242 Comments on “Howth Harbor” - Post your own?

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Crenceger says

Hi There

i’ve just joined here and wanted to say hi to all of you!I really hope to give some­thing back to this board…

Cheers

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Thanks and good luck every­one!

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brasil no says

After read­ing you blog, I thought your arti­cles is great! I am very like your arti­cles and I am very inter­ested in the field of Free trial. Your blog is very use­ful for me .I book­marked your blog! I trust you will behave bet­ter from now on; I hope she under­stands that she can­not exepct a raise.

Debora says

Burt,
I am work­ing on my emails-been busy lately, but now I am catch­ing up. Thank you for shar­ing all your work with me. I enjoy your all of your great pic­tures! I think the inspi­ra­tion came in a flash and cre­ated a great work of art. Thank you for shar­ing this!

Deb­ora

johnathon amoah says

thank you very much this piece of art is beau­ti­full and very encor­ag­ing .this make me want to get up and do some­thing new .

Terry says

Thank you,Burt.
Your work is inspir­ing and encouraging.

Daniel says

I think both are fan­tas­tic! The new, painted edi­tion has a much more mod­ern appear­ance to it — that’s say­ing a lot con­sid­er­ing the over­all col­lage style. It’s quite stark, and as Ida said, so very alive. I’m more drawn into it. I really enjoy free, disheveled looks in art, and imple­ment such in my work from time to time…because I love to paint too, Burt! Thank you for all that you do. You’re such an inspir­ing individual.

ida says

by the way, please pray for me. becaus i need it so much.
thanks again.

ida says

hi burt, the art­work that youve made is so alive and happy and beu­ti­ful. i enjoyed it so much.
thanks for all that you sent me.
i love them very much.
with the best wishes.
ida

Don says

Thanks Burt for the paint­ing and all you do, and thanks for open­ing up the Jump­Gate for me.

Cuqui says

Great! Eye catching.Very vivid happy colors.

d harvey says

Burt, good for you. I have found that in my time now, that Iam as they call it, com­ing into your own.

I am glad that you inspire others.

Can I meet you in Ranch Mirage some time.

My dad had a place near the Annan­berg estate.

Best regards, Doug Harvey.

Terry says

Hi Burt,
Being some­what cre­ative myself ‚I can see it in you also. I think every­one is a lit­tle cre­ative but afraid to let it show because of what oth­ers might think.
Don’t realise what they are miss­ing …huh

Jerry Greene says

WOW — BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

Michael Islas says

nice

Steve Voiles says

Alexan­dra have a happy and blessed birthday!

Elly Hart says

May all your Birth­days be Happy.. Alexandra

Arthienyer L. Fraser says

Hi Burt,

You are quite tal­ented!
I like both, but I really enjoy yours as well.

Kudos to you!

Mir­a­cles and Bless­ings,
Arthienyer

Griffin Nietlng says

amaz­ingly well done. keep doing what you do!

HELENA FREIRE says

HELLO, MR.BURT!
YOUR PAINTING IS ABSOLUTELY ARTISTIC, RESTFULL, FANTASTIC! I REALLY LOVE IT. GOD GAVE YOU THE TALENT.
I AM GLAD YOU SENT IT TO ME SO I COULD ENJOY.
THANKS.
HELENA FREIRE

Bethuel says

Great work. Well done.

Floyd Jamison says

Looks Great Burt. Reminds me of stand­ing quay side in Nea Makri, Greece

thomas says

WOW YOU GOTA LOT OF DEPTH GIVES IT A REAL OCEAN PRESPECTIVE. ?? HOW DOSE QUATUM JUMPING PLAY ANY PART OF YOUR SKILLS IN ART & OTHER SKILLS

ultra surf says

I really see the logic in your argu­ment but I think you’ve painted your strokes

lorna says

Burt,
You have cre­ated a true piece of art. I love it and I can see why your fam­ily and friends appre­ci­ate it. Hope you will be able to enjoy it for a long time to come.

blanca says

Hi Burt, This pic­ture truly came to life! It’s absolutely amaz­ing. Your spirit really came through.
Thank-you for sharing.

John Harris says

Thanks Burt for all the ideas.
John H

John Harris says

Hi Burt,
I love what you did with it. It looks great! Please keep show­ing us more of your great art­work.
John H

babafisa says

It was a very inter­est­ing post thanks for writ­ing it!

Lyubov says

Hi Burt,
Thank you for shar­ing with us your work. I can only imag­ine how you have cah­nged dur­ing those 20 years. The pic­ture inspires me, and I hope that abil­ity to cre­ate is pos­si­ble at any age. I like the col­ors, they remind me the tales of my child­hood, the tailes that I used to make up myself. And one more thing: when I am look­ing at the pic­ture it seems to me that I know you for a long time, and I like it

Earrings says

Thank you very much for that big article

J. Terry Frey, DDS says

Burt … Nice job and I like what you were able to do with the “old photo”. Wouldn’t it be remark­able, if with a few brush strokes, we could take our “worn out life pic­ture” and con­vert it into some­thing so new and beau­ti­ful again. Oh, maybe be can. Tell me how.
Thanks … Terry

Caroll says

No cheesy analysis…just the “WOW” fac­tor on the painting.

Caroll says

How come so many think the photo is a paint­ing? I am very par­tial to the paint­ing. It just gave me a WOW effect.

josi says

hi burt…wow what you did there is just so brite an awakening…like your heart..i love to do the same kind of stuff…lovit!!! josi*

julie nelson says

Love it so alive with light and joy –just like you…Julie

Blaise Lantana says

I like both pic­tures. What medium did you use? Did you paint dig­i­tally onto a dig­i­tal photo or with brushes?

KASEENO says

BURT..I AM REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK OF ART YOUVE DISPLAYED ON YOUR BLOG…KEEP IT UP.
CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE: WHOBUTKASEENO.COM
I AM AN UPCOMING ARTIST..WHO IS PLEASED TO SAY THAT YOUVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TOWARDS MY DREAM.

Patra says

Hello Burt:

Thanks for cre­at­ing a forum where we can each express our thoughts on how we view changes. It is amaz­ing to read everyone’s per­spec­tive. I think that your work shows your pas­sion for life and your thoughts of rein­car­na­tion. As you stated in one of your lessons, we all have a dou­ble some­where on another uni­verse and you paint­ing over an orig­i­nal, mak­ing it livlier, sim­ply demon­strates this point.

Bat says

Well, I like new ideas and orig­i­nal ways to express cre­ativ­ity. So I really appre­ci­ate your style. From my point of view art is not meant to dupli­cate real­ity, it is meant to show peo­ple a bet­ter per­spec­tive on real­ity. And you’re doing that.
good job!

VenuGopal Linga says

Dear Burt, it is in your nature to give new life to down­trod­den peo­ple suf­fer­ing with prob­lems and you have shown it now on your pho­to­graph.
Regards
Venu

Katherine says

Thanks for the pic­tures and lessons and com­ments about it. I like the heart that holds the boat also. Very nice experience.

Once I crawl out of this finan­cial hole I’ve dug for myself, I want to get your course on quan­tum jump­ing. I’d love to jump out of here right now and onto that boat.

Lucy says

Wow! Its amaz­ing how we can take some­thing old and make it new again by let­ting a lit­tle time go by with­out pay­ing much atten­tion to it. Its like we get a new per­spec­tive to build on an old sub­ject. I guess with time we gain wis­dom to tackle old prob­lems or projects with new and improved vision!

Zena says

Absolutely beau­ti­ful.

Cindy Chinchen says

Hi Burt
I have truly enjoyed your lessons but I must be totally hon­est
here. I know that every­one has their own idea of what is beau­ti­ful and artis­tic. I have to say that I really pre­fer the old pho­to­graph (paint­ing). It is rus­tic and orig­i­nal. You do have tal­ent though for restora­tion. I think that some things are just meant to be left alone to be admired. But then again it sounds like a lot of peo­ple pre­fer your new improved ver­sion.
I just have to say that I’m not one of those peo­ple. To each his own…
God Bless
Cindy

veerle says

well done, it looks full off life

S. Collins says

Beau­ti­ful! It has light, tex­ture and depth. It pulls you in.

Susan

raj says

Dear Burt I saw yohr pho­to­graph .which you gave a new life to it.It,s a very good idea to give new life to old pho­to­graph God has given you tremeds thinking,s .Thanks for shar­ing your ideas

Nmurthy says

Amaz­ing ——-,
this what dream to real

N Murthy

sanee sulyman ugya says

Great trans­for­ma­tion. i am your for­mer stu­dent of samu­rai and basic silva classes in los ange­les and ana­heim about 15 years ago. i am now res­i­dent in nige­ria . good to hear from you.take care.

sanee

Sharon says

Very good, I truly like it. No art lessons! Amaz­ing. You have added your own style. Very nice.

sujoy says

Hi Burt,

It reveals the noble intent of a mean­ing­ful trans­for­ma­tion. Be it real life or pho­tographs made to speak!

Thanks
Sujoy

Lois says

cool!

Ica says

Dear Burt ,

Thank you for shar­ing your art.

Fab­u­los work!

debra says

Hello Mr. Goldman,

I found the paint­ing to be very beau­ti­ful. So beau­ti­ful I thought it would be some­thing to focus on while med­i­tat­ing, as it por­trays a calm­ing, peace­ful, very blue col­or­ing effect, yet you can still feel and hear the water slowly rush­ing against the boat. No gulls but another thing to com­plete the meditation.

Thank you so much for shar­ing some­thing of old and recre­at­ing it to a new vis­i­ble paint­ing in every sense.

Debra

Stephanie Golden-Falcon says

Your paint­ing is beautiful…as an artist it is inspir­ing to me…thank you…I have a paint­ing that took me 6years to fin­ish the end results always makes an impact on who­ever sees it like your painting…it speaks to the deeper parts of the Soul…

Walk in Beauty, Brother

Stephanie Golden-Falcon

robakyo says

Greet­ings Burt,

Preach­ing to the choir? It is great that you are explor­ing a new hobby. If you want help­ful feed­back, sub­mit your two pieces to The Artist’s Magazine.

Aloha,

Robakyo

Vince says

Hi Burt
Thanks for your inspi­ra­tion. I think the new ver­sion is far supe­rior than the old although the old one is still good. The changes remind me of the say­ing that there is noth­ing new under the sun. By tak­ing some­thing old and adding some­thing extra the old one becomes a bet­ter old one that’s new. The inspi­ra­tion that you give reminds me that things we did in the past can be improved on by apply­ing our­selves in the right way.
best wishes
Vince

Mary says

Hi Burt:

This pic­ture trans­for­ma­tion is amaz­ing and vibrant! What a great idea. Your pas­sion truly shows on your work.
Thanks for shar­ing it.

Many Bless­ings,

Jeanne Meger says

Where did my com­ment go?

Jeanne Meger says

Amaz­ing art­work. Won­der­ful tal­ent. Now we know from your life story that peo­ple can find many tal­ents to develop. I have yet to tap into my poten­tial to dis­cover where I can bloom and grow. My begin­ning is here and now. I have to check out your pro­grams that I ordered.

Ljiljana says

I really love it!!!!
Ljiljana

Gene says

I like the first pic­ture, it is soft and dreamy. I do not care so much for the sec­ond one. It is a lit­tle too harsh, which is good in some cir­cum­stances, but I don’t think so here. That doesn’t mean it is not good, just not MY ideal, but the first one is.

Mairead says

Hi Burt, so amaz­ing love them both, as im Irish it reminds me of home. LOve your sto­ries. Thank you for shar­ing. Mairead. : )

Sandy Rudzinski says

The boat gives me an eerie feel­ing of being there and see­ing the men’s faces, each with a story. It makes me want to go there:)
Thank you

Maria says

Dear Burt, thank you for sendindg me your paint­ings,
they are beau­ti­ful each one in their time.

the newer is so vibrant I believe that your mind is
as vibrant as your paint­ing because that is it’s
expres­sion now.

I have learned so much from you. You’re a genius,
and a bless­ing for al of us.

Thank You

Maria

senguttuvan says

Dear Burt,
I’am happy that finally am able to write to you. The new approach is very bold and has breathed in life to that beau­ti­ful pic­ture. Infact I believe it’s a mes­sage to all to be reborn and find out what each one can do. I thank you for the inspir­ing let­ters you keep post­ing to me. Pl. con­tinue to do so.

Prama says

A sud­den burst of cre­ativ­ity, opti­mism and life. Thanks for sharing.

Jordan says

that is funny Burt because I live in Howth and know the boat. The last time i saw the boat, it looked like it could do with a make over its self. must have missed you in 1988 but sure i was only a wee lad.

Deborah says

Dear Burt,

I Like them both!
The old photo looks very Vin­tage , soft and muted.
I loved that you recy­cled this piece of Art into a New medium that is bright and col­or­ful. You brought your mem­ory back to life in a new light!

Deb­o­rah

Christiana Nagir says

I like the old Painting.It has mean­ing.
The new Paint­ing just has colours

Sinead says

It’s beau­ti­ful. There’s a metaphor about poten­tial in there somewhere.

rosie says

Love it, Love it Love it!

violeta cruz says

I REALLY LIKE THE WORK AND I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER AND WITHOUT LOOKING AT HOW THE PAINT WAS LAID ON THE CANVAS I WOULD GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR YOUR COLOR, LAYOUT AND DESIGN.I AM THE SISTER OF THE NOW DECEASED ARTIST, WRITER, MUSICIAN AND POET EMILIO CRUZ SO I KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.

Deborah Crowley says

The first reminds me of your past and the one you cre­ated reminds me of the future. Every time I read any­thing that you send me I ana­lyze and I learn from it.

Good job!

Lav S. Mishra says

Dear Burt,
Very dynomic paint­ing hav­ing vibrant energy..New one has your emo­tional feel­ing flow­ing in present…
I love both painting..

Jim Murdoch says

Does this mean that the old gave way to the new? What a great idea. Now where did I put that Picasso?

Shafin says

Age is a case of mind over mat­ter, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t mat­ter. Burt, you are a real inspi­ra­tion that this jour­ney can begin any­time at any age.

Shafin

David says

Hi Burt

We Irish have an expres­sion for excep­tional job you have just done with your new painting

“Class ! ”

Regards

David

Diana Alexandra Stromberger says

It’s amaz­ing how your paint­ing looks more alive than the pho­to­graph. Thanks for shar­ing your knowl­edge. Diana

Christine says

Dear Burt

I love both paint­ings, the 2nd ver­sion is really vibrant. Each ver­sion has a dif­fer­ent qual­ity to it. Thank you very much for sharing

Brennan Kingsland says

Dear Burt,

I like them BOTH!

The orig­i­nal has a softer, more dream­like qual­ity and the new one is vibrant.

Your friend,
Brennan

Jack Feeney says

Dear Burt,

Lovely image — Well done, I know the place well. It’s changed a lit­tle since 1988 but still special.

It looks like a heart is anchor­ing the ship in place — Per­haps Dublin has taken and holds a part of your heart?

Jack.

Nancy says

Hi Burt! I think you’ve awak­ened the paint­ing! The colours you used are bright and ener­getic. Very nice!

vishal udia says

its a very unique and orig­i­nal expres­sion.
Hope we can do some­thing for the com­mu­nity
to make it better.

sue says

I like it it’s vibrant

anuradha says

Its very beau­ti­ful rather awesome.

Anu says

Its bright and beautiful!

SRINIVAS KULKARNI says

Dear Burt Gold­man,
Your paint­ing is really very beutiful.It shows your genius.You are really won­der­ful.
SRINIVAS KULKARNI

arican says

Dear Burt,

The pic­ture is won­der­ful, and it has in a way empres­sion­ist style (it looks like that). I liked it very much, and it means you see the view in a nice way or in your point of view and it looks like a dream which all of us see the world when we are in junior high school. That is the dream in a way, but you suc­ceed to see that way in your age and that is great. I do not know if I made myself clear enough.

Take care and please go on painting!

SRINIVAS KULKARNI says

Dear Burt Gold­men,
Paint­ing is really very beutiful.It shows your genius.You are really won­der­ful.
S.Kulkarni

Willie says

Burt the paint­ings reflect a work of love ‚dear­ness for real­ity and a nat­ural bril­liance for nat­ural detail.
I sncerely appre­ci­ate your work, thank you for shar­ing it with us.
Regards
Willie

June says

You have a won­der­ful gift Burt, and did a beau­ti­ful job restor­ing and bring­ing the pic­ture back to life after all those years with the col­ors, so clear and vivid now. Hmmmmm.…just like our lives can become with some work. Thanks for shar­ing with us, it’s always a plea­sure open­ing mail from you, you’re a bless­ing to all of us!!! Great job!

roshan says

marvellose.…..yeh..its amazing..u rocked

SUNIL says

very nice you had a wounder­ful capa­bil­ity to chang the things around you.

MIsty K says

Why did you say it took you 20 years to com­plete? And the paint­ing is cool

mary says

Hi Burt

You sure did a great job restor­ing that piece of art. Thanks for send­ing me this. You sure have talent.

MS

Shosh says

Hi Burt,

This is so beau­ti­ful and amaz­ing And YOU ARE AMAZING!
Thank you so much for shar­ing it with us.

IGNACIO RUIZ says

INSPIRING… DEAR BURT, THANKS FOR SHARING…;)

Jennifer says

It is all about per­cep­tion, your vision as well as the beauty that you inject to your own thoughts and cre­ate a work of art. You are able to enhance the past into cre­at­ing your future thoughts. This is what I see in your out­stand­ing art work.

Francis says

It is indeed a won­der­ful piece of art,dear Burt.Thank you very much for send­ing it to me.

Please con­tinue your good work. Wish you a happy long life.

With love and prayers,

Fran­cis

anithakiron says

Dear bur­ton,
Hi friend,
Iwould like to share with you a famous poem after shar­ing your art of the boat.
ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM,
MERRILY MERRILY MERRILY,
FOR LIFE IS JUST A HAPPY DREAM.
WITH A PURPOSE TO REALISE THE LOVE OF THE LORD FOR HIS CREATIONS.

Ivetta says

Thank you for shar­ing this pic­ture with me. The pic­ture brings calm thoughts, peace. I feel how it calls me over there. The water so peace­ful and bright.I like col­ors. I like your pic­ture. Thank you.

Sahra Merrill Kott says

Thanks for your efforts and a real­ized teacher

who has made a deci­sion to share your gift of love , bless­ings and aware­ness with people

Bless­ings from Zichron Yaakov in Israel Burt

sin­cerely

Sahra

rob says

Mr. Monk:

Wonderful.

Starjet says

Burt, thanks for shar­ing your art. I sense the love you are putting our for peo­ple. Just say­ing thanks!

Phylis Jones says

Hi Mr Burt
I think you did a great job on restor­ing the painting.Someone once gave me a paint­ing of a boat and I painted abstract art on top of it with fab­ric paint. A drunk friend of mine swear he saw a baby with angels around it.

Leo Wisted says

Hi Burt,
I really enjoyed your work. Thank you for shar­ing it.
Leo

chiquitahill says

Nice work, lovely

seetharam says

Great work Burt.. The pic­ture is truly lively..

Phylis Jones says

Hi Burt
I think you did a great job on restor­ing the paint­ing. Some­one gave me a paint­ing of a boat in 2000 and I painted on top of it with fab­ric paint. piece of abstract art.

chiquitahill says

Thank you for shar­ing your paint­ing with me,I love the details you did in the pic­ture. Now the pic­ture is bright and clear. I draw also, and I know it is the details,style and freshness,that makes your pic­ture look rich. The same way things are in our lives, you can change it if you want to. You just have to make up your mind,you want that change. I lost my house and I need one now. I don’t judge no one, because it’s no one fault, but my own. Now I will try to change my life, just like you change the dull­ness in the photo,to a bright new Paint­ing. I want to do my life, the same way. I tell myself, life will get bet­ter and bet­ter. EVERYDAY. Things will open up, I feel it. Things change every­day and I still look for the pos­i­tive in every­thing. Things usu­ally hap­pen when you lease expect it to, some­times, so I’m draw­ing and adding a bright splash of color to my new life. I feel like I’m stand­ing on the deck, walk­ing toward the boat that’s all tied up. Nice, I know what it takes, and you did a good job.

Nora says

I like it cuz the col­ors are brighter.

Alan says

I think that it is so nice and pleas­ant. I used to cre­ate some nice art my self many years ago. I hope it wins a reward.

Michelene says

Hi Burt
I think it would be nice to hang both pho­tos along side each other or in a frame with two pic­ture slots.
Isen’t it a good feel­ing when you find some­thing that you have done a long time ago and can still use it today.

Samantha says

It’s very beau­ti­ful !
Samantha.

HealingMindN says

It gives the illu­sion of high relief. Burt, what do you think of adding a high relief frieze to your photo tech­nique? That would be surreal.

Jasmine says

I like it, well done!

alsua says

Very nice paint, it’s just like what i’m dream­ing on boarb my own boat in the future, if still living.

Claire C Perruccio says

I loved the paint­ing, as I have a pas­sion for the ocean.
As I looked at the fin­ished paint­ing, I felt that you had become tran­sient to the time and place the photo was taken and had cap­tured that moment in time to share with others.

Claire

Saleema says

I find your piece very cre­ative, although I pre­fer your photo col­lages. What I appre­ci­ate the most about you is the abil­ity to draw the viewer’s atten­tion from the banal per­cep­tion of the phys­i­cal senses into higher dimen­sions of per­cep­tion. “Sur­re­al­ism” is the stule I best asso­ciate your form of expres­sion with.
I would like to know what you think of my art and poetry work as well. You’ll find it at the link http://radesign.itgo.com

Reia says

Great job, it is very inspir­ing thanks for shar­ing not only the pic­ture but also your thoughts.
RA

Winston says

You are a gifted man that has dis­played his tal­ent in a wor­thy fash­ion that will be enjoyed by many. Thanks.

Jose Jaramillo says

You dis­cover another pro­fes­sion.
You always sur­prise me with new things.
This one is beau­ti­ful.
Namaste

Jose

Melina says

Your use of col­ors is beau­ti­ful and bright!

Gerry Campbell says

Burt, Fab­u­lous work I really think you have the eye for it. Thank you so much for shar­ing this with my wife and me. We share a love for art and almost all kinds are accepted. Although these kind of pic­tures are the kind that bring back old mem­o­ries. Even if this isn’t our mem­ory. Great work Burt
Gerry and Deena Campbell

Cheryl Torres says

Hello Burt what an idea! I beleive I could try some­thing like that even though I am not an artist, or at all cre­ative in that capac­ity. I would say you did take alit­tle of the (age of history)if I might describe it that way and made it some­thing of a more mod­ern time. Maybe not using such bright col­ors (as the red) on the boat and keep­ing the antiquish kinda qual­ity to it. Keep­ing the spirit and “his­tory” of that boats chal­lenges and jour­neys alive, and yet know­ing there is so much more to expe­ri­ence in the future. Im not sure Ive wrote this in the same way of what I was think­ing i wanted to say but tried all the same. Stay Well my friend Cheryl

Seetharam says

Mar­vel­lous art burt, remind­ing me of comic pic­tures of 40s’ and i love it

Danielle says

Beau­ti­ful sketch. I love your photo too. very creative.

Laine says

Bert,
I see that you did a fan­tas­tic job of restor­ing your paint­ing. The col­ors are brighter, and yet still rem­nant of how they would have appeared many years ago. I hope you are hav­ing a won­der­ful day. Keep shining!

Celia says

I like this new paint­ing very much spe­cially the vivid
colors.

kevin says

P.A.C.E. You suck .Burt You Rock !

Cindy says

Very well done. The detail is totally awe­some. Thanks for sharing!!!

EULAH D BENSON says

I love what you have done to the old photo, I would love to see the face of the per­son who owned this old boat when they would see what they could have if they took over a remod­el­ing job. The pic­ture is great.

Yesudas says

A metaphor of life. I would like some one to put some “new colour­ful paints” on my 62 year old form, the inner self being ever young. Ha ha.

Thanks Burt

Douglas Grigg says

Nice Illus­tra­tion, yes. Mas­ter­piece wor­thy of sali­vat­ing kudos? Hmmmm. I don’t think so. What is with all these peo­ple who lav­ish over the top praise for what is a nice draw­ing with bright fun col­ors? I some­how think that the com­mon denom­i­na­tor for what peo­ple con­sider fine art is in need of re-examination. Per­haps re-education. Burt, I love your enthu­si­asm, but can’t get on board with self pro­claimed great­ness when it comes to art.

eva says

Burt I don’t know much about “art” but I love the col­ors, it would brighten up any place it hangs.
It is warm and sunny with happy energy, you must be proud of hav­ing pro­duced it.
I spent the after­noon read­ing your Mind Box series, there is so much you can be proud of, — thank you for shar­ing your won­der­ful mind with the rest of us.
God Bless!!! Keep up the great work, you are appre­ci­ated beyond words. EVA

Debbie Lewis says

Really nice, Burt. Love the bright col­ors! Thanks for shar­ing your creation.

Gary Clayton Ripley says

Hi Burt…

It’s always good to be encour­ag­ing, espe­cially to
beginners.

But you’re not a begin­ner. So I must con­fess that
I see you as self con­scious and left-brained here.
I believe that it’s called ‘object ori­ented’…
that’s where the artist is ‘up tight’ and afraid to
work ‘out­side of the ref­er­ence lines for fear of
loos­ing the ‘sterio-typical’ images…

Even so, your tal­ent is showing…

But you could doing more impor­tant research..

Gary

Teresa Durham says

Hi Burt, I really loved your paint­ing. Its sim­ply beau­ti­ful.
Teresa

Brenda McAleer says

Hey Burt Good stuff Love it !!!!! You are Amazing!!!

Dianna says

Great job Burt! You keep com­ing up with some amaz­ing things. So, in light of that…what’s next??? I’m all eyes to see. Bless you Burt. Love, Light, and full of com­pas­sion to you. Dianna

Thomas Murray says

Out­stand­ing Burt. I can’t wait to start jump­ing myself and enjoy­ing the adven­tures ahead.
Tom

t.wyatt says

Hi mr.Goldman.…
You just demon­strate again and show us that with a lit­tle effort,energy,and atten­tion you can change the way
things been perceived,you just gave your paint­ing whole new life.…you ‘r amazing.

A Q Finley says

You did a great job, the pic­ture has come to life.

Karen says

How fun!!!

Rodrigo says

Hi Burt,
Sim­ply amaz­ing the tech­nique!
Good job!
More to come?
Rodrigo

Dr. Kate says

A very mov­ing pic­ture –I can see why it gets a lot of attention.

Dr Kate

CAROL KEITH says

HI BURT !! YOU HAVE DONE AN INCREDABLE JOB OF NOT ONLY RESTORING A 2OyrOLD PHOTO BUT RE-INCARNATING THE OLD FISHING BOAT BUT GAVE IT A NEW AND BEAUTIFUL LIFE FOR PEOPLE FROM NEAR AND FAR TO PRAISE AND APPRECIATE FOR MANY YEARS. I HAVE MANY ORIGINAL PAINTINGS OF BOATS AND WATER SCENES IN MY HOME,MOSTLY BY MY CALIF. FORMER FRIEND,CHUCK BEAUVAIS I LOVE YOURS TOO !! MAKE SOME SMALL PRINTS OF IT TO SELL I’LL BUY ONE!!!

kathy covino says

i lit­er­ally smelled the salt air inspiring!

Arete says

Burt,

Pow­er­ful color and rhythmn make the sec­ond a more provaca­tive piece. I see a lot of life between these two expres­sions. Thank you for shar­ing the tran­si­tion and the story.

Arete

Verne Finucane says

Burt,! I Just Fracken Love you. I hope you and I meet some­day OOOh the Story’s we could tell. till we meet my fine feath­ered Friend may your days be Joyeous

Bless­ings,
Verne/ aka Reprise101263rep

Rakhee says

Its beau­ti­ful !!!

Sammay says

Hey Burt — very cool. You really should clean out your garage more often! Obvi­ously this was the right time for the orig­i­nal pic­ture to “show up” and for you to embell­ish it.

Peace and Blessings.

Kent says

I think the col­lage is a lot better.

Joe says

I am not much of an art spe­cial­ist how­ever, the paint­ing looks great. Joe

kenny says

very nice the sharp/crisp feel­ing the pic­ture invokes, is as you are there, breath­ing the fresh air, wind in my face…sun on my fack…peaceful

Linda says

Great, my first thought was that of meet­ing an old friend.

Amber says

It looks great I mean take it from me I’m a art­sist too!

If you want to chat visit my email.…

PATY says

It is beau­ti­ful! I like it more than the real one. I like the way you use the brushes, the col­ors and the feel­ing that you gave it. Thank you for shar­ing such a beauty.

Mark Foster says

I liked it bet­ter as a photo collage

thanks for sharing!

Mark Fos­ter

Terry Wolfe says

Like a wind­shield wiper or squigee, it quickly cleared or diverted my mind from hours of froth­ing through a mass of email. Thanks!

MARIOS says

HI BURT , ITS GREATE REALLY IS

MARIOS says

HI BURT ‚ITS ONE OF THE MANY SUPRISES YOU GAVE US TILL NOW .GREATE JOB AND PASSION .….…

Don, djmthedesertmonk says

I think that there is some­thing inside all of us that can res­onate with this photo. I like it and I think it’s great.

Marc says

WoW !! Nice paint­ing Thanks for shar­ing it !
Marc

bonnie J H. says

Wow Burt! That looks great! What a dif­fer­ence that made just by mak­ing a few changes. A one of a kind tal­ent I might say. Can’t wait to see more of your work. BJH

JD says

I think its a great paint­ing Mr. Burt!

A. Inga Haraldsdottir says

Great idea.

Evil Jimmi says

That’s fan­tas­tic.

I must say your career as an artist has inspired me to fol­low through on a body of work I’ve been toy­ing with for quite some time.

Thank you!

grace says

you did a great job. i am and artist myself and up in years, how­ever this just adds juice to the feel­ings you have when you see a nice pease of work. thanks for shar­ing it with me.

Mr. Smith says

It’s nice to see the exper­i­men­ta­tion, but to be per­fectly hon­est, I’m far more fond of the orig­i­nal piece. The com­po­si­tion is much more inter­est­ing to me, and the use of white space is intrigu­ing. Always fun to put some­thing in a new light, though! Art is an amaz­ing thing

Lor says

I live near that area in Dublin, it’s an absolute plea­sure see­ing your mas­ter­piece of a place so close, well done

Paul says

Nice work Burt. Wish I had that skill!

Jana says

Although I love the orig­i­nal one I have to say what a great idea to paint over it and cre­ate a new beau­ti­ful piece of art.
Thank you for shar­ing Burt.

Donald C Prior says

Don’t know what URL stands for, but the pic­ture is my life time at sea, I’ve spent 35yrs @ sea, it seems to be a 65footer to me, used some­time for fish­ing, but the A frame or Gantry dosen’t show what kind of fish­ing this boat has done, Don.

Darleen says

I love this. Its amaz­ing Wow! fabulous.

Anthony L. Gaudiana says

Accen­tu­ate the essence.
I’ve played with that in the photo shop,adjusting light focus, and sat­u­ra­tion et.al. to soften the para­me­ters of a phys­i­cal object that has more def­i­n­i­tion than it needs for the mes­sage of sub­stance that it emits.
Some­times too crit­i­cal a focus is a dis­tract­ing ele­ment that focus’ the ratio­nal mind­set to ego­tis­ti­cal ana­lyt­i­cal obser­va­tion mode that requires multi-tasking.
While soft­ness and color vibrate directly to the chakras and serve to induce sen­sory mem­o­ries of good expe­ri­ences.
The trans­fer of focus to sub­stance bypasses detail distraction.

Anthony L. Gaudiana says

Accen­tu­ate the essence.
I’ve played with that in the photo shop,adjusting light focus, and sat­u­ra­tion et.al. to soften the para­me­ters of a phys­i­cal object that has more def­i­n­i­tion than it needs for the mes­sage of sub­stance that it emits.
Some­times too crit­i­cal a focus is a dis­tract­ing ele­ment that focus’ the ratio­nal mind­set to ego­tis­ti­cal ana­lyt­i­cal obser­va­tion mode that requires multi-tasking.
While soft­ness and color vibrate directly to the chakras and serve to induce sen­sory mem­o­ries of good expe­ri­ences.
The trans­fer of focus to sub­stance by passes detail distraction.

Ryan says

That would of been cool if it were foggy, and some way you could tell their was a fog horn.

That color is con­gru­ent, the whole pic­ture is.

esther says

hav­ing been to howth har­bour both of your pic­tures res­onate with me and per­haps there are many more “pic­tures” inbe­tween these two still to be cap­tured I sup­pose it depends on our “eye” and our mood .thankyou for an inter­est­ing topic esther.

Gale says

I love that piece. I like the best of all the art you have posted in the past. This is my favorite.

Marsha says

I love the paint­ing! Where my mind is going, too, is how could you get the paint to adhere to actual pho­tographs & how can that be pre­sereved? I would hate to see it crumble!

Marian Anderson says

Hi Burt,

All I can say is WOW and I am a bit of a boat freak and have worked on them, pho­tographed them and painted them — but you beat me!?! Let us see more works, please.

MA

Racheal says

Hi Burt,
I must say that the paint­ing is won­der­fully done. My favorite part is the blend between sky and ocean. Hav­ing the ocean and sky com­prised of sim­i­lar col­ors helps the red boat to stand out boldly. I enjoyed it!

James Gichigi says

Thanks Its very inspir­ing and so real. carry on doing your good work. I expect you will get bet­ter and bet­ter as you folow your heart.
There is still hope for us who are aspir­ing for bet­ter expre­sion of our lives.
thanks again Bless you from the bot­tom of my heart.
jamesg

raven says

Hi Burt!

Great per­spec­tive, nicely mod­eled forms.….i would sug­gest more exper­i­men­ta­tion with color instead of the nar­rower palette of ice-cold and hot color.….How about greens, yel­lows, pur­ples, ochres, roses, orange…etc. They are always there, we just have to see them. Also the dock seems to rise and arch up rather then lie flat and move that way for­ward in space.

Very beau­ti­ful though!

robakyo says

I really like your brush­work. Another artist, paint­ing from a pho­to­graph, dis­cov­ered dur­ing a show­ing of the fin­ished paint­ing, that he had painted the model with an extra fin­ger.
I truly don’t want to say this, but with­out the reflec­tion of the boat in the water, the boat has no foun­da­tion. Were it to be float­ing in the air, we would see the keel. This boat is lopped off at the waterline.

Aloha,

Robakyo

Geoff says

Hi Burt,
“You are the dreamer and the dream man­i­fest­ing the physical.You have cer­tainly kept your child­like state of wonderment,joy, and what if’s.Never grow up for it sti­fles the magic.“Geoffrey.

Patricia A.C. Eppenbrock says

Good After­noon Mr. Gold­man,
Being a born Artist myself, I find that I am very crit­i­cal of not only my own work but also those of oth­ers. So, please par­don me for I must be truth­full. I have seen most of your work that you have shown in the past few months and to be hon­est haven’t really cared for most of them. Though most will dis­agree I’m cer­tain but I judge art by the capac­ity it has to touch my soul. So on to “HOWTH HARBOR”.….……I love it, It brings on a feel­ing of deep peace and draws me into the har­bor where I could almost smell the sea, roll gen­tly with the waves, Some­how becom­ing more aware of life around me.…“HOWTH HARBOR” is Hon­est, Real, uncom­pli­cated in it’s Beauty.….….Thank-You for shar­ing this paint­ing with me.….…Sincerely,
P.A.C.E.

Gennaro Romagnoli says

It’s very beat­i­ful

John says

Hi Burt
You’ve done a good job.Detail is good
I can smell the salt air and fish.

John

Maura says

love it! it just feels so real…you’ve lit­er­ally brought it to life

Ruth W. Duran says

Thanks Burt for shar­ing your lat­est reCre­ation! Goes to show us that we can bring to life our so called old cre­ations. Will check on some of my older cre­ations and see what life I can add to them.

Bless­ings,
Ruth

Mellie Miller says

What a won­der­ful idea! It’s beautiful.

maureen says

It’s beau­ti­ful Burt. Just another way of cre­at­ing a new ideal reality!

john Bilek says

I can almost feel the air in this picture.I love the tex­ture that you give the pier,and crisp­ness of the sky,and water!Fresh,yet weathered.

krissy says

won­der­ful!

Sean - Ireland says

Hi Burt liked the pic­ture, a small sug­ges­tion we in Ire­land spell Har­bor ‘Har­bour’ so ‘Howth Har­bour’ would make your paint­ing look even more authentic

Rama says

Interesting…I enjoyed the way you ini­tially turned into a pho­tog­ra­pher and this idea is unique too…

Maggie says

Hi Burt

I think the pic­ture is great so far but there is more to come? Per­haps if you made the sea a lit­tle darker with some reflec­tion it will be even more 3D. Just a thought.

Kenetic says

Inter­est­ing con­cept: paint­ing a pho­to­graph. I’m going to try it on a pic­ture from a mag­a­zine and see how that turns out.

Michelle says

Star­tling, Burt! Gor­geous! Like you reframed the experience!

Linda says

And they say there is noth­ing new to dis­cover, even in the arts .… well I think you have done it …who would ever of thought??? WOW … Keep up the great work … and here’s to “Q” Jump­ing!!!! The one word that runs through a great many of the com­ments is *amaz­ing* … it truly fits.… Thanks for shar­ing Burt …

Angela says

Nice job, Burt.

Connie says

I am a graphic designer, and I really like the tech­nique you applied. Very cool!

Charles says

I love the picture…looking for­ward a jump myself.

Sandra Chavinski says

that’s beau­ti­ful!
thank you for shar­ing with us.

shay zvia says

???? ??? ???? ??? ??????? ????? ?? ??????? ???
what we want we can change just need to work on it..lol

Ela says

Thank you Burt;) Really beau­ti­ful and touched my heart;)

miriam martinez says

hi Burt

the trans­for­ma­tion you did with that pic­ture is amaz­ing, almost like my when i put on my read­ing glasses and the print becomes so much clear.

mystiko

Isabelle says

You are such a huge inspi­ra­tion. These are stunning !

Linda says

this is awe inspir­ing, sit and look at it and dream of a sim­pler time.

Karin says

Hi Burt!

I love the “new” pic­ture … sim­ply amaz­ing!
Where did the Fish­er­men go?

Karin

Bonnie Bidatsch says

What a won­der­ful idea and a mar­velous piece of art. You are an amaz­ing tal­ent and cre­ative light. I wish I had your courage and vision.
Bonnie

Gregoy Clifton says

You do have a unique con­cept for your art­work, it turned out beat­i­fully. Would love to see more.

Emil-George says

Amaz­ing, Burt! More to come?

Jaleel says

I think it is a reminder of our lives as we try to man­i­fest things like Burt explains or in the movie the Secret. We often imag­ine what we want but for­get to “paint” the the entire pic­ture mean­ing our­selves, our chil­dren, fam­ily, our sur­round­ings, all the ele­ments of the senses, and what­ever else we need to make the man­i­fes­ta­tion more ener­gized with emotion/feeling to enhance or quicken its pre­sen­ta­tion to you. Pon­der these ideas and share what you take from at as I have, thanks Burt for the con­cept and idea which I hop to use even bet­ter now. Because now more than ten min­utes ago I know , like I know, like I know, I can do this… mean­ing change my life with intention,prayer, and receiv­ing of that which I choose to manifest.

Damien says

Great. Love the vibrant colours in the renewed ver­sion.
Sim­ple and unfussy.

Thomas says

Burt — I think it is fan­tas­tic! I would like to include it on your Inter­na­tional Gallery web­site. Oth­ers can now view and pur­chase your lim­ited edi­tion repro­duc­tions at http://www.ArtChannelGalleries.com/BurtsArt

Thomas Stokes
Direc­tor of Inter­na­tional Devel­op­ment
Art Chan­nel Gal­leries, Inc.
stokestw@gmail.com

yvie says

Burt
How amaz­ing, I have just been talk­ing to my friend in Dublin on line, and guess what she lives in Howth — in fact she runs the local post office there — I am going to show her this when she vis­its next week.
It’s a beau­ti­ful place — so peace­full.
Thank you for remind­ing me.
Yvie

Sheri says

It’s like the pic­ture became clearer. Just like in life. You think you know and under­stand some­thing very well, but as the years go by, you learn more and more, thus your view on life becomes more clear. Just like work­ing with your lessons. Each time I re-listen to the videos and drink in the infor­ma­tion, I have begun to re-paint my ideas about life and the part I play in it. For the past two years I have been re-inventing my Self, so to speak. Me thinks this But­ter­fly is about to soar! Thank you Burt!

KO says

I love it! Great tech­nique

Katalin says

Thank you Burt! Lovely pic­tures I like them. You did fan­tas­tic change on that pic­ture just with a few colour it is true to life. If is this 20 years old pic­ture can be change this won­der­full way every­thing what we want we can change just need to work on it. That is what I think­ing.
Thank you Burt again!
Love you

steve siverling says

Hmm inter­est­ing, per­son­ally I like using col­ored pen­cils then water­col­or­ing over it.

Allan Kenyon says

Burt, you are truly amaz­ing. Thanks for being you.

Pat Viro says

Burt,
It’s beautiful.I am always look­ing for dif­fer­ent crae­tive ideas and this is great. Thanks for sharing!

Kittie says

Love the touch-up-is that oil-acrylic?

stephanie mcpherson says

Much more beau­ti­ful and vibrant!

Bonnie says

Life. Enlight­ened

Ahmed says

Excel­lent. The new paint­ing looks more live.
Ahmed

Roberto says

The touched ver­sion light­ens up details that pass unno­ticed in the original.

Leila says

Dear Burt,

Thanks for shar­ing this. I like the orig­i­nal idea very much. It gives you the feel­ing of actu­ally being there. The touched up ver­sion though makes you feel like you can smell the salty air and hear the seagulls!

Jeri says

Love it!

Jan says

The orig­i­nal is the best!

Matt Howard says

I love what you did! Tak­ing an old mon­tage and renew­ing it — Fantastic!

I love the technique!

Jennifer Rodriguez says

Hi Burt,
I love what you did with it. It looks great! The before and after effect is astound­ing. Please keep show­ing us more of your great art­work.
JR

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