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Post by scavos on Aug 1, 2008 11:59:23 GMT
I thought it would be interesting to have a thread where we could post our questions to Guy. He has kindly agreed to periodically pop in and answer some of them for us. Thanks to him for that. How did the pieces by the lovely Ejan Dalal Hahn come about and what do you think of the results? www.redpropeller.co.uk/gallery_134180.html
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Post by Silky on Aug 1, 2008 12:49:07 GMT
Im gonna start with my standard question What would be your dream car? and why? ;D
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Post by top on Aug 2, 2008 10:12:01 GMT
..what's the best vino about? ..can you send me some?
That's the most important question over with.. ;D
Technically, how do you feel your work is evolving?
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 2, 2008 19:14:31 GMT
I thought it would be interesting to have a thread where we could post our questions to Guy. He has kindly agreed to periodically pop in and answer some of them for us. Thanks to him for that. How did the pieces by the lovely Ejan Dalal Hahn come about and what do you think of the results? www.redpropeller.co.uk/gallery_134180.htmlEjan asked the Red Propeller people if I'd be up for it and they asked me. I sat for her to photograph me me for a fair old while the next time I came over to the UK. I was really pleased with them as I felt she'd got a bit of me in them - I've got a face like a bleedin' potato so her asking me to shove my hands into it and move all the slack skin (and I'm well blessed in that department) gave my portrait some character and made, I thought, a great set of portraits. I was really pleased with the results.
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 2, 2008 19:24:53 GMT
Im gonna start with my standard question What would be your dream car? and why? ;D The dream car would be 1920's Bugatti type 35 or 37: But being realistic I'd like to replace my old 1968, british racing green, chrome-bumpered MGBGT which had to go due to lack of funds years ago. I'm an old fart when it comes to vehicles, this is my current ride...
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 2, 2008 19:36:32 GMT
..what's the best vino about? ..can you send me some? That's the most important question over with.. ;D Technically, how do you feel your work is evolving? The winner at the moment is 2006, Côtes du Rhône, Prieuré Saint Julien. Well chuggable! On the work front the paintings are getting far more attention in the preparation stages than they ever did before. I'm still throwing the paint around but I'm trying to minimise (as best I can) the amount of paint actually being lost under layers of top paint. It means painting with far much more care - which is now far more realistic considering that I'm doiing it, quite literally, all the time. I'm hoping that 2009 will be the year that I really tie down a technique and methodology that defines 'my' work more than my previous paintings. Don't worry about them getting too polished mind - I still like the physical paint marks to show when the viewer gets up close.
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Post by top on Aug 2, 2008 19:36:56 GMT
Nice bike Guy, is there a reason for the number 40 (racing pedigree?) Get another MG too!! quality Kit. Tim Kelly in St.Agnes Cornwall is one of the daddy restorer's about.. Your pic did not come out Guy, here is a 37 (35 much rarer) 37 is narrower than 35 35..in street trim (ooer that's nice..)
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Post by scavos on Aug 3, 2008 0:07:38 GMT
Yes! We got the bugger posting! ;D Seriously, thanks for taking some time out to get back on these Guy. I hope more people will add to the thread and ask some of those questions they've always wanted to ask. On the work doen by Ejan, I have one of the prep pieces and now it's finally flattened out I can say it's a superb portrait. Very much a piece that's full of life and character. And very dark of course.
Q. Is there any one particular piece (or pieces) that has/have a special place in your heart over anything else you've done since you began painting/drawing? If so why?
Q. I know you are well versed in the history of art, in a self taught/self read respect, as well as having studied art. Which artist(s) is the most influential on your work today?
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Post by dan on Aug 3, 2008 14:48:24 GMT
Hey Guy Thanks for joining us mate! As we all here are art lovers and collectors I just wondered what work by other artists do you have over in france, and is there any that are particularly special to you?! Also, Silky please sort the man out with his red star !! Show some respect
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Post by Silky on Aug 3, 2008 20:21:52 GMT
Nice bike! ;D I have never had a bike before but I fancy a nice old Sunbeam ;D around 1930-40 I keep looking at them on ebay ;D
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Post by rhodesy2112 on Aug 4, 2008 18:21:23 GMT
Ok, Guy, I've got a couple of questions for you
1. What's the CD of choice to paint to?? 2. Is voting Labour still an option 3. Have you done/considered sculpture? 4. Who has the best ears.....you or MisterAitch?
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Post by scavos on Aug 4, 2008 20:57:34 GMT
4. Who has the best ears.....you or MisterAitch? LOL! ;D ;D
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Post by photoxtc on Aug 5, 2008 2:07:02 GMT
I liked rhodesy's question about Sculpture... A Denning sculpture would be nothing short of amazing. Also, we have talked about this on this forum before but it would be nice to hear your thoughts on this. I'm always curious how difficult is it to let go of your art and is there a piece that touched you so deep that you couldn't let go and still have with you?
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Post by bram on Aug 5, 2008 9:08:46 GMT
Guy - Have you ever sold a painting and later thought "nuts, I want that bastard back" and if so names on a postcard.
Also - if you could travel back in time, which period would you go back to and who would you like to bumb into whist there?
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Post by misteraitch on Aug 5, 2008 10:54:17 GMT
4. Who has the best ears.....you or MisterAitch? ;D ;D My Left ear is better but his Right ear has mine beat And your starter for 10....'What piece of art (ancient or modern) do you wish that you had created?'
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Post by rhodesy2112 on Aug 5, 2008 14:04:41 GMT
Guy - Have you ever sold a painting and later thought "nuts, I want that bastard back" and if so names on a postcard. Also - if you could travel back in time, which period would you go back to and who would you like to bumb into whist there? "Who would you like to "bumb" into! ?? That's a bit personal isn't it??
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Post by bram on Aug 5, 2008 14:06:50 GMT
Ha ha, that was a fraudulent slip. Don't think I will amend it though, may get an interesting answer ;D
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Post by northernmonkey on Aug 5, 2008 21:21:44 GMT
Nice bike Guy, is there a reason for the number 40 (racing pedigree?) I saw a Bugatti like that in Chelsea a few years back... I have never heard an engine like it, you could almost feel your ribs rattle as it went by!
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Post by top on Aug 5, 2008 22:02:06 GMT
If you see it again NM, then rob it, sure you'll get a few canvasses outta Guy ;D
Bugatti 35 is worth 500k+
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 7, 2008 14:24:22 GMT
Q. Is there any one particular piece (or pieces) that has/have a special place in your heart over anything else you've done since you began painting/drawing? If so why? Q. I know you are well versed in the history of art, in a self taught/self read respect, as well as having studied art. Which artist(s) is the most influential on your work today? There are a couple of portraits of my wife that are particularly special because they generally refer to specific incidents in our life together but the only painting I've ever held onto is 'Scarecrow' from 1996. It was just a painting that I felt was important to me (in a manic-depressive, self-indulgent, pharmaceutical fashion). As to artists that influence me at the moment - god, there's hundreds of the buggers but Kollwitz, Caravaggio, Rego, Kitaj are always reliable favourites.
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 7, 2008 14:34:06 GMT
Hey Guy Thanks for joining us mate! As we all here are art lovers and collectors I just wondered what work by other artists do you have over in france, and is there any that are particularly special to you?! We've got a couple of Harry Simmonds pieces, an old Roderic O'Conor drawing, an SPQR, the BANKSY keep left A4 sticker (cuz that was all we could afford by the bloke), prints by Ian Francis, Allen Jones, Nick Walker, MisterAitch, Faile, OBEY, Stanley Donwood, Billy Childish, Cyclops, Motorboy, Swoon. Other odd stuff by unknowns and I can't remember cuz most of it's still packed up! We buy together so they all are special to both of us. I'll post some pix on the BANKSY board when they're all up on the walls!
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 7, 2008 14:38:46 GMT
Ok, Guy, I've got a couple of questions for you 1. What's the CD of choice to paint to?? 2. Is voting Labour still an option 3. Have you done/considered sculpture? 4. Who has the best ears.....you or MisterAitch? 1. Currently - Victory for the comic muse by The Divine Comedy 2. I'd rather eat my own feet 3. Yes - but I keep ballsing it up. I'll keep trying though 4. I've just gone up another 4mm on each ear - and as we know SIZE IS EVERYTHING isn't it Aitch!! I think I'm in the lead...
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 7, 2008 14:42:51 GMT
Also, we have talked about this on this forum before but it would be nice to hear your thoughts on this. I'm always curious how difficult is it to let go of your art and is there a piece that touched you so deep that you couldn't let go and still have with you? The process I enjoy is working through the problems of painting - not the end product. I'm happy for them to go off to the world and don't miss any of them once gone. The problem is that I never see them as end pieces - so whenever I look at them I only see the problems that were underneath. I've only kept the one and that's because of what the time I did it meant to me. My mother's got loads of REALLY old stuff and if I get my hands on that it's getting incinerated.
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 7, 2008 14:53:57 GMT
Guy - Have you ever sold a painting and later thought "nuts, I want that bastard back" and if so names on a postcard. Also - if you could travel back in time, which period would you go back to and who would you like to bumb into whist there? It would have been great to be around in France mid to late 19th century. Great art and interesting philosophy. I would have tracked down and annoyed Kropotkin (he was there in the 1880s for a bit), Proudhon (died middle of the century) and probably have popped over the channel to wind up Charles Darwin and blame him for sowing the seeds of mass secularity.
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 7, 2008 15:01:23 GMT
4. Who has the best ears.....you or MisterAitch? And your starter for 10....'What piece of art (ancient or modern) do you wish that you had created?' 'Scudera' by Franz Kline, 'Young Spartans' by Degas, 'Angel Bomber' by Micallef and the Black Paintings by Goya.
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 7, 2008 15:03:16 GMT
Nice bike Guy, is there a reason for the number 40 (racing pedigree?) www.40wc.org.uk ;D
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Post by misteraitch on Aug 7, 2008 15:23:41 GMT
I'll post some pix on the BANKSY board when they're all up on the walls! Post them up on here - you big eared b'stard Now where did I put those stretching horns
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Post by bram on Aug 7, 2008 22:49:04 GMT
you've both got a way to go
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Post by easycraig on Aug 7, 2008 23:44:53 GMT
riddle me this batman... I mean Guy.... (sorry, I got a kick out of your Adam West Batman carrying the bomb!)
Q. - Will you be traveling out to the states for your show at the Carmichael Gallery in Nov?
Q. -Would you consider doing a commission of my daughter ? (preferably not bloodied to a pulp! - drop me an email if you might consider it)
thanks.... Craig
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Post by GuyDenning on Aug 8, 2008 21:49:06 GMT
Those are some serious ear'oles!
On the Carmichael front - I won't be able to make this November's show but I will be turning up for next year. As for commissions, unfortunately I'll have to decline as I've got too many commitments as it stands. I'm hoping that I'll be able to slow down a bit next year as I've been working my tail off since this time last year. Like I've said before it's a pleasure to be in demand after twenty years of double jobs and muddling by financially but the pressure is starting to get to me. I don't want to sound like a diva but it is extremely pressured - I'm fortunate in that I've got notebooks of ideas and sketch portraits that'll keep me in material ideas for a long while but I do need a break. Also I'd like the market to calm a bit as I'm not overly keen on the way the prices have been flying up. That's why I try to keep the lino print prices relatively friendly. I know it's difficult for the galleries and dealers as they too have to make a living and running such a business, despite what many collectors thing, isn't the path to easy riches. For every artist who sells there are probably a dozen that are more of a financial risk - that's why they take a 50% cut of the sale cost - they've got overheads to cover and every new name they find is a potential financial risk. I have told the galleries I deal with directly that I think the prices are at their very maximum and any other hikes (regardless of unexpected future auction results) should be avoided. It's also worth remembering, whilst I'm on the subject, that for a great many collectors (even those who buy on the basis of liking the work alone) expect their collection to be an investment (short or long term) and consider it in their interest that prices just keep increasing. It's important to note that I and the galleries have no control of the secondary market. I'm only posting this because I had an email from someone who pointed me to some caustic comments on the banksy board. People sometimes only see the sale price and forget the associated costs of producing, delivering, exhibiting and selling work. I don't expect artists to take the piss with pricing but neither should they be expected to live (cliche fashion) starving in a garret. Also - don't always expect the artist to have full control over pricing. That's all - sorry to go on - rant over. Sorry to tack this on your post reply easycraig - I'm not having a pop at you!
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