SamArtDog: fairy tales do come true

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

fairy tales do come true

I call this

"The Three Little Red Riding Hoods".

Here's a stylin' wolf in a tux.

14 comments:

Casey Klahn said...: I am smiling at both the song and your painting.; March 1, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Sonya Johnson said...: I laughed when I read the title of this!

Y'know, I'm normally not a fan of predominantly green landscapes (living in CT for 3 1/2 years didn't help), but this painting works for me anyway. Why? I am not totally sure. I know the wolves are part of it ;).; March 1, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Katherine van Schoonhoven said...: It looks like a fairy tale, too, with three little faces peering out. Very clever post, with old Dean Martin (didn't people call him "Dean-o"?). He was a somewhat dangerous lovable lush who made women swoon. I think my mom was a swooner. Like Casey, I'm smiling!; March 1, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Celeste Bergin said...: When I was young I "fell in love" with Dean Martin...because of his "Matt Helm" films. He was so handsome! (Thanks for reminding me). Your little Red Riding Hoods are thoroughly appealing. Masterfully executed.; March 1, 2011 at 8:53 PM
Double "D" said...: Hi Sam,

A beautifully green painting, until I spotted the wolf.
You've certainly captured the way they stare directly at you with no fear or care and only one thing on there mind. Now where did I leave that little red hooded girl?
Very interesting, I like it a lot.
Doug; March 1, 2011 at 10:34 PM
hw (hallie) farber said...: This is really cool--looks like a dream.; March 2, 2011 at 7:41 AM
Kathy Hodge said...: Not so sure about Dean Martin, but love the painting! Green is such a tough color, but you made it glow.

And thanks for the encouragement on the residency apps, I have to get moving on those!; March 2, 2011 at 7:52 AM
Jala Pfaff said...: I like this one. Spooky creatures quietly rule the forest.; March 2, 2011 at 2:06 PM
SamArtDog said...: There seems to be a prejudice among artists against the color green. Are you one of them? Always looking to buck a trend, I decided to haul off and do it up as green as I could stand. I hoped the red wolves would have enough mojo to control it. Wolf mojo? I shouldn't have worried.

Kermit would like to remind you that it ain't easy being green.; March 2, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Celeste Bergin said...: I've heard that same thing about green being an unpopular color with artists--but if you are an outdoor painter and you live in Oregon...you HAVE to paint all the greens. Required! (I came back to your delicious green art here---because it is so PRETTY); March 2, 2011 at 8:32 PM
loriann signori said...: The first thing that caught my eye was the magnificent emerald green landscape..it glows. Then I looked inside and saw the critters...then I saw the title and it make me giggle.thank you!; March 2, 2011 at 10:50 PM
Sheila Vaughan said...: Sam, its spooky green miasmic and delightful and I thought the little red creatures were little girls in hoods till I blew up the size. (I'm slow to catch on). Its true about green. Why, I don't know. I do love the colour but handling it, woo, sometimes big problems for me.; March 4, 2011 at 1:36 AM
Bob said...: I the bright vivid colors pallet you use. Your use of color helps move the painting (even in green :) )beyond a simple landscape into something far more emotive in nature.; March 5, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Mary Sheehan Winn said...: As soon as I read the title I started singing to myself....
I like it.
BTW did you notice that my blog suddenly 'moved'? I changed the code in the settings for site feed. It's not quite there yet because it doesn't include a photo but I'd say we're on the right track !!; March 5, 2011 at 7:46 PM

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