Abstract paintings of Will Dockery

"Will Dockery" wrote in message

> I've posted a new gallery of some of my recent abstract paintings, which


mean about as much as a pre-schooler's glitter and glue art.


> some of you may have an interest in checking out,



No.





> for whichever reasons you
> prefer.
>
> These paintings are made with a variety of materials from oil, watercolor
> and pastel paints, to housepaint, solvents and melted plastics:


So basically, you accidentally melted something with one of your cigarettes,
and decided to put the can of Raid under your sink to something other than
its intended purpose. In the meantime, you probably vomited and after
scraping away the top layer, in your delusional and stupid mental state
decided to call the rest "art."


You're about as much as an artist as a cat walking across a piano is a
musician.



>
> http://www.fototime.com/inv/E917106F136751F
>
> Comments and critique, as with all my work in all forms, is most welcome.
>

It sucks, your work is worthless and would be better off being used to
psychologically torture 9/11 conspirators.



> --
> "I Might Be a Girl" and other song-poems by Will Dockery:
> http://www.myspace.com/willdockery
>
>
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"msifg" wrote:
> "Will Dockery" wrote:
>
> I've posted a new gallery of some of my recent abstract paintings, which
> > some of you may have an interest in checking out, for whichever reasons
> > you prefer.
> >
> > These paintings are made with a variety of materials from oil,
watercolor
> > and pastel paints, to housepaint, solvents and melted plastics:
> >
> > http://www.fototime.com/inv/E917106F136751F
> >
> > Comments and critique, as with all my work in all forms, are most
welcome.
>
> cool!
>
> my dad just sent me a bunch of abstract art.
>
> it's some of my favorite kind of art.
>
> my dad paints on a regular basis.

Are any of your father's works online anywhere? I'd like to check those out,
since abstract is by far my favorite form.

I hope to somedays get some of Sulzbach's work scanned and online, but he's
such a hermit-type, living out in the wouds of Alabama, it'll be some trick
getting that done.

> thanks for sharing.
>
> (sharks beware:
> i've got a new pair of teeth.)

This unsent post I just found in my "Drafts" section, from last year, of
another old-time artist friend of mine, you might enjoy, as well:

Here are galleries of Barfield, my teacher, who has been highly influenced
by Aborigine art and culture...

The art of Dan Barfield:

http://www.danbarfield.com/index.php

About Dan Barfield posted 2008-01-28 11:22:00 by Dan
I have often been asked by critics and students for the influences that have
shaped my "philosophy of art." I rattle off a few well known names and a few
well known "schools" of art which seems to satisfy them.The truth is....I
don't have a philosophy of art. My paintings grow out of my philosophy of
life and from the experiences of the life that I live and have lived since
childhood.

I grew up along the east coast between Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville,
Florida, when that coast was still wild and undeveloped. School was a prison
for me, a thing to be endured only long enough to escape into the birdsong
silence and deep shadows of the woods and river swamps, or the sun washed
marshes and sea islands of the coast.
Then, as all -agers must, there came a time when I rebelled against this
life. I left this life behind and went to art school and college. I embraced
any road, any thought, any philosophy that took me away from that "old life"
which seemed somehow dull and meaningless. I learned all of the names and
catch phrases of the intellectual artist, embraced all of the currently
popular "schools," and lived the life of "artist as rock-and roll star." And
I did it well, getting my undergraduate degree in art from Columbus State,
and my Master of Fine Art from Savannah College of art and Design, showing
in Europe and America,wearing the laurels of success, never allowing myself
to admit that I was lying to myself and living someone else's life.

Then a major event in my life took place in which I lost everything. I was
living in my car with no home, eating at the Saint Francis mission in St.
Augustine, Florida, and being forced to rethink my life........In retrospect
it is the best thing that could have happened to me. I returned to the
beauty and basic truths of my childhood. I again embraced the beaauty of the
earth and the joy of being alive and free. This is where these paintings are
born.

GALLERY ONE posted 2008-01-28 10:29:41 by Dan
This is my personal favorite series. I have attempted to reach deep into the
human psyche here and create paintings that will be recognized across all
cultures and times. To this end I have worked flat with no attempt to make
them appear as anything except flat paintings on flat surfaces. There is no
attempt at perspective or depth; often there is no foreground, middleground,
or background. The colors are vivid and bright, the flora and fauna would
never be recognized by science, the fruits and flowers would never be found
in a florist or grocer....I hope that they are universal symbols of that
which they represent.

The observer will notice at once the power and importance of the sun symbol.
Actually the sun was usually the first thing painted and the rest of the
painting grew up around it. Those who have lived in the tropics will
understand this, as the sun is the ruler of the day and of all life.

The ruler of all life ....It has been suggested that the sun is a "god"
symbol in these paintings, and I am comfortable with that. (Note that I have
said a 'god symbol,' not a god....a symbol only.) The sun is the source of
all life as all energy comes from the sun...we are of the sun, we eat the
sun when we eat vegetables, or the meat that feeds on the vegetation.

Others have found a "Christian" image in the three "Ancestral Figures" that
stand guard with spears and huge erections over this fecund paradise.(I have
to admit that these figures are stolen from Australian rock paintings and
modified to suit my needs.)

I think I have said enough about these paintings now. I have a tendency to
get long winded and I would not want to color your perceptions. And after
all, art does not take place in the paint or on the wall; art does not take
place in the mind of the artists;...art takes place in the interaction
between the viewer and the painting. Art is a different experience for each
of us, modified or enhanced by our own unique experiences.

The Dream:
http://www.danbarfield.com/gallery1.php

GALLERY TWO posted 2008-01-28 10:04:00 by Dan
What can one say about these paintings? These are scenes that I have
stumbled across from the Low Country of South Carolina to the provinces of
the Philippines. Shrimp boats of the South Carolina and Georgia coast, a
lighthouse somewhere on the Golden Isles of Georgia; a mother and daughter
in Costa Rica, two young Filipino girls with the family's carabao...other
images of other times and places....

Oil on canvas; simple, but I enjoy the discipline needed to render a sceene
that exists on the outside of my mind....simple beauty of a simple life.

I hope that you, the viewer, enjoy them, that you are sensitive to the
beauty of them, and that they bring you happiness.

The Reality:
http://www.danbarfield.com/gallery2.php

--
"Wobble":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVIF2-qWIUc

Henry Conley: guitar
Riley Yielding: trumpet
Sir Charles: saxophone
Sam Phillips: bass
Brad Strickland: drums
Will Dockery: words

"Wobble" was written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley

"Last Dream Today":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSpYx8sSFP0

Brian Mallard - guitar
Dan Davidson - bass
Josh Railey - drums
Riley Yeilding - trumpet
Sir Charles - saxophone
Will Dockery - vocals

"Last Dream Today" was written by Will Dockery and Brian Mallard
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"Will Dockery" wrote in message

>
> "msifg" wrote:
>> "Will Dockery" wrote:
>>
>> I've posted a new gallery of some of my recent abstract paintings, which
>> > some of you may have an interest in checking out, for whichever reasons
>> > you prefer.
>> >
>> > These paintings are made with a variety of materials from oil,
> watercolor
>> > and pastel paints, to housepaint, solvents and melted plastics:
>> >
>> > http://www.fototime.com/inv/E917106F136751F
>> >
>> > Comments and critique, as with all my work in all forms, are most
> welcome.
>>
>> cool!
>>
>> my dad just sent me a bunch of abstract art.
>>
>> it's some of my favorite kind of art.
>>
>> my dad paints on a regular basis.
>
> Are any of your father's works online anywhere? I'd like to check those
> out,
> since abstract is by far my favorite form.
>
> I hope to somedays get some of Sulzbach's work scanned and online, but
> he's
> such a hermit-type, living out in the wouds of Alabama, it'll be some
> trick
> getting that done.
>
>> thanks for sharing.
>>
>> (sharks beware:
>> i've got a new pair of teeth.)
>
> This unsent post I just found in my "Drafts" section, from last year, of
> another old-time artist friend of mine, you might enjoy, as well:
>
> Here are galleries of Barfield, my teacher, who has been highly influenced
> by Aborigine art and culture...
>
> The art of Dan Barfield:
>
> http://www.danbarfield.com/index.php
>
> About Dan Barfield posted 2008-01-28 11:22:00 by Dan
> I have often been asked by critics and students for the influences that
> have
> shaped my "philosophy of art." I rattle off a few well known names and a
> few
> well known "schools" of art which seems to satisfy them.The truth is....I
> don't have a philosophy of art. My paintings grow out of my philosophy of
> life and from the experiences of the life that I live and have lived since
> childhood.
>
> I grew up along the east coast between Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville,
> Florida, when that coast was still wild and undeveloped. School was a
> prison
> for me, a thing to be endured only long enough to escape into the birdsong
> silence and deep shadows of the woods and river swamps, or the sun washed
> marshes and sea islands of the coast.
> Then, as all -agers must, there came a time when I rebelled against
> this
> life. I left this life behind and went to art school and college. I
> embraced
> any road, any thought, any philosophy that took me away from that "old
> life"
> which seemed somehow dull and meaningless. I learned all of the names and
> catch phrases of the intellectual artist, embraced all of the currently
> popular "schools," and lived the life of "artist as rock-and roll star."
> And
> I did it well, getting my undergraduate degree in art from Columbus State,
> and my Master of Fine Art from Savannah College of art and Design, showing
> in Europe and America,wearing the laurels of success, never allowing
> myself
> to admit that I was lying to myself and living someone else's life.
>
> Then a major event in my life took place in which I lost everything. I was
> living in my car with no home, eating at the Saint Francis mission in St.
> Augustine, Florida, and being forced to rethink my life........In
> retrospect
> it is the best thing that could have happened to me. I returned to the
> beauty and basic truths of my childhood. I again embraced the beaauty of
> the
> earth and the joy of being alive and free. This is where these paintings
> are
> born.
>
> GALLERY ONE posted 2008-01-28 10:29:41 by Dan
> This is my personal favorite series. I have attempted to reach deep into
> the
> human psyche here and create paintings that will be recognized across all
> cultures and times. To this end I have worked flat with no attempt to make
> them appear as anything except flat paintings on flat surfaces. There is
> no
> attempt at perspective or depth; often there is no foreground,
> middleground,
> or background. The colors are vivid and bright, the flora and fauna would
> never be recognized by science, the fruits and flowers would never be
> found
> in a florist or grocer....I hope that they are universal symbols of that
> which they represent.
>
> The observer will notice at once the power and importance of the sun
> symbol.
> Actually the sun was usually the first thing painted and the rest of the
> painting grew up around it. Those who have lived in the tropics will
> understand this, as the sun is the ruler of the day and of all life.
>
> The ruler of all life ....It has been suggested that the sun is a "god"
> symbol in these paintings, and I am comfortable with that. (Note that I
> have
> said a 'god symbol,' not a god....a symbol only.) The sun is the source of
> all life as all energy comes from the sun...we are of the sun, we eat the
> sun when we eat vegetables, or the meat that feeds on the vegetation.
>
> Others have found a "Christian" image in the three "Ancestral Figures"
> that
> stand guard with spears and huge erections over this fecund paradise.(I
> have
> to admit that these figures are stolen from Australian rock paintings and
> modified to suit my needs.)
>
> I think I have said enough about these paintings now. I have a tendency to
> get long winded and I would not want to color your perceptions. And after
> all, art does not take place in the paint or on the wall; art does not
> take
> place in the mind of the artists;...art takes place in the interaction
> between the viewer and the painting. Art is a different experience for
> each
> of us, modified or enhanced by our own unique experiences.
>
> The Dream:
> http://www.danbarfield.com/gallery1.php
>
> GALLERY TWO posted 2008-01-28 10:04:00 by Dan
> What can one say about these paintings? These are scenes that I have
> stumbled across from the Low Country of South Carolina to the provinces of
> the Philippines. Shrimp boats of the South Carolina and Georgia coast, a
> lighthouse somewhere on the Golden Isles of Georgia; a mother and daughter
> in Costa Rica, two young Filipino girls with the family's carabao...other
> images of other times and places....
>
> Oil on canvas; simple, but I enjoy the discipline needed to render a
> sceene
> that exists on the outside of my mind....simple beauty of a simple life.
>
> I hope that you, the viewer, enjoy them, that you are sensitive to the
> beauty of them, and that they bring you happiness.
>
> The Reality:
> http://www.danbarfield.com/gallery2.php
>
> --
> "Wobble":
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVIF2-qWIUc
>
> Henry Conley: guitar
> Riley Yielding: trumpet
> Sir Charles: saxophone
> Sam Phillips: bass
> Brad Strickland: drums
> Will Dockery: words
>
> "Wobble" was written by Will Dockery & Henry Conley
>
> "Last Dream Today":
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSpYx8sSFP0
>
> Brian Mallard - guitar
> Dan Davidson - bass
> Josh Railey - drums
> Riley Yeilding - trumpet
> Sir Charles - saxophone
> Will Dockery - vocals
>
> "Last Dream Today" was written by Will Dockery and Brian Mallard
>
>
>


my dad is very old and has never been interested
in sharing his art but with close friends and family.

we try to get him to go online like some of his
art friends. however, he really doesn't feel
like his work merits that kind of exposure.

i think it does. however, i'm far from an expert.



that dan barfeild stuff is abstract.
however, my dads stuff is more like yours.
the barfield stuff is pretty and phantasmagorical
in an otherworldly kind of way. it kept taking
me to the astral plane. that's some of my
favorite stuff. people who paint like
that usually don't get much exposure.
that's what makes it "art."

i'm not big on discussing paints and techniques
but i love sharing ideas like you just did.
my dad just offloaded a few paintings on to
me as gifts. at some point, i'll scan them
onto a webpage dedicated to him. i really
don't know what's going to happen to all of
his stuff when he goes. he's got hundreds
laying around the house.
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On Feb 6, 6:45 pm, "Will Dockery"
wrote:
> I've posted a new gallery of some of my recent abstract paintings, which
> some of you may have an interest in checking out, for whichever reasons you
> prefer.
>
> These paintings are made with a variety of materials from oil, watercolor
> and pastel paints, to housepaint, solvents and melted plastics:
>
> http://www.fototime.com/inv/E917106F136751F
>
> Comments and critique, as with all my work in all forms, is most welcome.
>


Reminds me of some of this guy's stuff:
http://www.skypoint.com/members/dmh7/GhostPosters/Borborygmae/


In a couple of cases, (Ozone Stigmata being one I remember), I liked
your detail shot better than the full picture. For that reason I think
I'd appreciate the originals better if I could enlarge them and see
more detail. Not that I didn't like any of them. "Planet Fall" had a
composition I liked; I wouldn't be ashamed to have it on a wall of my
living room.

Unfortunately, this whole way of creating art reminds me of tossing
off -- just throwing something down and hopin the result is art. I see
too much of that in attempts to write poetry, on usenet and elsewyere,
and I don't like it here any better here than there. Occasionally a
good piece does result; but that's always too dependent on accident or
mere coincidence for my liking.






> --
> "Twilight Girl" and other song-poems by Will Dockery:http://www.myspace.com/willdockery
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On Feb 7, 10:57 am, "msifg" wrote:
> "Dale Houstman" wrote in message
>
>
>
> > Savageduck wrote:
>
> >> Pollock is much maligned.
> >> Most of those who ridicule his work have not experienced it, only imagine
> >> that they are capable of similar work without his artistry and intellect
> >> (alcohol not withstanding) they never attain his result. He was unique..
>
> > As we have seen with Mockery's "paintings" even those who profess to like
> > Pollock's work malign it with their misunderstanding of it. Will appears
> > to think the art is in the dribble.
>
> > dmh
>
> well, now-
> what have we here?
> houstman bringing it down to b's cat level
> of altering the posters name.
>
> (a tell tale sign that someone just got owned.)


Nahh, "Savageduck" appears to be a real nym. I checked his profile;
he's been posting under that nym for years.
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On Feb 7, 11:16 am, "msifg" wrote:
> "George Dance" wrote in message
>
>
> On Feb 7, 10:57 am, "msifg" wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Dale Houstman" wrote in message
>
> >
>
> > > Savageduck wrote:
>
> > >> Pollock is much maligned.
> > >> Most of those who ridicule his work have not experienced it, only
> > >> imagine
> > >> that they are capable of similar work without his artistry and
> > >> intellect
> > >> (alcohol not withstanding) they never attain his result. He was unique.
>
> > > As we have seen with Mockery's "paintings" even those who profess to
> > > like
> > > Pollock's work malign it with their misunderstanding of it. Will appears
> > > to think the art is in the dribble.
>
> > > dmh
>
> > well, now-
> > what have we here?
> > houstman bringing it down to b's cat level
> > of altering the posters name.
>
> > (a tell tale sign that someone just got owned.)
>
> Nahh, "Savageduck" appears to be a real nym. I checked his profile;
> he's been posting under that nym for years.
>
> *yeah-
> well, i ducked that reply.
>
> check out the "mockery."
>


Got it. I missed that on the first read.

Maybe Dale wants a new name for himself. I'll work on that. So far the
best I have is "Pale Hammesimitation", but that's a bit lengthy. I'll
try some recursions.





> see, i've got some luck.
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"George Dance" wrote in message

On Feb 6, 6:45 pm, "Will Dockery"
wrote:
> I've posted a new gallery of some of my recent abstract paintings, which
> some of you may have an interest in checking out, for whichever reasons
> you
> prefer.
>
> These paintings are made with a variety of materials from oil, watercolor
> and pastel paints, to housepaint, solvents and melted plastics:
>
> http://www.fototime.com/inv/E917106F136751F
>
> Comments and critique, as with all my work in all forms, is most welcome.
>


Reminds me of some of this guy's stuff:
http://www.skypoint.com/members/dmh7/GhostPosters/Borborygmae/


In a couple of cases, (Ozone Stigmata being one I remember), I liked
your detail shot better than the full picture. For that reason I think
I'd appreciate the originals better if I could enlarge them and see
more detail. Not that I didn't like any of them. "Planet Fall" had a
composition I liked; I wouldn't be ashamed to have it on a wall of my
living room.

Unfortunately, this whole way of creating art reminds me of tossing
off -- just throwing something down and hopin the result is art. I see
too much of that in attempts to write poetry, on usenet and elsewyere,
and I don't like it here any better here than there. Occasionally a
good piece does result; but that's always too dependent on accident or
mere coincidence for my liking.




*it's definitely not for everybody.

look-
the most complex work of art that requires
years of schooling to master is always
open to intense scrutiny as well, esp in the art
world.

i think it goes by feel more than technique.

and, i think that's how it goes with writing as well.

the most important thing is to have fun in life.

the cynics disagree. usually, they're off somehere
whining about being better than others and not
actually doing anything worth while themselves.

none of us are going to make any kind of dent
in THAT world. but, for eachother and around
here?- we make plenty of differences in peoples
lives.

to me, that's all that matters in the long run.

rules or no rules.
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"George Dance" wrote in message

On Feb 7, 10:57 am, "msifg" wrote:
> "Dale Houstman" wrote in message
>
>
>
> > Savageduck wrote:
>
> >> Pollock is much maligned.
> >> Most of those who ridicule his work have not experienced it, only
> >> imagine
> >> that they are capable of similar work without his artistry and
> >> intellect
> >> (alcohol not withstanding) they never attain his result. He was unique.
>
> > As we have seen with Mockery's "paintings" even those who profess to
> > like
> > Pollock's work malign it with their misunderstanding of it. Will appears
> > to think the art is in the dribble.
>
> > dmh
>
> well, now-
> what have we here?
> houstman bringing it down to b's cat level
> of altering the posters name.
>
> (a tell tale sign that someone just got owned.)


Nahh, "Savageduck" appears to be a real nym. I checked his profile;
he's been posting under that nym for years.


*yeah-
well, i ducked that reply.

check out the "mockery."

see, i've got some luck.
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Savageduck wrote:

>
> Pollock is much maligned.
> Most of those who ridicule his work have not experienced it, only
> imagine that they are capable of similar work without his artistry and
> intellect (alcohol not withstanding) they never attain his result. He
> was unique.

As we have seen with Mockery's "paintings" even those who profess to
like Pollock's work malign it with their misunderstanding of it. Will
appears to think the art is in the dribble.

dmh
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"Dale Houstman" wrote in message

> Savageduck wrote:
>
>>
>> Pollock is much maligned.
>> Most of those who ridicule his work have not experienced it, only imagine
>> that they are capable of similar work without his artistry and intellect
>> (alcohol not withstanding) they never attain his result. He was unique.
>
> As we have seen with Mockery's "paintings" even those who profess to like
> Pollock's work malign it with their misunderstanding of it. Will appears
> to think the art is in the dribble.
>
> dmh


well, now-
what have we here?
houstman bringing it down to b's cat level
of altering the posters name.

(a tell tale sign that someone just got owned.)
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On 2/6/09 5:45 PM, in article 6fc28$498ccd9c$4b4c71e9$11090@KNOLOGY.NET,
"Will Dockery" wrote:

> I've posted a new gallery of some of my recent abstract paintings, which
> some of you may have an interest in checking out, for whichever reasons you
> prefer.
>
> These paintings are made with a variety of materials from oil, watercolor
> and pastel paints, to housepaint, solvents and melted plastics:
>
But what about that thirty pounds of stomach fat? Did you not include that
as material?
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On Feb 6, 3:45 pm, "Will Dockery"
wrote:
> I've posted a new gallery of some of my recent abstract paintings, which
> some of you may have an interest in checking out, for whichever reasons you
> prefer.
>
> These paintings are made with a variety of materials from oil, watercolor
> and pastel paints, to housepaint, solvents and melted plastics:
>
> http://www.fototime.com/inv/E917106F136751F
>
> Comments and critique, as with all my work in all forms, is most welcome.

Not it isn't! Ah Twitch, if only you had a single honest bone in your
body.

What's that 17th slide called? 'Friday Night's Upchuck Chunky - Dried
and Framed'?

-blue

>
> --
> "Twilight Girl" and other song-poems by Will Dockery:http://www.myspace.com/willdockery

Wow, still calling your stuff on myspace song-poems, huh? What a
dreamer, Bill, what a dreamer.
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