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Kevin

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Jun 4, 2002, 3:12:13 PM6/4/02
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Hi Guys,
Just want to tell you about James H F Thomson. He is a Scottish Artist and
just happens to be the best I have ever seen.
James' work is multifarious and intricate. The minute detail in his oil
paintings have hidden stories of a nether world all of their own. Concealed
within the flora and fauna, you will find a painting within a painting.
These images bear the need for close examination, look for small groupings
of fairies taking flight, or exchanging a tender kiss. So ethereal and
delicate are these figures, it makes you wish you could be a fairy, too!

Thomson doesn't fit the mould of the Art Community, probably because they
cannot categorise him. But someone of this very individual talent defies
classification. Perhaps a few years from now, "other" artists will be
identified as "Thomson-esque" in their style.
James lives in South Queensferry, Edinburgh.

His online Gallery is at www.jameshfthomson.com

I agreed to do this web site for free for him as he is a technophobic as
well as skint (like most artists).

anyway feel free to browse his gallery. I would welcome some feed back as to
what you think of his paintings.

Cheers

Kevin

Tom Bishop

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Jun 4, 2002, 3:23:59 PM6/4/02
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Complete with popup.

And there is no poetry, simply art,
and blatantly in-your-face commercial about it.

"Make me an Offer" ..is /the/ marketing message.


--
Tom Bishop
The only place success comes before work
is in the dictionary. -Donald Kendall


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Zinc

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Jun 4, 2002, 4:03:48 PM6/4/02
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"Kevin" <kevi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
> Just want to tell you about James H F Thomson. He is a Scottish Artist and
> just happens to be the best I have ever seen.
> James' work is multifarious and intricate. The minute detail in his oil
> paintings have hidden stories of a nether world all of their own. Concealed
> within the flora and fauna, you will find a painting within a painting.
> These images bear the need for close examination, look for small groupings
> of fairies taking flight, or exchanging a tender kiss. So ethereal and
> delicate are these figures, it makes you wish you could be a fairy, too!
>
> Thomson doesn't fit the mould of the Art Community, probably because they
> cannot categorise him. But someone of this very individual talent defies
> classification.

How about Twee-Froud?

Art McNutt

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Jun 5, 2002, 12:30:06 AM6/5/02
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Oh man. I thought they were talking about me.

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Art

Lonewolf

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Jun 5, 2002, 5:03:34 AM6/5/02
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>
> Oh man. I thought they were talking about me.

LOL!

I thought he was talking about some martial artist from Scotland ...
LOL!


Tom Bishop

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Jun 9, 2002, 10:11:04 AM6/9/02
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin" <kevi...@hotmail.com>
To: "Tom Bishop" <t...@truly.nu>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: Scottish Artist

> The pop up keeps the web site free shit head

Who cares, "shit head". Isn't my problem. A visitor still has to
endure your popups, and my post was a warning to that effect.
(now if you don't like it you can call me a "shit head".. ;-)

> and if you look at Tam Lin or
> Thomas the Rymer pictures they are poetry in pictures.

If you say so.. I wouldn't but...

The paintings are nice if you like the busy-kind-of-thing
with a (mainly) green motif that would clash with almost any decor.

> Each painting is a is
> the artists impression of the origonal poem, read the main page dick head.

You must refer to this:
===
For over 30 years he has been inspired by the legend of
True Thomas the Rhymer, the Queen of Elfland's lover.
===
But there ain't no poetry "dick head".. and no poem by poem correlation
to poetry. The words poetry or poem do not appear anywhere on the website.

Your posting (and the website) is simply a blatant advertising program
to sell the oils and prints, (rather crass really) and has so little to do
with poetry, other than the name of the painting in a few cases (I guess).

Don't think this group has a /non-commercial/ charter, but it is for poetry
commenting, and not art sales (my understanding).

Here is the FAQ:
http://www.aapcsite.plus.com/faq.html
..which contains:
=====
31. WHAT IS CONSIDERED "OFF-TOPIC"?
Poets by their nature seem to enjoy tangents. You'll see a lot of threads beginning with a poem and going off in a sometimes
bizarre, completely unrelated direction. By and large, keep your original posts (not part of an existing thread) limited to your own
poetry, or questions about poetry.
======

> www.jameshfthomson.com
> Many thanks

You are most welcome!

BTW: wish you would make up your mind,
am I a shit head or a dick head?
...inquiring assholes want to know.

> Kevin :)

--
Tom Bishop --------------------
"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians,
one must conclude that God created most men
simply with a view to crowding hell." -Marquis de Sade


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Bishop" <t...@truly.nu>
> Newsgroups: alt.artcom,alt.arts,alt.arts.bujinkan,alt.arts.poetry.comments
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Scottish Artist
>
>
> > Complete with popup.
> >
> > And there is no poetry, simply art,
> > and blatantly in-your-face commercial about it.
> >
> > "Make me an Offer" ..is /the/ marketing message.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tom Bishop
> > The only place success comes before work
> > is in the dictionary. -Donald Kendall
> >
> >

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Kevin

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Jun 10, 2002, 8:11:49 AM6/10/02
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This guy needs to get a life..............what we have here is a virgin nerd
who needs a good woman to sort him out so he will leave other people to get
on with there life.
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Tom Bishop

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Jun 10, 2002, 8:38:34 AM6/10/02
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Dear Kevin,

I have a different opinion.

I think this is a poetry commenting group (see the name?),
which would like to get on with poetry, except there are
numerous intrusions from nerds like you who insist on
posting off-topic.

When informed of your error, you reply calling the messenger
a shit head, or dick head (either of which may apply but not
for the reasons you have a clue about.)

Your assertion that your "Make an Offer" paintings are
themselves poetry is ludicrous.

The poetic nature of most poems posted here is frequently
drawn into question, but your blatant commercialism has
nothing to do with poetry, nor do the paintings you are hawking.

As far as my need for a woman, well no actually..
I don't seem to have a problem there currently.
Other problems yes, but no problem with women.

But thanks for the concern!

--
Tom Bishop ---------------
"Drink more de-cafe!"
- anonymous friend

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