Sometimes in the process of working on a painting, things change. Things that seemed perfectly placed just do not come together as planned. If you are lucky this does not happen very often, however for the painting on my easel at this time, I had to juggle some of the objects to make my concept work better. As you can see, I initially placed some … [Read more...] about Composition Juggling
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The Story of Flowers for Saskia
This new painting, Flowers for Saskia, came about because of the luscious red garment and hat in this Rembrandt painting of his wife, Saskia (seen in the background). Some months ago, I stumbled upon this painting, heretofore, unknown to me. My immediate thought was to do a copy of this splendid image and hang it in my studio to gaze upon every … [Read more...] about The Story of Flowers for Saskia