Opinionated Thought

WHAT'S THE USE OF DREAMING . . . OIL PAINTING in motion.

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 February 2010 06:00
Written by Clifford Scott Carson Tuesday, 16 February 2010 23:41

Arts - Painting

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Recently, while rummaging through some old neglected canvas's behind a wall, I discovered an oil painting I started about 5 years ago that I never finished. Morgan was the subject of it. The reason I gave up on the portrait was due to the fact that I made the mistake of showing Morgan the painting before it was finished. I think it's safe to say that Morgan is not much of an artistic type. He himself will admit that. I would also place a bet to say that Morgan knows nothing about art history, even in the slightest. Morgan is literal minded, not alot of imagination and quick to condemn and criticize anything that's not within his realm of thinking. My painting was no exception. He took immediate dislike to it. In fact, he hated it and had nothing good to say about it whatsoever. With that lackluster response, I lost any interest I might have had in finishing the project. In fact, I might have NEVER finished it, if it hadn't been for one certain movie that gave me the inspiration to go forth with it.

In 1947 20th Century Fox made a musical called I WONDER WHO'S KISSING HER NOW.  It was a backstage turn of the century story based loosely on real life songwriter JOE HOWARD.  It starred June Haver and Mark Stevens.  Growing up in Atlanta, WTBS use to run it periodically on their station.   That was back when WTBS was strickly channel 17.      The film has never been released on VHS or DVD    Recently, however,  it has popped up on the  Fox Movie Channel and  on COOL TV.   It''s a wonderful film with a radiant JUNE HAVER and a comical MARTHA STEWART (not the homemaker).   The songs in the film include " I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now", "Honeymoon",  the popular "Goodbye my Lady Love" , "Hello My Baby"  and the dream ballad I used for this video and titled the painting after, "What's the Use of Dreaming . . . ".

If not for this movie I would have never found the inspiration to complete this painting that was so condemned by it's subject.   Some may hate it, but I can safely say that for better or for worse, IT'S DONE.      If I would make a change it would be to lighten the hair?

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