To: Quincy who wrote (21183 ) 7/15/2002 3:59:05 PM From: 49thMIMOMander Respond to of 34857 Probably, at least from the free market econmy of neighboring St Petersburg, maybe even Estonia. (maybe he will adopt the media size of MMS??) Disney did their thing on copywrongs some years ago, don\t know how if there was any licensing agreement --- Kaj Stenvall´s Duck - alive and well in a melancholic setting The name of Kaj Stenvall rose to fame in the world of Finnish art about ten years ago when he began to paint a very familiar-looking duck in a variety of different settings. There was nothing in his subjects that hinted at a flavour of something Finnish except, a trace of melancholic in the landscape. What really is at question here? How is it possible that a Finnish artist can begin to employ a duck whose adventures would really only belong in the realm of a certain world-renowned comic book series? "I have structured a character who stands with one foot firmly planted on very carefully guarded territory but who is, however, also a part of my very own reality," explains Kaj Stenvall. He goes on to explain that this character has been developed by himself, even though the similarity to the most famous duck in the world cannot be denied. The scenes depicted in his pictures are from the world at large and his duck often appears in absurd and universal settings. There really is nothing in his paintings that you could put your finger on to connect them to any particular corner of the world, especially not to Finland. "I do not want to limit myself by riding on the exotic aspects of Finland. If I linked some sense of Finnishness in these works it wouldn´t really add anything essential but would only serve to restrict and limit the degree of expression. The element of something Finnish is, at most, a sense of the melancholic," Kaj Stenvall comments. He tells that he is just starting work on painting with a snowy landscape background, which is probably his first concession to his own Finnishness. --- I am forced to admit I have been saving this for some rainy day. A personal spiritualization, 2000kajstenvall.com kajstenvall.com first variation:kajstenvall.com Many great things, often before they become regular reality Osaman-bin-Duck??kajstenvall.com kajstenvall.com Enron??kajstenvall.com Bubble-Duck, subspecies WallStreetkajstenvall.com The Doctoral Duck in Power??kajstenvall.com The 1989 beginnings, and still no SMS messageskajstenvall.com