tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post7311177453743381892..comments2023-12-02T03:36:14.917-05:00Comments on Tracy Helgeson Art: FiguresTracy Helgesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-61933988657706720082008-02-10T19:42:00.000-05:002008-02-10T19:42:00.000-05:00Love these Tracy! Just found your blog through Ka...Love these Tracy! Just found your blog through Katherine T's Making a Mark blog. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to seeing more of your work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695880592300626881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-78058047128959910952008-02-09T06:36:00.000-05:002008-02-09T06:36:00.000-05:00These new paintings are definitely a hit! They re...These new paintings are definitely a hit! They reflect your style, yet have a little something different too.<BR/><BR/>I like the blank faces, but I feel as though the people are so real too.<BR/><BR/>Life in the retreat is being good to you and for you I think.Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-66565942552361996842008-02-08T21:02:00.000-05:002008-02-08T21:02:00.000-05:00Hi Folks, I am pressed for time, well actually I a...Hi Folks, I am pressed for time, well actually I am very tired so I just wanted to thank you all for being so enthusiastic about my underpaintings-I really appreciate it! I am going to put up a post and answer a few of your questions there.Tracy Helgesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-74154498972483940522008-02-07T15:52:00.000-05:002008-02-07T15:52:00.000-05:00Of course, the people don't look like barns, but, ...Of course, the people don't look like barns, but, you have to admit, the people are staged exactly like your barns. The barns and the people are occupying the same landscape. I guess I was wondering if the figures might become the landscape. Have you done any detail studies of the models hands, faces, or peni (penisis?) <BR/><BR/>As a techi question for students, what sort of medium and what ratios do you mix for your under-painting and how long does it take to dry?Steven LaRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932068647330025855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-58307412093573044412008-02-07T13:26:00.000-05:002008-02-07T13:26:00.000-05:00Perhaps you're saving the hands and heads for anot...Perhaps you're saving the hands and heads for another focus time. I feel you're succeeding very well with figures. The figures on the landscape are awesome.<BR/>Congratulations on your life drawings. What an adventure!Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-81172000473051518942008-02-07T13:07:00.000-05:002008-02-07T13:07:00.000-05:00The figure drawings are so substantial and express...The figure drawings are so substantial and expressive that it's hard to believe you haven't worked from a live model in a long time. The ones from photos are looking good, too. They have that mesmerizing effect of old snapshots, drawing you right in to that vanished world. (That's what old photos do for me anyway.) You're living my fantasies here. I'm pulling up a chair to get all the details, including meals. So far they haven't served anything I don't like!;0Actcrabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034619693762259264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-74362169954131128402008-02-07T13:05:00.000-05:002008-02-07T13:05:00.000-05:00these are great! looking forward to seeing the co...these are great! looking forward to seeing the colors...Natalya Khorover Aikenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08490493432155941262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-14466410019675482192008-02-07T12:42:00.000-05:002008-02-07T12:42:00.000-05:00I love where you're going with the new works Tracy...I love where you're going with the new works Tracy! Even though they're figurative, I could still pick them out as yours if I walked into a gallery and saw them. I'm especially excited to see how the top and bottom one (of the 4 underpaintings) turn out - I love the mood of them.Stacey Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092020892186641387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-23071107868838560322008-02-07T12:31:00.000-05:002008-02-07T12:31:00.000-05:00Tracy...I too adore these new works. I absolutely...Tracy...I too adore these new works. I absolutely love figurative work and I can see your style shining through. Wonderful..I am so excited for you.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156332528889687870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-60590902455985078762008-02-07T12:23:00.000-05:002008-02-07T12:23:00.000-05:00TracyI like the photo paintings! Looking forward t...Tracy<BR/>I like the photo paintings! Looking forward to seeing the color.<BR/>DougAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068840005403236193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-27016392319708458512008-02-07T07:23:00.000-05:002008-02-07T07:23:00.000-05:00Tracy-I like your new work, full (as in complete i...Tracy-<BR/>I like your new work, full (as in complete in form) figures that stand equal to the landscapes behind. And by keeping them sort of faceless, put us all in there. Or so I see it that way, again very bold.<BR/><BR/>You're off to your new adventure - it's a full re-immersion creative mission. I always laugh at your descriptions of possibly missing and getting to food, sounds delicious, being the new kid on the scene and having real deja vu, AND<BR/>working with lawn chairs and bifocals.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for keeping your 'doings' updated online. What a great opportunity and chance to re-up<BR/>your artistic chops, and gain more perspective from fellow artists and see their work progress.<BR/><BR/>You're the coolest.<BR/><BR/>Ninan warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077604126259752152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-70396168751597039662008-02-07T04:20:00.000-05:002008-02-07T04:20:00.000-05:00Tracy - glad to see you've found an incentive for ...Tracy - glad to see you've found an incentive for arriving at meals at the right time! ;)<BR/><BR/>I ADORE your photo paintings. They are just so 'you' even though they are not barns (and don't look in the least like barns!) The 'no faces' thing is just like the way you do your barns with a bare minimum of doors and your trees and bushes with no leaves. They all look like they could hang next to your barn paintings in a gallery and fit right in. You'd have to start doing a farmhouses theme after that for them all to live in!<BR/><BR/>What I'm very curious about is the way you are choosing to draw your figures - much more detail than I was expecting. <BR/><BR/>I guess I expected a Seurat type of approach - values/forms/planes and no detail.........Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.com