Len K.
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I finally finished painting The Last Meeting. It took me all winter.
THE LAST MEETING
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MoboSchreuder
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one word : beautiful work and painting
mobo
mobo
Tecumsea
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I agree with Mobo, this is quite a large scale and not easy to carry it off.
Keith
Keith
megroot
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Stunning work.
Marc
Marc
Jeff T
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Excellent work Len!
Cheer's,
Jeff.
Cheer's,
Jeff.
Mariobusta
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That’s nice , I like the grey horse
Neil
Neil
Blind Pew
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Superb painting there mate.
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Warren SMITH
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fantastic
Smithy
Smithy
Viking Bob
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Absolutely stunning work.
santi fernandez
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Nice paint...great scene.
John Bowery
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Outstanding and well worth the long winter
Cheers
John
Cheers
John
DioramaArt
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Lovely work, really like the composition and the dappled grey General Lee is riding is exquisite. Also like the outer coat of Jackson, works really well contrasting with his tunic.
Hi Len
I love it the dapple in particular ..amazing finish
Such a iconic scene as well
Time well spent ...who makes the figures ?
Thanks for sharing
Nap
PS Why not put something into FOTM as well ?
I love it the dapple in particular ..amazing finish
Such a iconic scene as well
Time well spent ...who makes the figures ?
Thanks for sharing
Nap
PS Why not put something into FOTM as well ?
Nap
Len may correct me but I believe this is a Ron Tunison bronze. They are LARGE (over 30cms high).
He did a range of subjects, mostly if not all american history.They cropped up quite often in miniature magazines in the 80's and were very expensive.
Bill
Len may correct me but I believe this is a Ron Tunison bronze. They are LARGE (over 30cms high).
He did a range of subjects, mostly if not all american history.They cropped up quite often in miniature magazines in the 80's and were very expensive.
Bill
Len K.
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Hi Bill,
This is indeed a Ron Tunison work and one of my favorites. It is a cold cast bronze approximately 200 mm+ scale. I posted this as a work in progress a few months ago with more detailed information. I have painted several Tunison pieces many of which I have posted on the forum. Tunison pieces are exquisite from the sculpting, composition, and presentation. The detail is incredible and the likenesses are spot on. All I do is apply the paint (artist's oils over enamel). This piece is one of my favorites and I spent a lot of time on research especially on Lee's uniform, which I think came out very accurate for the way he would have looked in late spring 1863. I used photos of Jackson's actual rubber raincoat as a painting reference. He was wearing it the night he was shot by his own troops and is on display at VMI. A manaquin of Jackson's horse, Little Sorrel, mounted with the horses actual hide is also on display at VMI. Sorrel appears to be much lighter in the photos than my horse came out, but I'm happy with the result. There are a number of photos of Lee's horse Traveller, but none clear enough to have a lot of detail. Lee described him as "A beautiful Confederate gray." I found a number of references where witnesses described Traveller as a dapple gray. So my rendition of Traveller is the result of blurry photos and and eye witness descriptions. Thanks everyone for the great feedback!
This is indeed a Ron Tunison work and one of my favorites. It is a cold cast bronze approximately 200 mm+ scale. I posted this as a work in progress a few months ago with more detailed information. I have painted several Tunison pieces many of which I have posted on the forum. Tunison pieces are exquisite from the sculpting, composition, and presentation. The detail is incredible and the likenesses are spot on. All I do is apply the paint (artist's oils over enamel). This piece is one of my favorites and I spent a lot of time on research especially on Lee's uniform, which I think came out very accurate for the way he would have looked in late spring 1863. I used photos of Jackson's actual rubber raincoat as a painting reference. He was wearing it the night he was shot by his own troops and is on display at VMI. A manaquin of Jackson's horse, Little Sorrel, mounted with the horses actual hide is also on display at VMI. Sorrel appears to be much lighter in the photos than my horse came out, but I'm happy with the result. There are a number of photos of Lee's horse Traveller, but none clear enough to have a lot of detail. Lee described him as "A beautiful Confederate gray." I found a number of references where witnesses described Traveller as a dapple gray. So my rendition of Traveller is the result of blurry photos and and eye witness descriptions. Thanks everyone for the great feedback!
