Tiffany Arp-Daleo Artwork

Abstract Paintings, Mixed Media, Photography

Dialed In

8″ x 8″ Acrylic on canvas

This is another one in the 8″ x 8″ small series I’ve been working on. I call it “Dialed In” because I see a pile of old fashioned candlestick phones, does anyone even remember those?? I remember my Grandma had one, long, long ago. Anyhow, I think this painting will look cool along with the others in the series.

Speaking of phones, it’s almost time to replace my iPhone 7, after all, it is already 2 years old. Nowadays, that is how long they make them last. Ridiculous, but I’m programmed like the masses, to think we need to upgrade our electronics every 2 years. As much as I hate it, I admit to being excited for the new iPhone camera features! Do you have the new version yet? Is it as awesome as it looks?

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19 responses to “Dialed In”

  1. Timothy Price Avatar
    Timothy Price

    Nice dials. Which just brought to mind the song “867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone. 867 was the landline exchange for Placitas, NM which is 20 miles north and east of where I live. It was weird, because my girlfriend and I had broken up a couple of years before the song came out in the early 80s. She lived in Placitas and her phone number was 867-5509. If her name had been Jenny that would have been too weird.

    I still have an iPhone SE (basically a 6s in the old iPhone 5 body). I’m not very keen on getting a new phone, but I know I will have to one of these days.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      The only thing wrong with that song is that it is near impossible to get out f your head once it enters, so, thanks! That is great that you can remember phone numbers, I finally learned my husbands, but that is the only one, and I still have to double-check!

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        Timothy Price

        I remember a lot of the old landline numbers. But I can’t remember cell numbers. I just recently started remembering what my wife’s number is from putting in for the Rebel Donut rewards. Everything is autodial on cell phones.

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  2. simplywendi Avatar
    simplywendi

    LOVE the contrasting colors! 🙂

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Thank you so much for stopping by Wendi, I appreciate it! Have a great week!

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      1. simplywendi Avatar
        simplywendi

        it was truly my pleasure.

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  3. mistermaxxx08 Avatar
    mistermaxxx08

    To me a view master meets a arcade,digging it

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Thanks, Mr. Maxx, that’s a perfect description!

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  4. Lettersyoullneversee Avatar
    Lettersyoullneversee

    Really like this x

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Thank you so much!

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  5. msnyder1970 Avatar
    msnyder1970

    I had a replica phone like that I used from 1999-2005

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      I’m surprised it lasted that long, lol! Thanks for stopping by!

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  6. Eric Wayne Avatar
    Eric Wayne

    Good old dial phones. I guess the push button ones were a revelation after that. Yup, the painting is very suggestive of them, having conversations, multiple conversations on the phone over time…

    I recently bought a Chinese phone that’s pretty damned good for probably stolen technology. But before a couple weeks ago I just had my girlfriend’s handy down phone from about three years ago, when she considered it too antiquated. I wouldn’t even have gotten a new one if the battery didn’t drain super fast.

    I’m hoping the new one lasts more than a couple years.

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Yep, they make those batteries last only so long, when we all know they could make them last forever, but they wouldn’t make their money that way!

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  7. Francisco Bravo Cabrera Avatar
    Francisco Bravo Cabrera

    Lovely work, Tiffany…and yes, I see the dials of the old phones…my children do not even know what that is! Anyways, great colours and composition. Greetings and all the best,
    Francisc

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Thank you, Francisco! I have seen a video of kids trying to figure out how to use a rotary phone, hilarious! But it is kind of scary how dependent we are on our cell phones, we would be lost without them.

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  8. Felipe Adan Lerma Avatar
    Felipe Adan Lerma

    I saw the inside of a fun gear box via a child’s eyes, one of the best compliments I can give anyone ❤️ Re phones, wife & I got matching iPhone XR’s last year; she’d never had an iPhone & I’d had an iPhone 5 for a “very” long time, lol! Ours have all but a few tiny things from the newest. Apple’s phone cameras just keep getting better; but their best improvement for me is the incredible built in image editing, from Vibrancy to Noise Reduction to stuff I just tinker with, lol! Either way, you’re gonna love it! My only suggestion, don’t go for the lowest built in memory storage (whatever it is now), go up at least one or more steps. Too much new tech I think, w/too much new memory usage demand to go w/the lowest memory 😊

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    1. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
      tiffanyarpdaleo

      Awesome! I didn’t even think about the memory, that is a great point to consider since we take so many pictures! Have a great weekend!

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      1. Felipe Adan Lerma Avatar
        Felipe Adan Lerma

        You bet, you too, Tiffany! Wife & I are riding a tidal wave into the weekend w/the soon to be 7 year old, lol! 💕

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