Where to start????

[gazman]

Well...here goes..

There are many and varied styles of airbrush art kicking around this ole world.There are a few trains of thought...and even less room for those who think "outside" the airbrush square.

So, I guess I am one of those.:)...and THAT is why I am here at WC.

I have never conformed to any specific line of teaching...except for my own...and those who have met me have seen my views, will remember them fondly....and just to put it all on the table...I am not here to do the same ole same ole.

I wish to provide an insight for the crowd here, that there IS room for ALL sorts of art AND thinking in this airbrush world.

In the scheme of things...I am no one...a little fish...but in my own mind, I am a visionary taking my airbrush to places people don't even think about.....and that's all I will say on that..eh:)

So, hey mates..they call me Gaz...I am 45 years old and feeling it...ha,ha...I am a carpenter and I have been painting, with the airbrush, for nigh on thirty years..self taught...all freehand and ALL airbrush.
I express with colour and texture.I paint surf scapes and surf art as my speciality...I also love the genre of Still Life.I paint custom auto in acrylics(the old stuff)...and have just about painted on every known thing.

My weapon of choice...my mate...the Olympos 101.

How does one start out in a posting... to a group of people that one doesn't know...when you are me...it's like this...and if I have offended anyone...sorry:).....I just wanna share what I have,...O.K...so whaddaya wanna see...hmmmmm????

Surfscape .."Cabarita"size..eight feet by four feet..plus details
Still Life.."Onions and Garlic"
Portrait.."Tupac"

That's me folks and I have heaps more to share...so go ahead...make my day...I am here.:)

Good onyas and see ya....Gaz

[REBEL]

I like your style mr. Gazman, light and soft full of air.

[kdkbrown]

gazman,

Wow! I realy like your style and your use of color is fantastic. Welcome to the Airbrush Forum. I'm sure you will find this forum a friendly place. Maybe you could do a WIP (work in progress) for us.

Donna

[Caterwallin']

Hey Gaz, it's great to have you join us here! Welcome to Wet Canvas and more importantly, welcome to the Airbrush Art Forum!!

I love all the work you have posted! My favorite is the surfscape! I love your style with this painting and the colors are incredible! Those clouds are sensational and must have taken forever to render!

I would like to know more about what paints you use and what supports you prefer. I invite your unique style and perspectives on the versatility of the airbrush and hope you share all that you can possibly spare!! Your insight is welcome here!

Take care and post more!

Sam
SFTS

[gazman]

I love all the work you have posted! My favorite is the surfscape! I love your style with this painting and the colors are incredible! Those clouds are sensational and must have taken forever to render!
Sam
SFTS

Sam man...

Thanx heaps for the welcome...and thanx to KD and Rebel...thanx mate for showing me this place.

As for the clouds....they aren't clouds...that's how the sky looks in all my surfscapes...clear blue and shimmering with heat haze.....it's just how I express it:)

I will be here,at W.C for a long while....I feel at ease and at home.....and don't sweat it...I will show more stuf and yeah possibly a WIP...never done one of them...the closest thing,at the moment.... I have is an underpainting and the finished deal....so here you go...KD

This is a REAL old work ...circa 1981...but my style has not changed...still the same method.

It's a tailgate..using automotive acrylics...also..the Reaper with the pen...is on the hood scoop....he is writing that lovely maiden up in his inventory...how nice:)...ahh yes the things I use to paint.....enjoy.

Good onya Sam....Gaz

[hinddee29]

Wow Gazman, Good stuff I like it all. I'm just starting back into airbrushing.
It seems there is alot of good teachers here. So with alot of hard work for me
help from people like you I should be able to get where I what to get.
Can't wait to see more.

hinddee29

[Penny220]

Aussies Rock! I took a long pause on your beach scene, I tried to crawl in it. It transported me, thank you for that.

Welcome to the WC.

Penny

[gazman]

Aussies Rock! I took a long pause on your beach scene, I tried to crawl in it. It transported me, thank you for that.

Welcome to the WC.

Penny

Hey Penny...good onya.
The picture is big enough to crawl into...it's eight feet long..ha,ha...and that place ...Cabarita...is a great place.
Great surf spot...bitchin headland and wonderfully coloured coffee rock...it's back beach..(the other side of the headland).... is cool too.

Happy to be the driver of the Gazman Transporter....bit like the Millenium Falcon ...only different.
You guys are freezin yer butts off too ..so it's, Gazman to the rescue... I am here to warm your cockles:)

"Back Beach Cabarita"...see ya..Gaz

[REBEL]

Gaz I knew how strong you felt about art, and thought this site was way different than the others. I have not told anyone else from the other boards about this place. I would hate to water it down. I know I can grow here, I want to try some abstract with primery colours. There just so much to read all over this site.

[Penny220]

Aussie humor and artistic warmth! Thanks so much for joining us! Are the faces in the painting accidental or intentional? I'm counting quite a few of them.

Penny

[gazman]

Gaz I knew how strong you felt about art, and thought this site was way different than the others. I have not told anyone else from the other boards about this place. I would hate to water it down. I know I can grow here, I want to try some abstract with primery colours. There just so much to read all over this site.


All I can say is good onya Reb..and thanx again...I sure hope that you find what you are looking for...you are a good bloke:)

Gaz

[gazman]

Aussie humor and artistic warmth! Thanks so much for joining us! Are the faces in the painting accidental or intentional? I'm counting quite a few of them.

Penny

CRIKEY....another "face seeer"...man I don't know about you crazy guys....it's gotta be the cold I reckon.

If the faces are the little yellow paper daisies...then yes they were intentional...otherwise...I didn't put anything like that in this latest work????

Good onya Penny...Gaz

[HF AIRBRUSH]

Hey Gazman,
i love your work...looks great !


Henk

[Penny220]

Welcome to the WC too HF. Just saw you there for the first time.

Gaz, as a rule I don't look for faces in everything, heck, half the time I can't find them when I know they are hidden! I must of spent too much time on your beach and the sun finally got to me. I don't see that much of it this time of year and well, you know, I overdosed!

Penny

[JW*]

GaZ

I thought you had given up on forums - nice to see you 'out and about' again! :)

[HF AIRBRUSH]

hey JW,
nice to see you here...oh well...you know the old gazman..hahaha..

henk

[Penny220]

My My, this really is a reunion, I left you a message on your machine and emailed you, then check my emails and look where you are! I thought about telling you about this place months ago, but a few years back you had called the forums quits. Small world. Glad to see you here. :)

Penny

[JW*]

Well "ABStan" (aka "Kiwi") said this was a cool place and only the best people hung out here, so I definitely had to have a look see, and as always he is correct!

Penny: got the email and responded - haven't checked the answering machine in a while, so I didn't catch that one.

[gazman]

GaZ

I thought you had given up on forums - nice to see you 'out and about' again! :)

Hey mate...The "OTHER" forums where triviality rules are a pure waste of my time...but here...I can lose myself in the rooms and no one can find me.....they have a nice wildlife room here.

Thanx mate and I have been waiting to write...so I will...I wanna see if you liked the pressy....

See ya...Gaz

[gazman]

Welcome to the WC too HF. Just saw you there for the first time.

Gaz, as a rule I don't look for faces in everything, heck, half the time I can't find them when I know they are hidden! I must of spent too much time on your beach and the sun finally got to me. I don't see that much of it this time of year and well, you know, I overdosed!

Penny

Hey Penny..

Don't worry mate...see whatever....I like your sense of humour too...how about all these other blokes here eh?????...they are everywhere,....and when they start showing their stuff man...it will be the bom.:)

Good onya...Gaz

[ABStan]

Well, well, well,

This is like a nice big reunion. :clap: :clap: :clap: I put the liitle clappy guys in for Gaz...I know he likes them :D :D :D Excellent to see you here JW, Henk as well. Like Gaz said this place is so big you can loose yourself in one of the many forums. I spent about 4 hours last night just reading through some of the threads in the landscape forum.....real good stuff there as well. The guys in the AB forum are great as well, real nice bunch of guys and girls of course ;) ;) ;)

Catch up later guys.

Stan

[JW*]

Hey mate...The "OTHER" forums where triviality rules are a pure waste of my time...but here...I can lose myself in the rooms and no one can find me.....they have a nice wildlife room here.

Thanx mate and I have been waiting to write...so I will...I wanna see if you liked the pressy....

See ya...Gaz

I will have to have a look at these wildlife rooms you mention - sounds intriguing.

You'll have to let me know how you like YOUR "pressy" - I'm a bit late on the Christmas deadline (obviously) - was sent off this past Thursday so I'm interested to see how long it takes... (Oh I bet I've got you wondering now)

[TeAnne]

:eek: :eek: :eek: Now you REALLY have blown me away!
Get yourself and exhibition NOW! You rock Gazz. :clap: :clap: Well...here goes..

There are many and varied styles of airbrush art kicking around this ole world.There are a few trains of thought...and even less room for those who think "outside" the airbrush square.

So, I guess I am one of those.:)...and THAT is why I am here at WC.

I have never conformed to any specific line of teaching...except for my own...and those who have met me have seen my views, will remember them fondly....and just to put it all on the table...I am not here to do the same ole same ole.

I wish to provide an insight for the crowd here, that there IS room for ALL sorts of art AND thinking in this airbrush world.

In the scheme of things...I am no one...a little fish...but in my own mind, I am a visionary taking my airbrush to places people don't even think about.....and that's all I will say on that..eh:)

So, hey mates..they call me Gaz...I am 45 years old and feeling it...ha,ha...I am a carpenter and I have been painting, with the airbrush, for nigh on thirty years..self taught...all freehand and ALL airbrush.
I express with colour and texture.I paint surf scapes and surf art as my speciality...I also love the genre of Still Life.I paint custom auto in acrylics(the old stuff)...and have just about painted on every known thing.

My weapon of choice...my mate...the Olympos 101.

How does one start out in a posting... to a group of people that one doesn't know...when you are me...it's like this...and if I have offended anyone...sorry:).....I just wanna share what I have,...O.K...so whaddaya wanna see...hmmmmm????

Surfscape .."Cabarita"size..eight feet by four feet..plus details
Still Life.."Onions and Garlic"
Portrait.."Tupac"

That's me folks and I have heaps more to share...so go ahead...make my day...I am here.:)

Good onyas and see ya....Gaz

[gazman]

:eek: :eek: :eek: Now you REALLY have blown me away!
Get yourself and exhibition NOW! You rock Gazz. :clap: :clap:

Mate...Over here..this art is even less accepted than my more "down the line art"...
I had a website ....once...I could count on one hand the amount of response from it...I tried nearly every airbrush forum across the web...till I got a sore head from bashing it up that brickwall.

Take my website...possibly eighty percent of the works were either given away to friends and family...or are still in my possession.

There is no interest TRULY...and you have seen for yourself I am versatile..and I have tried.

Here's one...it's a fridge..."South Stradbroke Island"

Got the fridge for free and painted it up in autos...hard work when you gotta strip them back.....clear coated it in a matt finish and GAVE it to my work mate for a beer fridge.....not too shabby.

Gaz

[TeAnne]

**, that is bloody awesome. Come to the West, we will adore you over here :D
No truley, I know what you mean. The public is so fickle!
I'm an ebayer and I can go for weeks not selling then bam! 3 or 4 will sell. I just finished a commission via a client from previous ebay sales. :D

Here's the link for the Jolly Green Giant. :D
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166260

[HF AIRBRUSH]

hey....still find it a shame of your website...
looked great with beautiful work...
you should not expect that people run your door down because of a website... this is just a personal gallery to show your work......most of my work is still for fun...lucky in my country it sells easyer...so i sell something now and then...

henk

[gazman]

hey....still find it a shame of your website...
looked great with beautiful work...
you should not expect that people run your door down because of a website... this is just a personal gallery to show your work......most of my work is still for fun...lucky in my country it sells easyer...so i sell something now and then...

henk

Still.....it would have been nice to get at least a couple of calls off it ..simply to recoup the costs....:)

See ya,...Gaz

[JW*]

Got the fridge for free and painted it up in autos...hard work when you gotta strip them back.....clear coated it in a matt finish and GAVE it to my work mate for a beer fridge.....not too shabby.

Gaz

I believe I have seen this fridge before - looks awful familiar... ;)

[Leaflin]

WOW! Now that's what I call a beer fridge :D
Your work is breathtaking gaz.

[Caterwallin']

gaz,

I hear your pain! I have done everything in my power to increase traffic and produce sales (I would settle for a inquiry call!) for my website to no avail! I have tried link exchanges and I GET NO REPLIES FROM THE OTHER ARTISTS! I think that my website is a HUGE waste of time and money!

I have watched eBay artists for well over nine months, and I refuse to go that route! Not all, but most eBay artists are selling fantastic art for nearly nothing! This makes it hard for the rest of the artistic realm. After all, why buy art at a decent asking price when I can go to eBay and buy decent art at a $%#@^ STEAL!!!!!? My next endeavor is to hit the exhibition trail!

OK, now that I have aired that gripe, LOL, I love your fridge! I would be proud to have that in my house no matter what it was stocked with!

Sam
SFTS

[gazman]

gaz, I hear your pain! SamSFTS

Yeah mate..that's life I am all but over this whole internet thing:)..save this place.....and I don't care any more...I got a good job I smile and I paint....I have given up chasing that dream.

It's a hard realisation when it comes but after that...it's cool...and anyway..I get to show you guys my stuff...good luck with the exhibitions mate...your work is strong ..you have a shot I reckon.

Gaz

[gazman]

I believe I have seen this fridge before - looks awful familiar... ;)

Maybe but I am guessing you mean THIS fridge mate;)

GaZ

[HF AIRBRUSH]

Well guys...do you know what i mean??????
if i say to bad about his site....this site of him was full with this kind of amazing work!!!!!hahahaha...

Love to see the pics again mate...even i have my own privat gaz collection :cool:

henk

[JW*]

Maybe but I am guessing you mean THIS fridge mate;)

GaZ

Oops! - Yes that would be the one I was thinking of (any beer in there?)

;)

[TeAnne]

Maybe but I am guessing you mean THIS fridge mate;)

GaZ
OMG! These images almost brought tears to my eyes. They are GEORGOUS! :clap: :clap:

[gazman]

Oops! - Yes that would be the one I was thinking of (any beer in there?)

;)
J.W
Always mate...always..just in case my mates drop by. There is a fair amount of "girly" type drinks to what with Mel and her mates invading the place.......And remember the dishwasher that went with it????Here ya go.

and TeAnne...no need for tears...soak it up...that picture is looking down Palm Beach to a headland which J.W should remember well...was a pleasant walk:)

This is where I surf most...however...not so much on those sort of quality waves...there'd be two hundred guys on it:)...but NOT in my art.



Gaz

[TeAnne]

*sigh* More gorgeous works WOW :clap: :clap:

[gazman]

*sigh* More gorgeous works WOW :clap: :clap:

Hey T..
Ya know what I like most about this particular work...beside the light...it's the scared look on those little, blue, damsel fish...ha,ha...they are absolutely pooing theirselves...:)ha,ha,ha,ha.

Gaz

[JanetteBC]

I know absolutely nothing about airbrush except that it is one of the most beautiful mediums ever. There is a quailty you can not acheive with any other medium. Thanks for showing your work.

[TeAnne]

Hey T..
Ya know what I like most about this particular work...beside the light...it's the scared look on those little, blue, damsel fish...ha,ha...they are absolutely pooing theirselves...:)ha,ha,ha,ha.

Gaz
And I thought they were all searching for Nemo! :evil: I love the sleepy type dolphin :D

[Milo]

gaz,

I hear your pain! I have done everything in my power to increase traffic and produce sales (I would settle for a inquiry call!) for my website to no avail! I have tried link exchanges and I GET NO REPLIES FROM THE OTHER ARTISTS! I think that my website is a HUGE waste of time and money!

I have watched eBay artists for well over nine months, and I refuse to go that route! Not all, but most eBay artists are selling fantastic art for nearly nothing! This makes it hard for the rest of the artistic realm. After all, why buy art at a decent asking price when I can go to eBay and buy decent art at a $%#@^ STEAL!!!!!? My next endeavor is to hit the exhibition trail!


You are right there, some artists are happy to get someone to buy and they never look at what they are doing to themselves. We had suggested my mom my mom take and show one of her works (and paint something she would enjoy rather then just her regular venue of work) in one of her small parties that she has to show. It wasn't taking her nearly as long, and she was enjoying it and was a WIP and she let it go for what I think is about about 30-50% less then it should have. She has spent a lot of time getting the value of her work up there in galleries and such. So it can happen to anyone. She also takes payments from her regular buyers because she knows them.

My wife is taking over a seqment of her marketting of the reproduction and collectable market as well. (thats a bigger discussion) We are going to be redoing the website but its more a tool to send people to view the artwork. That is what my mom has used it for when my wife set it up. Though we are going to add soon ordering for the reproductions and collectables. My moms site is http://www.lmre.com/gallery

[Penny220]

Hey Gaz, just got back from vacation. I love your fridges! I've never thought of painting one. I wouldn't mind some seascapes for reference pics (insert smiley here it's not working for me)

Websites, I have found it to be a gallery. A tag for a business card so people can check out a portfolio in their own time. I'm paying less than $30 annually for both my domain name and site so it's not really a waste of money.