[Marci MN]

*sigh* Another great one TN! Those rocks look so impressive!

[tnartist05]

Kathy painting on a flat surface like a canvas you can create depth with your highlights and shadows. On a relief carving as this trout,every thing had to be painted as the tops,sides and bottems of the fish,tree roots and rocks. A little bit different. I paint some mostly during the winter on canvas but I paint alot of other items now besides my carvings.

Color sells! Tell your husband,you want to paint say your whole kitchen in hot pink?? Everything in life has colors,our clothes,cars,houses,animals,the sky and this is why color is so important to people......heck,think of not haven any make-up!! Women would go crazyyyy not being able to have make up!!

Painting the trouts side colors wasnt a problem,used washes and just blended them.Painting his eye ball {its carved}was a little harder some.

Thanks for your neat thoughts and your good compliments,Forrest

[tnartist05]

Marci,all the larger rocks are carved,with three sides to them but some of the smaller rocks in front of the larger ones are just painted.

Im gald you stopped to ck out this trout and I appreciate your nice thoughts.

Forrest

[Merle Rice]

Hey Forrest, I took another look at your Trout. Guess what ? I'm going fishing. Ha,Ha. Merle

[tnartist05]

Merle!! You old hoottttt~ LOL Ive not been fishing,last time was when I took my 3 children fishing and they was young,guessing it was about 21yrs ago.

Fishing & hunting,once I left the country as a younger boy and moved to the city with my other grandmother,I never fish or hunt'd again till I took my children fishing.

Guess,thats why I try to carve & paint alot of wild life and fish!

Let me know what you caught!!???

Better yet,let me know how many you caught and are they cleaned and what time you will be frying them???? Thats the important thing to me!!

HaHaaaa Heee~ Forrest

[Ashbys]

Forest ,

Nice , I love the colors .

Hey Merle Wait for me !


Ash

[tnartist05]

Thank you Ash,Im glad you liked this Rainbow,Ive never caught one, I'm wanting to go trout fishing here soon.

Thks again,for your nice comments. Forrest

[Merle Rice]

Hi Forrest, You are one FUNNY GUY. I LOVE IT. Ha Ha. I havn't fished since I was in the Navy. My GAWD that was 53 yrs. ago, Thanks a lot Forrest ,now I feel old. lol. All of my Hunting & Fishing Stuff is gone a long time ago. I did most of it with my Dad. Soooo your not getting any Fish because I'm not going, IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT. Ha Ha. Sorry Ole Friend. Merle

[chpster90bu]

Forrest, ol' buddy....you did it again! My brother, who is an avid trout fisherman, would KILL for this piece!! I love how you are able to show the depth of the underwater scenery in your carvings, both in the carving and the painting....your folk-art style of carving is the best I've every seen, my friend. It makes you feel like you are right there, experiencing what's going on. Bonnie

[gene messer]

Who can say more about your work ole buddy ... That looks like a piece of molding you did that from .. You are something else Forrest ..

Something Out Of Nothing .. Thats your motto ..


The work is beautiful Forrest ..

Gene