Comments on: Here It Is: A Gift For That Special Tom Jones Fan

By: mharding

mharding — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:47:36 +0000

Melvyn, cats don't need hands in order to paint. Examine this.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:28:23 +0000

That must be some cat!!!!

By: Moderator

Moderator — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:38:12 +0000

Hey, guys, we didn’t post the Neiman sketch to start an argument….indvidual taste it subjective and not really worth debating. We posted it in case you had 27K lying around and were in the mood to spend. Does it look like Tom today? Absolutely not. Does it look like him in 1965? Pretty much…but there’s no use arguing about it, is there? We’ll try to think of a good “Question of the Month” for July that can bring on a good, fun argument. (But we did really like what Melvyn said about his cat and, in truth, only one of us likes the sketch). —Ellen & Ursula

By: just a fan

just a fan — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:18:41 +0000

Melvyn, it’s a sketch, not a painting. It could have been done in 10 seconds or 1 minute. Laura I think you nailed it. There are so many types of art work out there — realistic and abstract. This is just a sketch and I didn’t think it was meant to be a realistic drawing. Sketches are ideas and not finished products. They’re the beginning stages of something that can be turned into something brilliant. Myself, I don’t mind the sketch.

By: SusannePDX

SusannePDX — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:23:08 +0000

If he hadn’t titled it “Tom Jones” I would have never guessed.

By: linda parker

linda parker — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:50:50 +0000

thanks for the footage mharding. I particularly loved the beginning where he’s swilling a beer and puffing a fag. Wish I could lip read. Anyone out there know what Tom said in that brief clip?

By: Laura C

Laura C — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:00:30 +0000

The markets for various types of art differ due to factors like stability, longevity, supply, demand, how accomplished artists are, how broad collector bases are, fashion, and what influential art experts do and say. I personally like this sketch and if the artist can fetch $27,000 for it, more power to him. Every pot has a lid.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:25:47 +0000

Hi mharding. Thanks for sending the footage. Funny to watch his hips going. Ellen, I must say I do see a resemblance between Tom then and the sketch!

By: Moderator

Moderator — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:18:40 +0000

Thanks for the time travel, mharding. Not much difference between the reality and this sketch, is there? And we don’t see what the issue is anyway. Although we’re not visual artists, we did think that art is not necessarily representative. It’s interpretive.

By: mharding

mharding — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:17:36 +0000

Here's some home movie footage of Tom from the same year; compare and contrast. Not much of a likeness on the soundtrack though.