tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post7030316769786049349..comments2023-07-04T01:42:02.935-07:00Comments on From Forensic to Fine Art: "Sauna"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05599714103955686190noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-85035052367074596062010-06-04T04:59:21.035-07:002010-06-04T04:59:21.035-07:00I can feel the sweat rolling down my body...I can feel the sweat rolling down my body...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-8503589812356963332010-05-18T16:47:10.766-07:002010-05-18T16:47:10.766-07:00Wonderful warm colors... makes it so inviting!Wonderful warm colors... makes it so inviting!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186138266137470331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-25058410738177483542010-05-16T08:40:19.605-07:002010-05-16T08:40:19.605-07:00great feel in here...... I want to be theregreat feel in here...... I want to be theredominique eichihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972112545118534412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-86315688176847040292010-05-15T14:07:00.536-07:002010-05-15T14:07:00.536-07:00Great brushwork, Sheila. A very wonderful piece.Great brushwork, Sheila. A very wonderful piece.Edward Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08510689644324795248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-81972543952911346232010-05-15T09:36:50.694-07:002010-05-15T09:36:50.694-07:00You've been busy making beautiful paintings! I...You've been busy making beautiful paintings! I swear each one is better than the last. I always love to see what new subject you've tackled. The texture on this is marvelous.r garriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601540194915313393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-13970180001115826002010-05-15T08:00:09.892-07:002010-05-15T08:00:09.892-07:00I've missed the last few postings and it was a...I've missed the last few postings and it was a treat to catch up. I'm impressed with your productivity because as you know from my post mine has been nil. I love the heavy texture of this painting! You direct strokes makes my eyes feel the wood. Super!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566258201228886795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-33949281113555212432010-05-14T19:48:46.585-07:002010-05-14T19:48:46.585-07:00A good sense of depth , impressive.A good sense of depth , impressive.David Larson Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16585235438410706541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-27554288312702525512010-05-14T19:34:59.131-07:002010-05-14T19:34:59.131-07:00Love this painting. I think Mark makes some good p...Love this painting. I think Mark makes some good points. I really like youir close-up intimate space work. This is great. has terrific abstract movement to it.L.Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07154266083542788127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-88034104107375396092010-05-14T17:08:38.805-07:002010-05-14T17:08:38.805-07:00mm.. I can feel the warmth coming from this sauna....mm.. I can feel the warmth coming from this sauna.. very inviting!Elizabeth Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16327996142203189336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-25608179503488145852010-05-14T16:51:23.720-07:002010-05-14T16:51:23.720-07:00Love all of the vertical lines in this! Nice job, ...Love all of the vertical lines in this! Nice job, Shelia!Gwen Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393643552813213700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-73148556952115520022010-05-14T15:02:08.404-07:002010-05-14T15:02:08.404-07:00Sweet dynamic brushwork. (...and I know I keep sa...Sweet dynamic brushwork. (...and I know I keep saying that, Sheila. But it's SO outstanding.) More, please.Diane Hoeptnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124052826927571423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-5279362455784521352010-05-14T12:02:11.993-07:002010-05-14T12:02:11.993-07:00This brings back memories of the Swedish sauna my ...This brings back memories of the Swedish sauna my husband and I enjoyed years ago in the dead of winter in northern Minnesota. Great painting, I hope you get to try an authentic sauna someday!Carrie Griesemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756166811400592088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-57539367690938280342010-05-14T11:30:39.282-07:002010-05-14T11:30:39.282-07:00Nice Sheila. read some of the comments posted her...Nice Sheila. read some of the comments posted here and yes. You have a style I would recognize anywhere. Keep that up.<br />Thanks for the blog comment. Yes. Cool is nice but cold such as we have had is really something. we get snow through June but it is interspersed usually with a few nice days. But.. Today there is a yellow ball in the sky and I do believe it is the sun. Supposed to get clear up to 50 today.Gary Keimighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745695573558394342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-179910623990858112010-05-14T10:28:14.553-07:002010-05-14T10:28:14.553-07:00This sauna looks very welcoming. Great job Sheila...This sauna looks very welcoming. Great job Sheila...you've succeeded in making it look very homey.Lokelani Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02653502523287408543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-12066029552442508652010-05-14T03:25:05.204-07:002010-05-14T03:25:05.204-07:00What a great job here, Sheila. You've capture...What a great job here, Sheila. You've captured the rusticity of the place and make me wish I could see it in person. Lovely composition and you have such a fabulous eye for interesting scenes.Autumn Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010044052621228719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-3865326076089952382010-05-14T01:53:57.424-07:002010-05-14T01:53:57.424-07:00Once again, a very strong work! Your brushwork is ...Once again, a very strong work! Your brushwork is so expressionistic!Marie Theronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873852756825147600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-78778075286302831162010-05-14T01:15:32.515-07:002010-05-14T01:15:32.515-07:00I seem to have missed some of your posts dear Shei...I seem to have missed some of your posts dear Sheila! It was great going back through them though! And what a great painting of the sauna! Incredible colours. Hope you get to experience it really soon.Art with Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433688529703445847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-81580837089333494402010-05-13T23:07:08.890-07:002010-05-13T23:07:08.890-07:00yes...it looks very inviting!yes...it looks very inviting!Celeste Berginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791708298070342301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-18617532685562359232010-05-13T20:12:34.085-07:002010-05-13T20:12:34.085-07:00Love this. I actually did experience a wooden sau...Love this. I actually did experience a wooden sauna like this once in Finland in the 70s. Quite fun. Then you'd run out and roll in the snow. Great painting.Pam Holnbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569629104736368674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-80754105828865811972010-05-13T19:49:40.636-07:002010-05-13T19:49:40.636-07:00Sheila, your insight is great. You see great thin...Sheila, your insight is great. You see great things for us. :)Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-16071955403150009112010-05-13T15:50:26.489-07:002010-05-13T15:50:26.489-07:00I love the textural aspects of this work. It reads...I love the textural aspects of this work. It reads like an abstract. Nice!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11037549177881696434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-5144270422816319642010-05-13T15:45:51.496-07:002010-05-13T15:45:51.496-07:00The energy and richness of your brushstrokes and p...The energy and richness of your brushstrokes and palette give life to a room that most of us would probably never have noticed. Sweet!<br /><br />-Don-Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549962962379079880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-59338195193952343812010-05-13T12:45:27.667-07:002010-05-13T12:45:27.667-07:00Looks like it would be very relaxing. I agree with...Looks like it would be very relaxing. I agree with Mark on your signature style. I could see a piece of yours anywhere and know it was your painting. Gorgeous work!!Manonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13892591394375241132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-38656730119080043282010-05-13T12:39:28.591-07:002010-05-13T12:39:28.591-07:00Yeh you did it.
Only you can take something so pla...Yeh you did it.<br />Only you can take something so plain and make it so beautiful<br />Great piece Sheila.Paintings by Irit Bourlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717077128964290829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765631622553247399.post-5924678916245553682010-05-13T12:31:24.769-07:002010-05-13T12:31:24.769-07:00you're ability to capture mood, light and text...you're ability to capture mood, light and texture with such immediacy, impresses the hell out of me.john leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329952492885352404noreply@blogger.com