Need help identifying "Not Now John" artist.

nmeloynyc · April 3rd, 2011, 12:59 AM

Fourteen years ago I visited Tasmania Australia and purchased a numbered lithograph 96/120. The painting is titled "Not Now John" and is a picture of a couple more or less tangled and inverted on a divan kissing. It appears to be a picture in a picture due to painted frames. The figures are exaggerated as in a cubist/abstract way with large distorted features. Gorgeous lush blues and reds. I think I paid about $350.00 US dollars. I bought it at a small gallery and there is no name on it but I understood he was an Australian. Suddenly it bothers me that I don't have the artists name. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

thatcomedian · April 3rd, 2011, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nmeloynyc

Fourteen years ago I visited Tasmania Australia and purchased a numbered lithograph 96/120. The painting is titled "Not Now John" and is a picture of a couple more or less tangled and inverted on a divan kissing. It appears to be a picture in a picture due to painted frames. The figures are exaggerated as in a cubist/abstract way with large distorted features. Gorgeous lush blues and reds. I think I paid about $350.00 US dollars. I bought it at a small gallery and there is no name on it but I understood he was an Australian. Suddenly it bothers me that I don't have the artists name. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

Can you post photos of it? If it is numbered it should also be signed.

nmeloynyc · April 5th, 2011, 11:13 AM

Under the pic, left side penciled in 96/120....center "not now john" right side appears to say #91, trying to upload pic, having a prob....upload keeps failing, any ideas?

John · April 5th, 2011, 11:31 PM

Probably too large. There is a size limits of approximately 500K. Can you reduce it? Any photo editing package and lots of viewers (e.g. IrfanView) allow you to resize a picture easily. Alternatively you can upload it on Flickr or Webshots or wherever and post a link here.

nmeloynyc · April 8th, 2011, 12:29 AM

reduced pic in pixlr.com but still cant upload, URL wasn't valid either. Not a wirehead, will work on this tomorrow and try again. Thanks for help.

nmeloynyc · April 8th, 2011, 10:43 AM

OK, maybe this will work. In the lower right corner, there is a symbol, looks like an "A". Appreciate any help identifying artist. Ruth

April 3rd, 2011, 12:59 AM	#1
nmeloynyc Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 6	Need help identifying "Not Now John" artist. Fourteen years ago I visited Tasmania Australia and purchased a numbered lithograph 96/120. The painting is titled "Not Now John" and is a picture of a couple more or less tangled and inverted on a divan kissing. It appears to be a picture in a picture due to painted frames. The figures are exaggerated as in a cubist/abstract way with large distorted features. Gorgeous lush blues and reds. I think I paid about $350.00 US dollars. I bought it at a small gallery and there is no name on it but I understood he was an Australian. Suddenly it bothers me that I don't have the artists name. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

April 5th, 2011, 11:13 AM	#3
nmeloynyc Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 6	Thanks thatcomedian Under the pic, left side penciled in 96/120....center "not now john" right side appears to say #91, trying to upload pic, having a prob....upload keeps failing, any ideas?

April 8th, 2011, 12:29 AM	#5
nmeloynyc Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 6	"Not Now John" artist? reduced pic in pixlr.com but still cant upload, URL wasn't valid either. Not a wirehead, will work on this tomorrow and try again. Thanks for help.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

April 5th, 2011, 11:31 PM	#4
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,404	Probably too large. There is a size limits of approximately 500K. Can you reduce it? Any photo editing package and lots of viewers (e.g. IrfanView) allow you to resize a picture easily. Alternatively you can upload it on Flickr or Webshots or wherever and post a link here.