2020.11.25 13:00 - Art for Art's Sake

Bleu Oleander's current display-name is "Bleu".

Bleu Oleander: hiya Mick :)
Mickorod Renard: Hi Blue
Mickorod Renard: you look very real
Bleu Oleander: haha you too ... mesh?
Mickorod Renard: he he
Mickorod Renard: yeh
Mickorod Renard: I have no clue what i am doing with it
Bleu Oleander: great so you figured it out!!
Mickorod Renard: well, i am not sure
Mickorod Renard: I think I am too dark skined but hey, what the hell
Bleu Oleander: easy to lighten
Mickorod Renard: are you painting still?
Mickorod Renard: I thought it would be eassy
Bleu Oleander: I don't have much time for painting these days
Mickorod Renard: no? oww
Mickorod Renard: I dont do much myself
Bleu Oleander: busy trying to keep our business going during lockdowns etc.

Agatha Macbeth's current display-name is "Agatha Soryu Shikinami".

Mickorod Renard: but I am embarking on selling mine
Agatha Macbeth: Evening both
Mickorod Renard: is that ags?
Bleu Oleander: hey Aggers
Agatha Macbeth: No
Mickorod Renard: ayup me duck
Agatha Macbeth: It's a mirage
Mickorod Renard: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Oh that's a Derbyshire saying
Mickorod Renard: yep
Mickorod Renard: I was a derby person once
Agatha Macbeth: Cloughie land
Mickorod Renard: I even spoke french with a derby accent
Agatha Macbeth: Mon dieu
Agatha Macbeth: You got your av sorted out I see
Mickorod Renard: and, I used to use cloughies old champers bottles
Agatha Macbeth: Bless him
Mickorod Renard: well, I think I got baked too much
Agatha Macbeth: You do seem a tad brown
Bleu Oleander: ha!
Mickorod Renard: yeh, but as much as I try I am still this brown
Agatha Macbeth: Not that there's anything wrong with...etc
Mickorod Renard: of course not
--BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: You remind me of somebody, can't think who
Mickorod Renard: I spend alot of money in rl trying to get this brown
Agatha Macbeth: :P
Bleu Oleander: funny
Agatha Macbeth: I know some people who do that and end up orange!
Bleu Oleander: me too!
Mickorod Renard: I did that once
Agatha Macbeth: Wouldn't be too good for a red to try
Agatha Macbeth: Too much UV
Mickorod Renard: I was in st tropez, and i sneaked behind some rocks and applied the fluid, then when i emerged everyone burst out laughing
Agatha Macbeth: Oh dear
Bleu Oleander: hahaha
Agatha Macbeth: You used cooking oil instead?
Mickorod Renard: nah, it was the real deal but in dunno, maybe i should have applied it hours before
Mickorod Renard: maybe they were laughing at something else
Agatha Macbeth: I like you better with the beard
Mickorod Renard: I have one but its very close shaven
Agatha Macbeth: Hard to tell
Mickorod Renard: I still darnt experiment after I lost my head once and a hand another time
Mickorod Renard: then i spent a week with one white hand
Agatha Macbeth: Yes don't lose your head
Mickorod Renard: at the mo i am complete
Agatha Macbeth: Try to stay that way!
Bleu Oleander: its like being a newbie all over again
Mickorod Renard: he he
Agatha Macbeth: Mick is a new man
Mickorod Renard: so, Bleu, what varnish do you use on your paintings, ie if they are oils that is?
Bleu Oleander: i used acrylics
Mickorod Renard: ah
Bleu Oleander: worked in oils many years ago
Agatha Macbeth: Isn't that what Pollock used?
Bleu Oleander: and don't remember mush
Bleu Oleander: probably yes
Agatha Macbeth nods
Bleu Oleander: acrylics dry quickly and you can paint over them easily
Agatha Macbeth: You'd think his works would be esily faked but I'm told they're not
Bleu Oleander: I think Pollock used house paints
Mickorod Renard: I have been wafting mine up with polyeurathene for years and they are ok, but now if selling I wonder if i should be more careful
Agatha Macbeth: Are you a painter then?
Mickorod Renard: I spoze its not that important as I will no doubt not last as long as the paintings anyway
Agatha Macbeth: True
Agatha Macbeth: Our art outlasts us
Mickorod Renard: well, I am becoming overran by paintings ive done
Bleu Oleander: sometimes
Agatha Macbeth: Wow
Agatha Macbeth: Didn't know you were that prolific
Mickorod Renard: normally I have a mad session and set fire to them
Bleu Oleander: I was too but didn't see any
Agatha Macbeth: Makes me think of Zen and his ducks
Mickorod Renard: ive got the odd one here
Agatha Macbeth: You should do an exhibition
Agatha Macbeth: Ta
Agatha Macbeth: •✠• Øh Μч ɢøɖ •✠•
Agatha Macbeth: That's wonderful
Bleu Oleander: wow very nice Mick
Bleu Oleander: what size are they?
Agatha Macbeth: Are these french women? :p
Mickorod Renard: ty, I have more but they didnt texture well
Mickorod Renard: nah, the woman in water was from a russian advert
Agatha Macbeth: Ah
Bleu Oleander: you work from photos mostly?
Agatha Macbeth: The Russians get in everywhere
Mickorod Renard: I always tend to do 40 x 50 cm
Mickorod Renard: which is..erm
Agatha Macbeth: Oh not too big then
Mickorod Renard: 16 x 20?
Mickorod Renard: inch
Bleu Oleander: I like to work in the 4 ft x 6 ft size range
Mickorod Renard: no point too big Ags, not for uk houses
--BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: Well I doubt the Queen would have issues
Mickorod Renard: yeh, i have done some bigger ones to order but the canvas is expensive for me to do for fun
Agatha Macbeth: How much does canvas cost these days?
Mickorod Renard: depends on size and quality
Bleu Oleander: lovely Mick
Mickorod Renard: ty
Bleu Oleander: how long have you been painting?
Agatha Macbeth: I thought most people were digital these days
Mickorod Renard: well, i went through various staages
Mickorod Renard: but prob 40 years
Bleu Oleander: self taught or did you go to art school?
Mickorod Renard: thats a copy of a perez
Bleu Oleander: your work is really nice Mick
Mickorod Renard: self taught
Mickorod Renard: ty :)
Mickorod Renard: I practice copying diferent peoples work
Mickorod Renard: fun to get a close copy
Bleu Oleander: yes!
Agatha Macbeth: Two things I can't do are paint or play an instrument
Agatha Macbeth: NO talent for one and no patience for the other
Mickorod Renard: everyone lovedsthis one
Mickorod Renard: he he
Agatha Macbeth: Aww
Bleu Oleander: nice one!
Mickorod Renard: this is a copy of a french painters work
Bleu Oleander: a good way to learn!
Mickorod Renard: I think he is aknowledged as the best ever artist
Mickorod Renard: william adophus something
Bleu Oleander: hmmm don't know him
Mickorod Renard: hes discrete
Agatha Macbeth: Must be
Mickorod Renard: :)
Bleu Oleander: thanks for sharing these Mick
Bleu Oleander: nice to see you both
Mickorod Renard: my pleasure
Bleu Oleander: gotta get back to work
Bleu Oleander: take care and see you soon
Mickorod Renard: ok , nice to c ya
Mickorod Renard: #take care
Agatha Macbeth: Bleu the slave
Agatha Macbeth: Be well
Mickorod Renard: nice avi
Bleu Oleander: good luck selling those
Mickorod Renard: ty
Bleu Oleander: thanks!
Bleu Oleander: bfn
Agatha Macbeth: The art of Mick
Mickorod Renard: well, it passes the time
Agatha Macbeth: Yes
Agatha Macbeth: Makes a pleasant change from surviving
Mickorod Renard: yes, sure does
Mickorod Renard: I have been trying to learn the sitar now
Mickorod Renard: thats a challenge
Agatha Macbeth: Ravi Renard
Mickorod Renard: fortunately, I had a visit tonite..dont tell anyone due to lockdown,
Mickorod Renard: from a music teacher I know
Mickorod Renard: and i have lent him a spare sitar
Agatha Macbeth: How many do have then?
Mickorod Renard: with the hope he will learn and then teach me
Mickorod Renard: he he
Agatha Macbeth grins
Agatha Macbeth: Talk about ulterior motives
Mickorod Renard: well, i bought one our of mad something ness
Mickorod Renard: and then afterwards decided to get a better one
Agatha Macbeth: Cool
Mickorod Renard: so i lent him the first one, cos he said he was gonna buy one anyway
Agatha Macbeth: Is he Indian?
Mickorod Renard: no, not yet
Agatha Macbeth: Riiight
Agatha Macbeth: A semi Indian
Mickorod Renard: but gradually we will become indian
--BELL--
Mickorod Renard: I have traded my christianity in for a touch of hinduism
Agatha Macbeth: All good
Agatha Macbeth: Plenty of gods to choose from
Mickorod Renard: yes, good deal in a way
Mickorod Renard: but of course i have to become vegi
Agatha Macbeth: Wouldn't appeal to me that
Mickorod Renard: well, I think you can cheat
Agatha Macbeth: There's always soya
Mickorod Renard: just dont let anyone see
Mickorod Renard: life is an illusion
Agatha Macbeth: Oh that's cheating!
Mickorod Renard: well, I am gradually gettuing there. But I do love lasagne
Agatha Macbeth: Mmm
Agatha Macbeth: My ex used to make it crunchy
Mickorod Renard: oh, the top is nice crunchy
Agatha Macbeth: Certainly an experience anyway
Mickorod Renard: I take it you didnt like it crunchy?
Agatha Macbeth: Actually it wasn't bad
Mickorod Renard: I assume they did cook it? not just give u the sheets to eat?
Agatha Macbeth: Well one assumes so :P
Mickorod Renard: he he
Agatha Macbeth: But with my ex anything was possible
Agatha Macbeth: Food glorious food
Mickorod Renard: sometimes thats not so bad...better than getting bored
Agatha Macbeth: Or hungry
Mickorod Renard: yeh
Mickorod Renard: I have been cooking recently
Mickorod Renard: morg has been laid up with leg in air
Agatha Macbeth: Maybe that's why you went brown
Agatha Macbeth: Oh dear
Agatha Macbeth: Why is her leg in the air?
Mickorod Renard: she needed an op, a rod in a toe
Agatha Macbeth shudders
Mickorod Renard: usually not serious, but she has other issues to be wary of
Agatha Macbeth: "We can rebuild her, we have the technology" 
Mickorod Renard: yay
Agatha Macbeth: She'll have x-ray eyes next
Mickorod Renard: she seems happy at the mo as she is laughing watching that something jungle
Agatha Macbeth: Oh BB?
Mickorod Renard: where celebs go in jungle and eat insects n stuff
Agatha Macbeth: Yeh
Agatha Macbeth: Stupid
Mickorod Renard: yeh, i dont get it
Agatha Macbeth: A good example of das leichte
Mickorod Renard: better to just short cut it and nip of the end of a finger and call it a day
Agatha Macbeth: Tony Iommi had the ends of two fingers missing and still played the guitar like that - amazing
Mickorod Renard: so, what is there in sl these days to amuse ourselves with?
Mickorod Renard: yay cool
Agatha Macbeth: Not much I don't think
Agatha Macbeth: I'm hardly here now
Mickorod Renard: I went to a kira cafe presentation the other day
Agatha Macbeth: Oh?
Agatha Macbeth: But it's gone...
Mickorod Renard: yes, seems like they have been on going forever
Agatha Macbeth: Where was this?
Mickorod Renard: I saw Ari there too
Agatha Macbeth: Yay
Agatha Macbeth: I see him at science circle sometimes
Mickorod Renard: i dunno, but i got the notecard sent to me
Agatha Macbeth: He's a leopard these days
Mickorod Renard: wow
Mickorod Renard: cant they change their spots?
Agatha Macbeth: Not according to Kevin Coyne
--BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: He was from Derby too
Agatha Macbeth: Merci
Mickorod Renard: yes?
Mickorod Renard: tryin to place him
Agatha Macbeth: Oh right, I noticed some buildings had gone up in Baikun
Agatha Macbeth: Must take a look
Mickorod Renard: according to ari the cafe has never stopped
Agatha Macbeth: He was kind of a left field blues man
Mickorod Renard: ah ok
Agatha Macbeth: Kevin Coyne, not Ari
Mickorod Renard: yes
Agatha Macbeth: John Peel used to play his stuff a lot
Mickorod Renard: btw, have u heard of the ambrosia group here on sl?
Agatha Macbeth: And now they are both gone<sigh>
Mickorod Renard: oh dear
Agatha Macbeth: Rice pudding?
Mickorod Renard: I used to listen a fair bit to peeli
Mickorod Renard: ooh is it time
Agatha Macbeth: Who or what might Ambrosia be?
Mickorod Renard: well, I get messages from them
Agatha Macbeth: Ah a group then?
Mickorod Renard: yes
Agatha Macbeth: Right
Agatha Macbeth: Food of the gods, etc
Mickorod Renard: yep, so they say
Mickorod Renard: might check em out
Mickorod Renard: u keepin ok ags?
Agatha Macbeth: Bit like...what is it...amrita or something
Mickorod Renard: in rl?
Agatha Macbeth: Yeh still here
Mickorod Renard: good
Agatha Macbeth grins
Mickorod Renard: not seen wol much
Agatha Macbeth: I'll go up and check Baikun see what they've been building
Mickorod Renard: kk
Mickorod Renard: c u soon
Agatha Macbeth: Not seen her for ages
Agatha Macbeth: TC
Mickorod Renard: and u
Agatha Macbeth: Happy painting
Mickorod Renard: :)</sigh>

Footnote:  The 'Kira' Mick was referring to is actually the Science Circle which meets on Saturdays at 10PM SLT.