Risk management

[Mike McCarty]

Above I wrote:

I would be interested to know what Mr. Greene's standing in the field was in the early seventies.

I found the following on the D. G. web site:

Daniel E. Greene, N.A. is a former instructor of painting at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York. He is the author of "Pastel" that was in print for 25 years and "The Art of Pastel," which were published in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese. In 1969, Mr. Greene was elected to the National Academy of Design.

The Encyclopedia Britannica considers Mr. Greene the foremost pastelist in the United States and in 1983, the Pastel Society of America elected him to the Pastel Hall of Fame.

Henry,

I lived in Manhattan for six weeks when I worked at Merrill Lynch. I took the subway from mid-town to Wall St. and back every day. It was so crowded I don't think there was physically enough room to committ a decent crime. I'm sure I would not have been bold enough to sub it in the wee hours through the Bronx.

Here's two more compositions. One quite different, the other no risk at all ... is just gooood.

[Henry Wienhold]

Mike the ederly gentleman in the chair looks like he's contemplating the unknown. He sits in front of the door like he's wondering what's on the otherside. Maybe this painting is representative of an elderly person thinking about an afterlife. You see that exit sign in the left hand corner, interesting. There is something about this painting that reminds me of Norman Rockwell. Possibly it's that wall and the general informal atmosphere. I admire the way Rockwell painted portraits also, but thats another story.

Both of these paintings are brilliant, I like the drama and the color composition of the young woman.

[Mike McCarty]

I like your analysis Henry.

These paintings are so different. The first of the seated man facing away, apart from all the symbolism, is done almost in a documentary fashion. Rockwell like as you say.

In very contrasting fashion, the second to me is a study in the art of lost edges. If you circle the painting you can count a fist full of edges that come and go.

To me painting if first about design. Even in the [seemingly] haphazard, free for all nature of the first painting above, there is reason and deliberation to all it's elements.

Mr. Greene's web site is a full year university course to for this student.