{"id":27,"date":"2008-04-17T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2010-09-09T08:22:26","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T15:22:26","slug":"he-sure-can-play-that-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/he-sure-can-play-that-guitar","title":{"rendered":"He sure can play that guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_2o0Fqb5jAfU\/SAd338rrkaI\/AAAAAAAAAQM\/a4IbCIEtCyU\/s1600-h\/hecanplay600.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_2o0Fqb5jAfU\/SAd338rrkaI\/AAAAAAAAAQM\/a4IbCIEtCyU\/s400\/hecanplay600.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190248898633634210\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was entranced by 1935 photo of a young man playing his guitar. I thought it would be fun to paint him. I tried it once and was very unhappy with how it came out. So I waited until after I attended a wonderful watercolor workshop by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tednuttall.com\/\">Ted Nuttall<\/a> and tried again. This time, it came out the way I like. He&#8217;s playing a G chord. In my life music has always been a big element. This painting is an attempt to express those feelings.<br \/>This painting is still for sale and I have a print of it for sale as well.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_2o0Fqb5jAfU\/SA9CaE1tkYI\/AAAAAAAAASA\/Oxn4D2Qe0T4\/s1600-h\/redhot600.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_2o0Fqb5jAfU\/SA9CaE1tkYI\/AAAAAAAAASA\/Oxn4D2Qe0T4\/s400\/redhot600.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192441911124529538\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second of this series, I called the Red Hots, I wish I knew their real name. It&#8217;s from a 1938 photo taken by Russell Lee for the Farm Administration. Apparently, the photo was taken in the town where Tabasco hot sauce was made. 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