Round Town
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PASO ROBLES STUDIOS ON THE PARK
Move On, Mr. Munch! Yours Isn’t the Only Scream On the Block! BY ARTIST HELLIE BLYTHE
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oor Evard Munch never realized nor enjoyed the monetary These notable compelling subjects will be rendering in oils, with lucre accrued from the auction of his painting he named “The legendary, supportive props, as well as colorful, classic, complemenShriek,” which is now known as “The Scream.” tary backgrounds. Eventually, the paintings will be exhibited for sale a Studios on the Park before this artist becomes posthumous, after John Keats penned the oft-quoted my late History of Art professor which they may turn up at auctions here and there, now and then. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” My revered professor orated emphatically and often that for a work of art to tolerate the test of time, An added bonus, plus a small subjective stray from the above it should be measured and evaluated first for its intrinsic beauty, format, will include Landscape Paintings similar to the popularly then for the other qualities of praiseworthy, painterly expertise. I accepted backdrop in “The Scream”: sunsets and/or sunrises, which wonder if the present owner of Evard Munch’s painting still enjoys have become user-friendly territory (Terroir, en Français) for the avhis purchase and is moved by its beauty? erage viewer. Inevitably, this brings us to lucrative Disaster Paintings, which reminds us of the abundant possibilities in Still Life Paintings. This begs the question: does the prestige of ownership outweigh the emotional delight engendered by the beauty of the treasured Here, in the comparative silence of still life and landscape, we shall possession? Perhaps there IS beauty in the facial contortions of agony enjoy a limitless orgy of potential possibilities for making-monexpressed on that Munch’s face, posed before a backdrop of a bloody ey-plenty, as Ben Franklin might have said. The following subjects sunset! Have I mistakenly ignored that attraction? As a longtime are suitably eclectic for both Still and Land Scapes: painter of faces, I’m just now finding a need to cultivate accepting Bargain Baited Breath Try Buzz the possibility there might be some beauty to be found in others’ Dust in the Air Whistling A Still Small Voice Rasp of Berries unusually piquant or morbid portrait paintings. Ring of Truth Sour Grapes Systemic Backlog Donkey’s Year My self-imposed new painting scheme, as of tomorrow, shall nurGong Mustard Plaster Sustainable Renewable ture developing a taste for what I erstwhile and perhaps mistakenly considered grotesque, to make it all my own epiphany right now. I’ll Eclipse Exposure expand my taste in paintings and, in the spirit of True Artsman/Womenship, this titanic scheme will force my output, by heroic numbers, There is nothing more loudly compelling than auction prices to putting to shame Mr. Munch’s output of merely ONE Glorious Scream. succeed in goading an artist into competitive self-improvement. The planned project will move forward with a series of portraits, landscapes, and still lifes while informing and disclosing my plan to the public for personal-back-out insurance, so the Art World may contemplate, enjoy, and aid me by offering gentle suggestions, useful advice, polite criticism, and generous donations. For starters, My Goal is to depict the following portraits in painterly details: The Yawn
The Twitch
The Shrug
The Itch
The Hiccough
The Sneeze
The Burp
The Guffaw
The Scorn
The Burn
The Stench
The Slurp
The Twist
The Sniff
The Twiddle
The Sting
The Tickle
The Bluster
The Snort
The Pinch
The Pain
The Spasm
The Twang
The Stench
The Taste
The Wind
The Giggle
The Flinch
The Blink
The Tweak
The Cough
The Gargle
The Shush
The Tingle
The Cramp
The Twinge
The Cringe
The Snub
The Draft
The Lie
The Lisp Laryngitis
The Small
The Plunk
