This is how the creative process works. OK, part of it anyway. There’s the work, too. Babs writes: Oscar Wilde said in one of his essays that Life imitates art and I believe that is true. He said the people never saw the fogs in London until the artist painted them. So it is with this truck. Charlevoix artist Meredith Krell did a wonderful print of a truck that sits between Eastport and Charlevoix. Now I’ve seen this truck many times, but when I saw her print I decided I had to photograph the truck and so here is my picture of Paul’s Truck. You can see some of Meredith’s work at MerfnSteve.
And here is a screenshot of an image of the source of Babs’s inspiration, just to give you an idea . . .
The print itself is on exhibit in the Northern Lights show at the Detroit Artists Market. If your internet connection runs to something better than sloooow dialup, you can read the entire DAM Northern Lights press release.
Karma
May 2, 2011
Pretty funky cool background you’ve got there!
Gerry
May 3, 2011
Isn’t that something? I liked it too. Wonder how she did that?
P.j. grath
May 2, 2011
It’s beautiful ways, Paul’s truck. I love the way old vehicles return to their constitutive elements and the colors of nature.
Gerry
May 3, 2011
You would be absolutely crazy about my car.
Anna
May 3, 2011
Fabulous! I love artwork like this! Love old trucks too. 🙂
Gerry
May 3, 2011
You love old trucks because you like to go batting around the countryside rattling over old bridges and scaring Preston. It does him good.
Scott Thomas Photography
May 3, 2011
Okay, my first thought was that Paul’s truck needs some work but than I saw the boulder it is holding up. Wow, to both the artist and the photographic artist.
Gerry
May 3, 2011
It is the very Atlas of trucks. I believe that if that boulder ever falls, the world will end.
isathreadsoflife
May 10, 2011
Both are great artworks ! It looks like a flower has grown into the headlight 😉 As my sister says :”You should wear your glasses more often !” Such a great picture of this old truck !
Gerry
May 10, 2011
I think glasses are overrated–except for the driving part, they’re useful there. I like seeing the flowers growing in headlights and the faces in trees.