The real irony

[tuvor]

(Wish I could give credit where due, but I can't read the sig, and BartCop doesn't usually attribute.)

[evlbstrd]

1. The signature is Bill Ray.

I can't read the name of the newspaper or syndicate, whichever it is.

[fishwax]

3. Actually Bill Day n/t

[evlbstrd]

4. Damned old eyes.

Thanks.

[fishwax]

5. it's pretty hard to read :) ... I've got a question about your sig pic

I know it looks familiar, but I can't place the artist or the title. Can you tell me?

[evlbstrd]

6. You probably wouldn't be familiar wtih him.

It's my painting of the confluence of the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in Kansas City. Actually, the bridges and viaducts that cross them.

[fishwax]

7. wow! I like it

When I first saw it, it reminded me of this painting by Grant Wood, which my grandparents hung in their house for years (indeed, my grandma still has it up):

This is not to say your painting necessarily looks like grant wood painting--but the immediate sense/evocation of place when looking at your painting made me think of the wood painting.

I'd have to say evlbstrd, that for an evil bastard you paint very well ;) I like it :hi:

[evlbstrd]

8. Thank you very much.

I really appreciate the comparison to Grant Wood. I love his work. Maybe I'm a latecomer Regionalist, a la Wood and Thomas Hart Benton!

[fishwax]

9. you're welcome! thanks for sharing the painting n/t

[fishwax]

2. That's Bill Day of the Memphis Commercial Appeal

and it definitely is ironic :grr: