This blog is dedicated to the art and life of Vincent Farrell 1928-2008, he was my maestro , my inspiritor and my beloved father. My sister Dion and I hope to keep his memory alive and well here on our new blog by posting some of our favorite photos and anecdotes about our father and his work as an artist in Laguna Beach, California. We hope you all come to appreciate what a life of creating art by hand truly means when you visit this blog.
Upon occasion, I will post also about my personal artistic explorations in art and photography. My father taught me everything I know about light, composition and color saturation, he was as I have said before my teacher for all things artistic and I give him my sincere gratitude for the gift of creating art .
Peace and light,
Vanessa Forbes
Hi Vincent, Thanks you for dropping by my blog today and for following me. Thank you !
you are very welcome! This blog is dedicated to my father and his art work, Vincent Farrell. i love photography, you have created a beautiful monochrome!!!all the best,
vanessa forbes
Hello Vanessa,
Welcome you as a follower of my blog. Will come to see this blog more often. Lots of succes to you.
thank you so much and to you as well! i love the hand bags, did you make them yourself? and i also love paper mache’. yes i will be following you too!
Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comment;-)I hope you have a lot of success too! I am new to the blog world but i like it very much because there is so much art, creativity and many positive people, which makes for a happy place! Have a wonderful day!!
Vanessa, just wanted to thank you for liking my post “Music Memories: Funky Worm.” Your blog is a great tribute to your father. I will be checking it out.
Thank you so much for the complement regarding my blog and it makes me happy that you will stop by to check it out! the video was so moving to me that i did make a post of it on my blog too. i think in America we sometimes forget that in order to have a present and a future you must remember the past and that includes older folks. i just love that video so much…have a great weekend!!!
This is beautiful. You guys are beautiful.
ahhhh! thank you! my father painted all the pantings and now that he passed away we made this blog in memory of him. thank you for your kind words and for stopping by! we love having you here
all the best to you and you are a very beautiful girl too!!!take care,
vanessa
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Vanessa, How beautiful it is that you are doing this to preserve his memory and his work. His pieces are without a doubt some of the most stunning I have ever seen. His brush strokes stir my very soul. What an inspiring way to begin the day for me. Thank you for this. I will follow you and your sister from here. My very best to you and your family, Lorelei (aka incidentallearner)
Dearest Lorelei,
it would have pleased my father so much to have read your beautifully written and heart felt post! This blog was intended to keep the memory of the visual beauty, by way of my father’s art, that he so painstakingly created, alive for all people to enjoy. I hope you have a chance to stop by our little blog again!!kindest regards,
vanessa
Vanessa,
Oh, I am so happy to hear that…the conversations we could have had, had I had the pleasure and honour of meeting him! I most certainly will be coming back to see more of his work. Have a lovely evening Vanessa and all the best to you and yours, Lorelei
Hi Vanessa, thanks for popping by and liking my blog post. I am going to forward your blog to my sister as she studied art years ago and always enjoys discovering artists who aren’t as much in the public eye as most.
Nadia
Thank you so much Nadia! hope you can stop by my blog more often! have a wonderful day
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a lovely sentiment
Thank you for taking the time to stop by! i hope to see you again soon
have a beautiful day!!
i appreciate your kind words, please stop by any time
Hi Vanessa – thanks for stopping by the blog and liking Reese’s outfit today.
Love your memorial and the artwork you’ve posted here!
thank you so much and i hope you have time to stop by again!
Thank-you for visiting. Glad you liked “Miss Mousie.” What a great idea about posting about your father!
i really miss him now that he is gone and he never had anything published on the internet because he hated computers! i just felt by making a blog about my dad and his art it would be a way to keep his art alive. the painting is really good and i am a cat person too. really captured the moment with this one!!;-)
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oh i will!!!have a great day!;-)
Thanks for hitting like button on my article “Deorai” posted on Anuvina. But I am surprised that how you got to read devnagari script and understand it?
Thank you for stopping by our new blog 1nfogen. I love the use of vibrant colors your dad used in all of his works. Good job here.
If there is one reason why one should put up a blog, yours is IT. Good job.
What a wonderful and generous complement, thank you so much. please stop by again!
Thanks for stopping by.
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Thank you so much! and for you too!:-)
Thank you for liking one of my flower photos. Nice to meet a “local” blog.
so glad you were able to stop by and visit! i love photography and am a photographer myself. this blog will always support local artists of all kinds so i hope you have time to stop by again.
peace,
vanessa
Hi,
Thanks for Liking my post, “Can Jazz Trios play ‘other’ styles of music?” – I appreciate it!
I love your Father’s style and use of colors – wow! I look forward to seeing more of his work. I am local to Laguna Beach/Orange County and his paintings of the coast are wonderful – it reminds me I’m overdo for lunch on the patio down at Laguna Hotel!
I think it’s really neat that you two are keeping your Father alive through sharing his art with all of us…very cool.
Thanks again,
Robin (Essence Entertainment)
Thanks Vincent for stopping by and the following!
no, thank you for stopping by my blog too! its good to make new friends!!!:-)
Your welcome
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Thank you so much! truly lovely!!!
I am loving the artwork here, and what a beautiful tribute to your father.
Very kind of you to stop by and post, it really means so much. On November 2, it will be 4 years since my father has passed away. this blog is a way to keep his work and passion for art alive ,for my sister Dion and I and hopefully for others too. So please stay in touch!
kind regards,
vanessa
Thank you for creating this blog. My husband and I met your father in early ’05 at his cottage. We have 4 still lifes he painted early in his career and desired his appraisal of them. He was such an interesting and vibrant person. Learned from Vincent that our paintings are a part of his life history. He was very sick while in Mexico and our paintings came from that time. We were given a tour of the cottage, viewing his work and he’d point out the pots he used in our paintings! It was a wonderful afternoon and this blog does his memory justice.
So sorry for your loss. He spoke lovingly of you and your sister.
What a wonderful story and thank you for taking the time to make this post! yes its true my father loved being a productive artist. He studied ever facet of his art, it was his passion and the essence of who he was , who he is still in the ever after, a creator of beautiful works. please keep in touch we love to hear from our father’s patrons. would love to see some photos of your paintings . Dion and I send our warmest greetings for you and your family in 2013!
kindest regards,
vanessa
What a beautiful way to honour your father’s memory!
Wow how beautiful, amazing paintings. I just dropped by to thank you for liking our post..in return I got to see those beautiful artworks!
So great you had a chance to see my father’s art work. hope you have a chance to pass by again!