tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post6386530712279606443..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ My Bargain by Bart ForbesTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-81106979570291563012015-06-19T10:02:56.351-05:002015-06-19T10:02:56.351-05:00mike ~ I had no idea, initially, who the artist w...mike ~ I had no idea, initially, who the artist was, couldn't read the signature when we were in the store. I liked the painting just for itself. There was another hanging next to it which I suspect was also by Bart Forbes, it was a head and shoulders portrait of a man with western headgear - looked like an old rancher, and in similar blue-ish washy watercolour tones. That one didn't interest me though. When we got home I Googled around for ages trying to find an artist with initials B.F. - that was all we could make out for sure from the signature. As he was able to justify a run of prints and limited editions we assumed he must be fairly well known, at least in some circles. Eventually I hit on Bart Forbes in my search, and recognised his style from a couple of his works on Google Image.<br /><br />I hadn't read the piece you've linked before, mike - it's an excellent addition to the information available - thank you! And yes, I think you're right about the commission by Exxon likely being where my print fits in to the story. It'd be good to know whether there are others in similar vein. <br /><br />I'll ask anyjazz whether he can think of any album cover that could be Forbes' work - his vast collection of LPs, lining our garage wall, would take days to investigate a record at a time! :-) Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-57092363836786426892015-06-19T09:02:30.906-05:002015-06-19T09:02:30.906-05:00Nice find, Twilight! I like the muted, washed col...Nice find, Twilight! I like the muted, washed colors and the contrast between the natural progressing to industrial. It's not often that there are multi-panels in one frame. I found a write-up from the Plano Profile stating that Exxon commissioned him, so I suppose this is from that collection. Anyjazz may have some of his work on jazz album covers:<br /><br />http://www.planoprofile.com/planoprofile/content/highprofile/BartForbes.aspmikenoreply@blogger.com