The Seated Dot Lady / English Horn & Bassoon
My music & painting. As September unfolds, i reminisce about the old days once more. This is one of the first paintings that i did as a college kid at Penn State University. I did not like art my first year at art school - which included 'foundation courses' which i did not understand. Coming back to school the next Autumn, i had enrolled in painting (which is what i wanted to do). The teacher, George Zoretich, advanced creative freedon and we were allowed to paint anything we wanted. i had just bought my art supplies for the semester and had a lot of nice colors to work with. Seated Dot Lady was the result. It's roughly about 4 feet high maybe 54" in scale as i recall. George liked the painting and so did i. It was break-through picture for me. That was in 1968. Yes, i am that old. Years later, in 1975 i think, i opened a small art gallery on Craig St. in Oakland, Pittsburgh called "Lascola- Rostek". Upon my mothers advice i put The Seated Dot Lady in the window and it was sold the first day we were open. I laugh when i think about my mother chiding me "See, why don't you do nice paintings like you used to do." Last year the owner of this picture contacted me. I will withold his name. But he sent me a picture of the painting that is now in the home of his son. He said he was glad that the picture had a place to be. It was such a nice a thing to do. So today i made a little reverie song for English horn & bassoon. A duet that calls to mind a dialogue betweem me and the nice guy who has enriched my life. Maybe the strings are my mother in heaven, because she is most likely The Seated Dot Lady. Thank you for listening and reading all this. - phil.
My music & painting. As September unfolds, i reminisce about the old days once more. This is one of the first paintings that i did as a college kid at Penn State University. I did not like art my first year at art school - which included 'foundation courses' which i did not understand. Coming back to school the next Autumn, i had enrolled in painting (which is what i wanted to do). The teacher, George Zoretich, advanced creative freedon and we were allowed to paint anything we wanted. i had just bought my art supplies for the semester and had a lot of nice colors to work with. Seated Dot Lady was the result. It's roughly about 4 feet high maybe 54" in scale as i recall. George liked the painting and so did i. It was break-through picture for me. That was in 1968. Yes, i am that old. Years later, in 1975 i think, i opened a small art gallery on Craig St. in Oakland, Pittsburgh called "Lascola- Rostek". Upon my mothers advice i put The Seated Dot Lady in the window and it was sold the first day we were open. I laugh when i think about my mother chiding me "See, why don't you do nice paintings like you used to do." Last year the owner of this picture contacted me. I will withold his name. But he sent me a picture of the painting that is now in the home of his son. He said he was glad that the picture had a place to be. It was such a nice a thing to do. So today i made a little reverie song for English horn & bassoon. A duet that calls to mind a dialogue betweem me and the nice guy who has enriched my life. Maybe the strings are my mother in heaven, because she is most likely The Seated Dot Lady. Thank you for listening and reading all this. - phil.