jon Main on January 28, 2014 at 5:41

Hi, Ann, oh I'll take on any subject that fires me up - the theme for the exhibition (in April) is the seasons - and I decided this was my way of handling it!

Comment by Ann Turner on January 27, 2014 at 19:30

Wow Jon what a large and colorful project ! The thing that impresses me the most is that you are going out of the box where you usually paint farm houses and now these lovely fruit.

Comment by Jon Main on January 27, 2014 at 9:22

Thanks, Michael - I'm plugging away at it - hope to get some comments from ya' when I put it up again!

Comment by Michael J. Severin on January 27, 2014 at 2:56

Very impressive Jon!

Comment by Jon Main on January 26, 2014 at 10:28

Thanks, folk!

Pauline - yeah, the show's in April (the one in the background is a copy of an artist called Johan Messely - forgery = not shown to public   ;D  ssshhhh !!!).

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