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Does Rachel have real talent or is her dad just biased

Real talent
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84%
Average talent - enhanced by a proud dad
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10%
She should stick to her day job
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3%
WGAS
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Was I being objective or was I biased because I'm a dad?

#1 Post by frogman042 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:57 am

You decide.

If you saw my Millionaire episode - especially day 2 - you would have noticed that we talked about the tie I was wearing. I mentioned that it was made by my daughter Rachel (aka Tzippy in our home) when she was just five years old and 15 years later she is quite the talented artist.

So here are just a few of her works of art for you to judge.

For fun I decided to make it a poll. Feel free to add you comments.

---Jay

Here is a color pencil drawing she did of herself in the style of Frieda Khalo:
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Here is the painting that I mentioned on Millionaire that she did of Sophie:
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Here is a painting she did of some young solders:
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(edited to fix typo in the subject line)
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#2 Post by AnnoyingParkAttraction » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:01 am

Wow. The end.
It's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all...

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#3 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:02 am

Definitely real talent.

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#4 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:13 am

AnnoyingParkAttraction wrote:Wow. The end.
What the animatronic merry man said--wow!

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#5 Post by AnnieCamaro » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:17 am

I lovelovelove that portrait of Miss Sophie. I clicked the big picture so that I could look at it better for a long time.

Does Miss Rachel ever paint dogs?

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#6 Post by Evil Squirrel » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:17 am

I am envious! She's the bomb!
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#7 Post by ne1410s » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:32 am

VERY impressive!!
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#8 Post by tanstaafl2 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:24 pm

Certainly looks like serious talent to me! The art biz seems like it can be a tough one so I wish her luck and success in it if that is what she would like to do as a career.
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#9 Post by peacock2121 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:55 pm

She is very talented.

May she find a way to have the world appreciate her talent!

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#10 Post by danielh41 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:06 pm

Well, if you saw my appearance on WWTBAM, you'll know that I see a lot of artists and artwork (of me). I would say that she has quite a bit of talent. Is she pursuing a degree in art?

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#11 Post by kayrharris » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:03 pm

She's very good. I wish her much success.
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#12 Post by frogman042 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:22 pm

danielh41 wrote:Well, if you saw my appearance on WWTBAM, you'll know that I see a lot of artists and artwork (of me). I would say that she has quite a bit of talent. Is she pursuing a degree in art?
Right now she is just doing it for fun. She took a drawing course but hasn't taken any painting courses. My wife paints reasonably well, so Rachel a few years back decided to try her hand in it also. Basically, she has just been painting in her spare time when the mood strikes her.

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#13 Post by Hotseat Or Bust! » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:24 pm

Real talent for sure!

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#14 Post by frogman042 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:27 pm

danielh41 wrote:Well, if you saw my appearance on WWTBAM, you'll know that I see a lot of artists and artwork (of me). I would say that she has quite a bit of talent. Is she pursuing a degree in art?
BTW, I couldn't find your appearance on eSnips - is it available anywhere else or a transcript I can read?

Thanks,

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#15 Post by Beebs52 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:15 pm

She really catches the eyes. That's very difficult. Plus the composition and the lights and darks, and pretty much she needs to continue this on a regular basis. Tell her never to let it go by the wayside as life gets in the way.
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#16 Post by danielh41 » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:23 pm

frogman042 wrote:
danielh41 wrote:Well, if you saw my appearance on WWTBAM, you'll know that I see a lot of artists and artwork (of me). I would say that she has quite a bit of talent. Is she pursuing a degree in art?
BTW, I couldn't find your appearance on eSnips - is it available anywhere else or a transcript I can read?

Thanks,

---Jay
There is a very brief clip on my MySpace page: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... ID=8249328

The clip doesn't get to any questions, but I think there may be a transcript of my questions somewhere in the GC databases...

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#17 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:39 pm

Real talent!

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