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6.00" x 8.00"
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8.00" x 10.00"
The Jacket Poster
by Arthur Barnes
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The Jacket poster by Arthur Barnes. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Design Details
I declined the shot of whiskey offered to me. I can't get drunk Edmond, I said. I still have to do some art. My streak of doing some art daily had... more
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Artist's Description
I declined the shot of whiskey offered to me. "I can't get drunk Edmond," I said. "I still have to do some art." My streak of doing some art daily had extended several years. "Arthur," Edmond said firmly. 'If you can't get drunk today when can you?" He was right. Our friend Bubba had passed away that morning. We were sitting there in his kitchen still. So we drank toasts to Bubba and numbed our ache till I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up in a panic. It was dark and I feared it was past midnight and my streak was over. Bubba wouldn't have liked being the reason the streak ended. He got a kick out of it. I looked at the clock and knew I had time. I grabbed a sketchpad and looked around for something to draw. I spotted the jacket hanging over the chair and sketched it ink. My streak was still alive. I went over it with watercolor the following day.
About Arthur Barnes
Arthur Barnes is a artist who works in a variety of mediums including ink, watercolor, pastels and oils. He prefers to work directly from life and his favorite subjects are landscapes with an emphasis on nocturnes and scenes of the Erie Canal. Arthur has had little formal training but was fortunate to study a year under Juanita Greene Parks in 1982. She had studied under Reginald Marsh and Robert Brackman. Brackman was a student of Ashcan artist/ teacher Robert Henri. Since that time, Arthur has been on a consistent course of self-training in art with an emphasis on learning through experience much like the Ashcan artists. "You learn to draw. . .by drawing," his teacher often recited. Artists Statement on Nocturnes "Half of our...
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