tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post2096027263570031234..comments2024-03-28T12:12:53.989-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Denver Gillen: Realizing a Dreamleifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-28968548609011755632019-08-02T02:54:50.652-04:002019-08-02T02:54:50.652-04:00We have a wonderful ink drawing with blue wash ill...We have a wonderful ink drawing with blue wash illustration dated 9/50 signed by Denver Gillen. It was given to us by an advertising executive and looks to be artwork for a printer. The illustration is so well done and looks like it would possibly have supported a book or magazine crime story. I’d be interested to know what the piece was used for. Jackshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150987642165635264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-69294605399311037302008-06-12T19:58:00.000-04:002008-06-12T19:58:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous;I have forwarded your comment to Je...Dear Anonymous;<BR/><BR/>I have forwarded your comment to Jenifer - and she remembers your family as well, and very fondly! If you'd like to reconnect with her, please send an email to me privately:<BR/><BR/>leifpeng@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>and I will forward your contact info to Jen.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-8376294642258748072008-06-12T01:03:00.000-04:002008-06-12T01:03:00.000-04:00I am over a year late at coming across the news of...I am over a year late at coming across the news of an exhibit of the work of Denver Gillen. Reading the words written by his daughter brings back my life in Taxco,Mexico, and the warm friendship of my family with his.<BR/>I would love to reconnect sometime.<BR/>I am fortunate to own three of his pieces, inherited from my father Sully Sullivan, of the Hacienda del Chorrillo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-10073872731916298512007-12-11T23:53:00.000-05:002007-12-11T23:53:00.000-05:00Gillen's hunting compositions are amazingly kineti...Gillen's hunting compositions are amazingly kinetic. As you look at each painting you can't help but play out the next few seconds of action in your mind's eye. And what an eye-popping palette. Gillen also works a lot of texture and line into his work without overrendering. What a touch!Jack Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003755708951409832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-79623260926148019722007-12-07T13:35:00.000-05:002007-12-07T13:35:00.000-05:00I really can't add much to the comments already ex...I really can't add much to the comments already expressed. Reading his daughter's recollections, not only gives far more meaning to his excellent illustrations and paintings, but I was touched by her love, admiration and respect conveyed towards her "Pop". It's a shame he died relatively young. His illustrations and paintings were of the highest quality, and that kind of talent is rare... especially today.<BR/><BR/>TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237565169344311948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-8659494514420215642007-12-07T12:20:00.000-05:002007-12-07T12:20:00.000-05:00Just like the previous comment: great work: nice b...Just like the previous comment: great work: nice balance between the graphic lines and the painterly finesse!René Milothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752456838075819592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-51084698591484737602007-12-07T11:44:00.000-05:002007-12-07T11:44:00.000-05:00Beautiful work. Wonderful combination of draftsman...Beautiful work. Wonderful combination of draftsmanship, and a painterly style. <BR/>Thanks to his family for sharing this treasure.<BR/>Bruce HettemaBruce Hettemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11528651482236878527noreply@blogger.com