Things That Gladden The Heart

[Imurg]

At a Rothko exhibition at Liverpool Tate many moons ago, my 7 year old niece looked at one similar to yours and exclaimed " that's rubbish..I can do better than that"

 

[Beezerk]

At a Rothko exhibition at Liverpool Tate many moons ago, my 7 year old niece looked at one similar to yours and exclaimed " that's rubbish..I can do better than that"

Bloody philistine, I mean they only sell for around 100 million

 

[IanM]

That's my yardstick for modern art... if I could have done it, it's rubbish!

 

[clubhousekid]

That's my yardstick for modern art... if I could have done it, it's rubbish!

Looks like most of us could have turned our hand at modern art then

 

[GB72]

Looks like most of us could have turned our hand at modern art then

Hell no, I cannot get lines that straight when I am decorating and have a wall to work to let alone on a canvas.

 

[clubhousekid]

Hell no, I cannot get lines that straight when I am decorating and have a wall to work to let alone on a canvas.

frog tape, great for straight lines when painting

 

[williamalex1]

You can paint my back garden fence ( brown ) next time you're up for a visit

 

[Fade and Die]

Don’t laugh, it’s not my fault I like abstract impressionism

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Are you sure it’s the right way up?

 

[Beezerk]

Are you sure it’s the right way up?

Ha ha had it every way and decided on that for now

 

[PJ87]

Eldest put forward to go to a football thing with the school today, she was one of two girls. Rest all boys who play for teams at weekends. The other girl got scared so refused to play, rules were one girl had to be on pitch at all times. So she played all 5 matches lol

Bless her doesn't quite get competitive sports . Tackles a boy, wins ball, boy falls down. She stops and picks him up .. lol

 

[Slime]

I actually won a frame of snooker!
First time for I don't know how long ............................. I'm really bad at snooker, I mean REALLY bad.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Spotting a couple of basking sharks close in this morning. They have been quite a few at nairn the last few years, but first time I'd seen one off the course. Tide was quite high when we finished, flat calm as well.

I always keep my eyes open for them when taking the boat from Oban to Tiree - don’t see them very often but a thrill when I do.

In any case and even without shark spotting it’s the most glorious sail on a calm and sunny day and my heart is gladdened even now just thinking of it, and seeing in my minds eye the special moment after the boat has passed Tobermory and the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse hoves into view with the Small Isles, Rum and Skye as backdrop.

 

[Asian Dawn]

Just been down to the local Sainsbury's - busy Thursday morning so of course they only have one actual checkout manned. Queue of at least six people with trolleys waiting down one of the aisles. Obnoxious fat bloke just decides he is going to push in claiming "I've been waiting ages in another aisle".

Store manager sees this - waits until he starts piling his stuff on the belt and even the part at the front, then not only opens another checkout with a member of staff, but takes a third one himself. They race through the waiting trolleys leaving fat obnoxious bloke fuming. And I'm sure that checkout slowed things down on purpose too.

It got to the point where people were walking past waving at him when they had finished.

 

[Imurg]

HiD's car had developed a squeaky steering column.
Off down the garage, mechanic has a listen, fetches a can of lube, a couple of sprays and a quick turn or 10 of the wheel and the squeak is gone.
Now, it's probably something I could have done but..
A. I don't bend in the right places these days and
B. I would have probably sprayed in the wrong place...

Always keep on the good side of a decent garage.....

 

[chrisd]

B. I would have probably sprayed in the wrong place...

Bit like your golf ??

 

[Imurg]

I'm not Fragger you know....

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Don’t laugh, it’s not my fault I like abstract impressionism

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Ah…you’re into Hard-edge and geo-abstraction

 

[Beezerk]

Ah…you’re into Hard-edge and geo-abstraction

It's called Colour Field the stuff I generally like, just googled geo abstract art though and it looks cool. Maybe time to give mine a touch up already

 

[Voyager EMH]

Imurg said:
B. I would have probably sprayed in the wrong place...

Bit like your golf ??

I sprayed in the wrong place once this year, because I sneezed at the same time. (Could have been worse! )

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

It's called Colour Field the stuff I generally like, just googled geo abstract art though and it looks cool. Maybe time to give mine a touch up already

I do like Piet Mondrian’s art, and my b-i-l’s Hard-edge art is inspired from the time in the 1980s and early 90s he worked in New York as a studio assistant for Al Held…thinking you might appreciate Held’s work.

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