Metal and Hopper
So I just watched Anvil: The Story of Anvil, and one of the things that really struck me in the film was a scene where they showed a bunch of paintings that the drummer, Robb Reiner, did. It sounds like he's a pretty good drummer (I confess I don't know any of Anvil's music) but he's also a fantastic painter, in my opinion. The film showed a lot of street scene/building paintings, and I was thinking they reminded me of Edward Hopper's work (my most favorite painter) and then Reiner said that he's a big fan of Edward Hopper! And he said something about liking buildings and paintings of buildings, just like me!
So I just went online to find a way to track down the band and maybe see if any of Reiner's paintings were for sale somewhere, and I didn't find much, so I figured, well, facebook. I went to Reiner's facebook page and I didn't add him as a friend, but I did send him a message to tell him how much I enjoyed seeing his work and that I'm also an Edward Hopper fan. I said I don't know if he'll personally get the message or if he has people who do his facebook page for him, but I hope he gets the message eventually.
I would totally buy one of his paintings but I bet they are out of my price range.
ETA: Wow, Reiner totally wrote right back to me over in facebookland! How cool is that!
So I just went online to find a way to track down the band and maybe see if any of Reiner's paintings were for sale somewhere, and I didn't find much, so I figured, well, facebook. I went to Reiner's facebook page and I didn't add him as a friend, but I did send him a message to tell him how much I enjoyed seeing his work and that I'm also an Edward Hopper fan. I said I don't know if he'll personally get the message or if he has people who do his facebook page for him, but I hope he gets the message eventually.
I would totally buy one of his paintings but I bet they are out of my price range.
ETA: Wow, Reiner totally wrote right back to me over in facebookland! How cool is that!