What I’ve been doing since I quit golf - more added

[TheDeanAbides]

Some of you might know that I had to hang up the clubs last year after trying desperately to find a way to keep playing through chronic illness. 
 

I managed to find peace with it, partly be remaining active here, but also by reigniting my love for art. 
 

I’ve been expressing myself through abstract art, which you’re welcome to take a look at, if that’s your bag. 

Edited July 4, 2022 by TheDeanAbides

[Buzzzy]

Beautiful art man, keep going. 🏆🏆

[kwcsports]

Very nice

[TheDeanAbides]

3 hours ago, Buzzzy said:

Beautiful art man, keep going. 🏆🏆

Thanks man. 👍🏻

[TheDeanAbides]

3 hours ago, kwcsports said:

Very nice

Cheers! 

[NCLancer]

I have no idea what I'm looking at but it looks spectacular! 😉 Hopefully your new passion works out well for you!  Great job! 

[touch]

Number 4 is my favorite. The colors you selected for it are fabulous. I'm naming it reaching out. I spy a surfboard in number 6. Nice to hear you've reignited your artistic side sir. 

 

 

 

Edited June 21, 2022 by touch

[jordan2240]

Far better than stuff I saw in 'Tate Modern' in London recently.  Keep it up.  My golf game is rather abstract, so I'll just have to stick to that.

[TheDeanAbides]

6 hours ago, NCLancer said:

I have no idea what I'm looking at but it looks spectacular! 😉 Hopefully your new passion works out well for you!  Great job! 

Thanks dude! 

[TheDeanAbides]

5 hours ago, touch said:

Number 4 is my favorite. The colors you selected for it are fabulous. I'm naming it reaching out. I spy a surfboard in number 6. Nice to hear you've reignited your artistic side sir. 

 

 

 

Cheers man. #4 is called What is the Emptiness? but I like your title too. 👍🏻

[TheDeanAbides]

4 hours ago, jordan2240 said:

Far better than stuff I saw in 'Tate Modern' in London recently.  Keep it up.  My golf game is rather abstract, so I'll just have to stick to that.

I hear ya re golf. 😆

[bscinstnct]

This is great!

 

We’ve been hitting some galleries is Chelsea here in NY and I certainly think these could hang (so to speak ; )

 

The first 2 I really enjoy. Evocative and the composition is complex and so meaningful.

 

Fantastic !

[TheDeanAbides]

3 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

This is great!

 

We’ve been hitting some galleries is Chelsea here in NY and I certainly think these could hang (so to speak ; )

 

The first 2 I really enjoy. Evocative and the composition is complex and so meaningful.

 

Fantastic !

Thank you, I really appreciate that. 

[TheDeanAbides]

 

 

Here’s a closeup of some of the texture. 

[braincramp52]

On 6/29/2022 at 1:38 AM, TheDeanAbides said:

 

 

Here’s a closeup of some of the texture. 

I really like that! Great Work!

[TheDeanAbides]

22 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

I really like that! Great Work!

Thanks dude. Just about to add my latest, which I’m really loving. 

[TheDeanAbides]

This one is called Reaction/Dissolution, but I nearly named it after the Lost numbers because it looks so much like a pair of islands. 
 

Main image and then details below.
 

 

 

 

[touch]

Thanks for sharing some more.

Happy 4th of July. 

 

In your red painting I saw a concentration of cerebral veins and it had an overall devil's hot red vibe to it. Maybe scary? 

 

I see a jellyfish in the Reaction/D painting. I'm loving the color choices featured in your latest work. The purple and blue hues with some white frosting are mighty pleasing together for me, but I must say I preferred your first batch of paintings especially these two gems best. 

 Different shaped items on a table under a window, and my favorite Mr and Mrs black body white headed rodent reach out together. That's what this gallery goer saw. 

I like to take a smidgeon of wine and weed when I view visual art if you couldn't already tell. 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 5, 2022 by touch

[TheDeanAbides]

6 hours ago, touch said:

Thanks for sharing some more.

Happy 4th of July. 

 

In your red painting I saw a concentration of cerebral veins and it had an overall devil's hot red vibe to it. Maybe scary? 

 

I see a jellyfish in the Reaction/D painting. I'm loving the color choices featured in your latest work. The purple and blue hues with some white frosting are mighty pleasing together for me, but I must say I preferred your first batch of paintings especially these two gems best. 

 Different shaped items on a table under a window, and my favorite Mr and Mrs black body white headed rodent reach out together. That's what this gallery goer saw. 

I like to take a smidgeon of wine and weed when I view visual art if you couldn't already tell. 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A very happy 4th to you too, although I’m across the pond, so it’s not a holiday we celebrate.

 

Fair enough re your favourites - art is very personal -, and thank you for commenting, dude! I hear that all forms of art are enhanced by that combo. 😎

[TiScape]

On 6/22/2022 at 7:09 PM, bscinstnct said:

This is great!

 

We’ve been hitting some galleries is Chelsea here in NY and I certainly think these could hang (so to speak ; )

 

The first 2 I really enjoy. Evocative and the composition is complex and so meaningful.

 

Fantastic !

Do people buy this 💩 at the galleries you hittin’ in Chelsea?! 🤣

 

Sorry, had to mess w/ya bsc! 😜

[TiScape]

7 hours ago, touch said:

Thanks for sharing some more.

Happy 4th of July. 

 

In your red painting I saw a concentration of cerebral veins and it had an overall devil's hot red vibe to it. Maybe scary? 

 

I see a jellyfish in the Reaction/D painting. I'm loving the color choices featured in your latest work. The purple and blue hues with some white frosting are mighty pleasing together for me, but I must say I preferred your first batch of paintings especially these two gems best. 

 Different shaped items on a table under a window, and my favorite Mr and Mrs black body white headed rodent reach out together. That's what this gallery goer saw. 

I like to take a smidgeon of wine and weed when I view visual art if you couldn't already tell. 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you got into the good stuff today touch! Haha

Seriously though. The art is amazing. Respect @TheDeanAbides

[TheDeanAbides]

58 minutes ago, TiScape said:

See you got into the good stuff today touch! Haha

Seriously though. The art is amazing. Respect @TheDeanAbides

Thanks man, appreciate it. 

[Hawkeye77]

Serious talent!

[TheDeanAbides]

19 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Serious talent!

Thanks man. Makes up for the lack of it with a 3 iron. 😆

[jordan2240]

You should try painting with golf clubs.  There are always suckers out there for any novelty art, and you'd still get your golf fix.  Maybe you could dip some golf balls in paint and putt them across a canvas, or maybe even chip them into one.  But I'd suggest wearing old clothes and hanging lots of plastic.

[TheDeanAbides]

3 hours ago, jordan2240 said:

You should try painting with golf clubs.  There are always suckers out there for any novelty art, and you'd still get your golf fix.  Maybe you could dip some golf balls in paint and putt them across a canvas, or maybe even chip them into one.  But I'd suggest wearing old clothes and hanging lots of plastic.

Ha! That sounds like it could be fun - mess is a given with this stuff anyway. 
 

I’m not making it to sell - I just do it for me and give them to friends. 

[TheDeanAbides]

Latest piece with some detail shots added. 

 

 

 

[jordan2240]

5 hours ago, TheDeanAbides said:

I’m not making it to sell - I just do it for me and give them to friends. 

I assumed as much, but you wouldn't be the first person to make some nice coin on something you never intended to sell.  

[TheDeanAbides]

3 hours ago, jordan2240 said:

I assumed as much, but you wouldn't be the first person to make some nice coin on something you never intended to sell.  

I tried it - it’s full time marketing job, and the reason I quit golf is because my health is in the toilet. Maybe one day down the line.

[jordan2240]

3 hours ago, TheDeanAbides said:

I tried it - it’s full time marketing job, and the reason I quit golf is because my health is in the toilet. Maybe one day down the line.

Art is so subjective, it's gotta be tough to market. I wouldn't want to do it either.