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Greyhound Girlby `kolaboy

Traditional Art / Paintings / Surreal

Acrylic on canvas, 16X20 inches. A new piece, albeit a quick one (a day & a half).

Initial inspiration was the song Greyhound Girl by Pete Townsend, but as usual, things become a thing unto themselves. You roll the Titanium dice, and they suddenly turn up Antimony...
But I digress.

As I was finishing I found myself remembering a house I lived in for about a year or so. I must have been 10 at the time. It was brick red stucco, and surrounded by the greenest trees that have ever been green. There was a long snaking concrete path that led from the porch to the driveway, and this became the stage for endless solitary hours of Hot Wheels play. To this day, summer (to me) is the smell of ripe grass and concrete baked in the sunlight. Sleepy afternoons, a grasshopper floundering in my glass of tea...

No idea why this particular image triggered that particular train of thought. Don't really care to know. But it did also bring a piece of music to mind that seems to fit the ambiance (sigh) of this piece: The Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie. If interested, you can find it here [link]

Beguiling in his seeming simplicity, Satie was a master at capturing the inexpressible mood, the soul's dragonfly breath. God bless the French! (I wonder if they invented red stucco?)

From Townsend to Satie in a single bound. Dammit, I love this wacky world of painting.

Thanks for looking

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~Alice-Lupin Jan 19, 2011 Professional General Artist

What a nice little topping there to describe the things that inspire you. Absolutely wonderful piano piece by the way, with that little hint of a mixture of human doubt and determination.

`kolaboy Jan 19, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Satie was a genius at conjuring up the most elusive of human feelings with a minimum of musical notes

~madbaumer37 Nov 2, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

these dark and eerie paintings with rich cool colors are my favorites of yours.

~TheSimmieShow Jun 24, 2008

I was listening to the song you suggested (but i didn't know), gnossienne no.1, on youtube and i was curious to see if someone had taken this song as an inspiration for a picture or photo on DA... Selected ur picture and tadaa what a coincidence

You suggested the exact same song i was listening to

A well, like your painting and it has indeed some sort of feeling wich you get from listening to Satie's Gnossienne 1. It's a bit surreal though your picture, it's seems the girl is a different painting put in the painting that is the darker, less detailled and more photo-like background. Don't know how to say this right

`kolaboy Jun 26, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks for looking

!radioPooh May 20, 2008

I hate to pic my fav group of all time because .. well it changes . but I would have to say the who ( and especially the lyrics of Peter Townsend) have influnced me more than any other band / artist

wonderfull surreal picture

`kolaboy May 21, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks bro, they're favorites of mine as well.

~piano-sam Apr 7, 2008

Nice looking. Summer is the smell of grass, lilacs, and wet leaves here. The sound of cicaidas(sp?) and woodpeckers.

`kolaboy Apr 11, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you

~sumajarong Apr 6, 2008

It's a beautiful painting

You are so cool

......

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