A SMALL THOUGH FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT NEW ANNOUNCEMENT FROM...
THE HUMBLE DUDE...
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Well
folks, I supposed it had to happen someday. As happy and upbeat as I
try to be in these personal writings to all you Dude fans, there may
on occasion be some news that may even depress the humble and usually
optimistic Steve Rude himself.
I wish it was something
as relatively paltry as the new “blowhard” destroying some of my
irreplaceable art books, or say, the Sillies fighting over what show
they’re going to watch, complaining about eating something that’s
healthy “but doesn’t taste good” for dinner, or saying things to
deliberately hurt each others feelings—and denying they’re doing it. Or
even something as mundane as the poor Mrs. Dude getting frustrated
over still having a disorganized, messy office after 8 years. No
friends, this one is a little more..
.personal.
THE NEWS..!
After
spending 4 years and thousands of dollars in pursuit of getting into
the nations various art galleries, acceptance into certain juried art
shows, some brief mention in the pages of
American Artist, or a
smidgeon of real acknowledgment from the strange and insolated world
of Fine Art, I’m now basically and politely telling these people—to go
screw themselves.
SAY IT AINT SO, JOE..
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Sad
but true. I’ve read all the magazines, know all the top players, and
have come to at least one apparent conclusion regarding the actual
artists themselves: I have never heard more useless and fanciful
gibberish than from those who toil in the fine art world.
Their
deliberate and endless use of “art speak” accompanies their every
lecture like an academic banana peel, as they slide endlessly around the
point, not once having the common sense (or courage) to simply say it
in straight English. Where one direct sentence will do, they use 50.
They cling to words like
“transcendence”, “juxtapose”,
or “verisimilitude”, as though their scholarly credibility might crash
without them. Pity the students of these so-called teachers,
wondering if they’ll ever hear a single word of useable advice for
which they’ve paid so much to finally learn.
But, is
all truly lost, you may ask? Will they continue to bar the work of the
humble Dude from their often incoherent and oddly exclusive ranks?
THE HUMBLE DUDE’S NEW PLAN OF ATTACK-ACK-AK...
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Fear
not, intrepid believers of all things worth attaining...for the hopes
of some success in the fine art world is not completely lost on me.
Besides, I’ve actually got a
much greater plan in the works, as
I strive the bring the funtastic art of the Dude to the greater
masses. It’s something that the psychology world calls...passive
resistance.
Instead of spending time, money, and
groundless optimism in hopes of helping the hoity-toity fine-art types
see the light...I’m simply going to engage in the time-honored practice
of doing nothing at all! Hey, that shouldn’t be hard.
Basically,
I’ll just keep doing what I always do; painting from the models and
doing some still lifes, but without the expectations and the forking out
of the thousands of clams in attempts to get
noticed. And remember what I said about DC calling me about
the
Dollar Bill job that came out in January? “If they want you, they’ll
call you.” It applies to pretty much everyone.
But, enough bla-bla-ing. Hopefully we’re all excited to see what’s coming up from the brush and palette of the Dude.
It might even surprise both of us.
The Dude
