Reader Mail 1.2

Halloween at ILM Frank and Chris Evans

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Dear Reader,

From time to time I receive an email from a viewer of this Blog. It's very rewarding to get feedback in a personal way. I don't have a counter on this Blog so there are times I feel I am just talking to myself and displaying my narcissism. So I will post some inquiries ....

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also Mick asked on a Post...

Was that Frank Ordaz I saw in the credits at the end of "Goonies" for matte painting? Yes it was. You actually wait around and read the credits? I'm usually snoring by that time. What were the scenes you produced? I Painted the Well scenes . I also worked on the Pirate Ship inside the cave. I think that was one of the last movies I worked on. Of course Howard the Duck did me in. The real story behind that disaster will one day be told.




Hi Frank,

Just want to say how much I enjoy reading your blog. I'm 45 and only started painting about 15 months ago. I'm learning so much from reading your thoughts and processes. Thanks. I appreciate it.

I just found your Gospel series. Really nice. I know this may sound presumptious, but I believe God has given me this gift of painting so that I may bless our family. My wife started a Christian based home for battered women and their children recently. She and I both work regular jobs also. But she needs to devote all her time to the women and their children. So, I am believing God will provide through my art. I'm currently part of a show in a nearby gallery and have sold 9 paintings in two weeks. It's a start!

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with those of us who are learning. I hope to someday be able to take one of your workshops.




Hey Frank,
Me again, writing from Kandern, Germany. I was reading over your blog and I have to say I agree with you on many things regarding art. It is great to see your commitment to quality in art- I've always been a fan of Bezalel, the artist who was chosen by God to build the ark of the covenant. I believe that the best artwork is done by those who are empowered by God's Spirit to do it well, and that he finds pleasure in quality art.
All this to say I encourage you in your artwork. I think Francis Shaffer would agree that Christian artists should be leading the field. I picked up a paint brush and watercolors last summer for the first time and I've tried slopping oil paint onto canvas here and there, but it's frustrating not knowing what in the world I'm doing. My dream would be to some day actually take art classes, perhaps after my kids are grown up and I'm too old to see past my nose.
So, keep on producing the great artwork, and influencing those in your field for Christ through quality work and professional integrity. I plan on following your blog for as long as you keep it, and some day it would be a pleasure to meet you in person, as my home is California and we stay there every other summer or so.

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I am tying up some loose ends here before I embark on our West Coast Vacation. I have learned a couple things about vacations so that I don't end up strangling a bored teenager. At this stage of our lives, Jana and I just pick a destination that our boys will enjoy. We will have plenty of time, when they are gone, to do our thing. So we are hitting Santa Cruz, Monterey , Santa Barbara, Newport Beach...all the places where there will be water and girls and plenty of parental supervision ( drat for them ) . Also, I usually rent a car . That way, we don't worry about all the miles and dirt and abuse the car will take. Its a big load off my mind.

There is a lady in Pasadena that put together a show at the Pasadena Art Museum on my mentor Sam Hyde Harris. Her name is Maureen St. Gaudens and if that name rings a bell its because she is the grand daughter of the famous American sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens. She just published a book on Sam. We plan to get together and she will let me see his paintings from the Harris Estate. Hopefully, I will be able to sneak a few galleries in but I am not counting on it.

Also, I posted a while back about a friend of mine that epitomizes the Art Bohemian spirit. His name was Tezeus. Well, the other day my buddy Tim Solliday was at Vromans Bookstore in Pasadena and he overheard an excited voice carrying on with a man in checkout about Art. He was fascinated by the direction of the conversation and thought he recognized the voice, IT WAS TEZEUS. Well, I now have his address and I hope to get together with him after 25 years from our last visit. So much has happened and he is as Rasta as ever. Like a dummy I did not label the post so I can't link it off hand. Found it!!! Tezeus post

If you know of any cool happenings ( not in the art sense ) around So Cal next week by all means let me know.


Right now...I'm groovin on Chet Baker on trumpet. The video that accompanies this video is of early LA Ca. and all these cars send me back when my dad and uncles drove such vehicles


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