Paul and Tom Reminisce About Gammell -393

Probably no man of his generation did more to assure the future of representational painting than R. H. Ives Gammell. This video is one in a series of conversations between Paul and Tom Dunlay bringing back memories of the octogenarian painter and their times in his Boston atelier in the 1970’s.

[@querenstewart9944]

Hi Paul
Thanks again enjoyed this one
Sheila

[@PaulIngbretson]

Glad you enjoyed it, Sheila

[@partiallyhuman]

hello
i found this and would like your thought
five rules for the use of white
since white is the essential base of your picture, this is what you must know:
1.use silver white to begin your under paiinting.
2.use zinc white to finish your overpainting.
3. in between, you may use an excllent mixture composed of three parts silver white to two parts zinc white.
4.since zinc white is the most luminous, you must use it only mized with the most colorless of all oils, carnation oil.
5.with silver white, you may add a minimum of very pure essence of turpentine to linseed oil.

[@PaulIngbretson]

Curious....where did you find that, Partiallyh?

[@oowaz]

I really appreciate theses chats but at around 14:00 you guys start talking about "shoulds", and "oughts" you know, which come across as rule-oriented. I thought we embraced the idea that art doesn't have rules

[@oowaz]

I feel like we would benefit from being careful about stuff like that even just internally, for our own perception and personal growth. At the end of the day impressionism is a style, we can arrive at that style without believing that it's the only answer. For example punk rock is a real, valid style of making music, it's very intense, expressive and raw. I prefer electronic music, that doesn't mean what i like is closer to the "truth" it's just something that happens to align with my preferences, the way i grew up, my influences, the way i learned to enjoy music. I enjoy the classics too, specially Bach, Franz Liszt. Anyway, very long winded way to say that it's all subjective, those things are not objective, measurable, provable universal truths.

[@PaulIngbretson]

Beating about the same bush... yes.

[@oowaz]

@@PaulIngbretson it's partially catharsis paul, it's something i'm 100% guilty of we do it without even noticing