My niece was watching a Minnesota Vikings verses the Dallas Cowboys Thursday night football game on NBC the other night. After a after a commercial, one of the paintings I did for the Minnesota Vikings, US Bank Stadium "The Purple People Eaters" flashed on the screen. I am not
sure in what context they showed my painting. or what kind of reference they made about it. She had a chance to photograph the television set with the painting featured on the screen and then posted the image on her Facebook account.
It is always a surprise to me when I am watching either a movie or television show and, all of a sudden, out of nowhere one of my paintings shows up on the screen. Generally I am supposed to be informed and sign a release for the use the image with the purchase of a painting. Then I am not informed. I have had images pop up a couple of times when something crops up completely out of context to the painting.
The oddest experience was when I was watching a horror - scary movie and in one of the opening scenes one of my paintings is in the background. I am not sure which movie but it was from the movie series. Paranormal Phenomenon I think it was called Paranormal Activity 2.
What is so odd about the painting is that it's of a guy who was walking past my studio with a parrot on his shoulder. I asked if I could photograph him with the parrot and took a few shots One of the photos was of him holding the parrot on his hand. I had sold the painting to an interior decorator/designer for a client. I totally forgot that I had done the painting then a couple of years later it appears in the movie.
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"Then summer fades and passes and October comes. We'll smell smoke then, and feel an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure."
Het herfstgevoel komt dichterbij, er zweven blaadjes door de lucht, de wind neemt toe en spinnen komen binnen in huis. De ochtenden zijn koel, de namiddagen kunnen nog warm zijn en het is tijd om afscheid te nemen van de zomer. Een goede reden om een weggevertje te hebben. Deze originele geschilderde heldergekleurde vlinder kan van jou zijn!