Paul often talked about his older brother Ed. I think that Ed was a very big influence on Paul, both in terms of example and philosophy.

- Bill

He was a unique artist as is my dad, his brother
Ed.

A live well lived leaves remembrance and a legacy. This was Pauls art.

Cheers.

Mike Havas

“I think you summed up the whole thing really well, plus the Creek 1 painting by Ramesh is one I really like, wish you had shown it to me when you first showed me the other 2.

“I was thinking of Henri yesterday… a statement he made in regards to a student asking if they had gotten the proportions correct in a life drawing they were doing. He replied something like ‘…getting the proportions correctly isn’t nearly as important as getting the feeling correct,’ (sorry I don’t have the exact quote.) I think this goes along neatly with the statement of Henri’s that you reference.

“Clearly, judging from Ramesh’s comment, he was lucky enough to have a teacher who put him on the right path early on. This is exactly what I was talking about, and exactly what’s missing today.

“Reardon is just an example: It’s not actually fair to label him any more than the vast majority of watercolor painters you see today. The magazine WATERCOLOR, which had the article on Reardon, tends to champion this sort of work. The same issue features a woman who does fantastic paintings featuring fine crystal, bowls, goblets, etc., all planned out as if in a war campaign, masked out and layered. She must go through a gallon of masking fluid on each one. The result is fantastic, but one that has no ‘heart’, to use Ramesh’s term. It’s pure intellect, and you might as well do it on a computer. Why bother with the paint, it doesn’t add anything.

“Re. Ramesh’s comment: Forget your ‘head’, it will just lie to you. One author referred to this as ‘roof-brain chatter’. Do everything in your power to let the brush and the medium work out the painting, your hand and your eye ‘know’ what to do, it’s your head that gets in the way. I rarely end up with what I started with. If the painting doesn’t take it’s own course, if it doesn’t surprise me, if it just looks like the thing I started working from, then it’s time to rip it up. Art should be magic.”

Bill Dubin

The new blog entry looks great…. really nice to see all the various paintings in one spot.

You and I have discussed what you’ve written many times, so we both know each others opinions already and are in agreement on nearly all, so no need to comment further.

I’m still blown out by how the new academy has conned the art world into believing it’s still avant garde and “liberal” when it’s really neither…. you would think some of these people would have woken up by now!

As we’ve discussed before, I’d like to see the visual part expand into many on-line galleries, perhaps sub-divided by the different catagories of realism that are going today, like an on-line museum exhibition.

Hope you get lots of attention paid to this……

Bill

I’m doing good otherwise. Sorry that I’ll miss your NYC show, but won’t be in city then. I’m considering a mid-July trip, for a black belt clinic. Good luck with the show!!

-Bill