Morrow Paddock is a young man from Indiana. In college his interests were biology and languages: he majored in Spanish. Upon graduation he set up a studio space in his parent’s garage and began to paint daily. When asked to comment on his development as an artist, he answers, “I have occasional very soft creases, several very pale stains at the reverse of the margin edges, otherwise in very good condition.”
Oct 162009
Oct 142009
Hustontown is alive and well. We’ve been in experimental mode with the website for the past few years, never quite settling on any setup. More recently I have had occasion to use some newer content management tools that have given the project a breath of fresh air.
However, our image database is quite old, undersized and overcompressed. Hustontown has been online since the late 90s, when 640×480 monitors were standard. Most of our images pre-date digital photography and were done with film and a scanner. I think I recall using 400 or 500 pixels as the standard image width, far too small by today’s standards. Also – the color accuracy is wildly off. Many of the photos here seem to have the contrast set very high.
Over the next few months, we will be sorting through, and rephotographing the Beecher paintings. And finally producing some new online collections. I think we will stay focused on my Grandfather’s paintings, and my father’s collections of objects and art.
The “Contact” button is working and sends email to my father. Something wasn’t working right on the last edition of the site. So, If you’ve tried to contact us recently, give it another try.
For now, I have uploaded the Gene Beecher galleries from the original Hustontown site, The Impermanent Collection, as well as my father’s provocative “Balls” arrangement. All augmented by nice flash slideshow presentations. Enjoy
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