Here at Art Center Information, my artist brother, Lynn Burton, and I discuss some of our art.

Richard: Lynn, you mentioned on our last conversation that you like to take photographs during old western movies while they are in motion.  What do you mean by that?

Lynn: Yes, I do. What you get is some natural poses, like a horse maybe with his head outstretched in an unusual pose, like the picture I painted with the cowboys on horseback by the fence.

The different body motions of the cowboys and the horses are not posed and stoic. People come up and stare at the painting-kind of like they’re saying-“what in the world?” It’s just a whole lot of fun, you should try it.

Richard: I might just do that. The Southwest paintings you did of the American Indians, did you get them to pose for you.

Lynn: No. But I tell you what I did do. I got the clothes and beads and everything that I painted and I had them close so I could touch them, try them on and imagined them. If you are a real artist you have to that. You have to live what you’re painting. It has to get in your head and breath when you breath.

Richard: You are talking about musing now…right?

Lynn: Yeah, it’s musing.

Richard: Is this Pocahontas?

Lynn: No…maybe, yes. I’m not so certain that I was thinking of Pocahontas when I first had the idea. But what I was trying to do was work with colors that worked together in harmony and the symmetry and balance of the composition.

Richard: Now you’re over my head. I think I know what you mean, because I feel it when I look at the painting.

Lynn: Don’t try that-“I don’t think I understand.”-nonsense on me! You know what I’m talking about. As a matter of fact, let’s talk about a couple of your paintings.  You still working on that “Old Woodie” you’ve been blogging about. If it was me, I would of had that thing finished a long time ago.

Richard: Yeah, I’m still working on it, but let’s not discuss it today. Let’s talk about it tomorrow. This Blog post has gone long enough.