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    dollardays
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        I am almost finished with this. It is larger than most of my work at 24″ x 30″ and I have to fix some flowers and clean up edges yet but I am looking for some title suggestions. Nothing so simple as The Birdwatcher- (which is what I came up with because I am so simple-minded).

        I am entering it in a show where the title actually gets some attention. The back story… the old man goes to the edge of the lake and sits on the bench to watch the birds every day. What can I come up as a simple statement about how nice it is to be at the end of your life and be admiring beauty?

        Thanks for any and all suggestions. :)

        Nora

        #1160069
        Freesail
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            This seems to be a bit of a different looking style for you. Great greens. I can’t come up with a title either other then “birdland” or “The watcher”

            Solvent = Leaner Oil = Fatter Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. (Arshile Gorky)
            #1160065
            LGHumphrey
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                What about “Waiting For It”?

                Lawrence Humphrey
                Torrelles, Spain

                #1160075
                cem
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                    Beautiful! Stunning! As for a title: In my next life….

                    Cindy
                    "Earth laughs in flowers."
                    ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

                    #1160071

                    “Free as a bird”

                    or

                    “Time flies by” (maybe “Time has flown by” for more melancholy…)

                    #1160073
                    joe galioto
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                        saturday in the park
                        bayside
                        a little nap
                        freash air nap

                        #1160080
                        dollardays
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                            Thanks for the very quick responses– I absolutely love Ochre’s suggestion “Time Flies By”

                            THANK YOU! :cat:

                            #1160066

                            “Peace & Dreams”, is what this work suggests to me.

                            Eduardo

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                            #1160076
                            SSB
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                                Title it:

                                Hats off to the king of timeless nowhere, and his lucky accidents.

                                #1160068
                                carolkay
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                                    Nora– hey– ” Loving gods creatures ” Its beautiful.

                                    [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Carol Sometime's failure is the opposite to success~ but sometimes failure can be the pathway to success
                                    #1160081
                                    dollardays
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                                        Here is where I am now- I am still thinking about the tree- I noticed it looked out of place too but it is a specific place and I can’t deviate too much from the landscape that is there. Now I just need to fix the building a bit and push it into the background. I like the idea of a hummingbird. Thanks.

                                        #1160077

                                        Has “A Beautiful Life” been over-used?

                                        Rick
                                        Leave my moment alone.
                                        www.AshlandCreekArt.com
                                        I just push the paint around while the painting pushes me.

                                        #1160079
                                        ryan00016
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                                            Waiting in vain

                                            #1160082
                                            dollardays
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                                                Ashlandacres: I love your suggestion as well. “A Beautiful Life” THANK YOU….Has a simplicity to it….. my number one choice so far. Thank you to all for suggestions.

                                                #1160078
                                                Toril
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                                                    Nobody will notice if that tree is missing, and I do agree it is a little distracting, at least where it’s placed right now… It’s in no way meant to be the focus of the painting, I’m sure, and you have an artistic license to carry a brush and make the changes you deem necessary! :D

                                                    I also miss something colorful at the birdhouse, since I follow his gaze. It’s not a type of thing that would attract a hummingbird, they would have been down in the flowers, I’d go for a cardinal or bluebird. (Can you tell I’m an official Backyard Bird Counter? :lol: )

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