"tasha, the cat" painting
"tasha, the cat" painting took me a very long time. 2 weeks. i have realized (again) that am being too constrained with photos as reference for paintings. too easy to get pulled into the details. need to loosen up and focus more on brushstrokes and rogue colors. need to work faster and from life. will go get some eggplants and red peppers and do still life had planned to do in august. in the past, i have done paintings “en pleine aire” – sitting on the side of a landscape and finishing it in 3 hours. need to go back to the freshness of that.
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However, I do quite like this painting, or what I can see of it. It has a bit of the "flair" of late nineteenth century French painting, the domestic intimacy. Remind me of the Nabis. Didn't we see that show together?
ReplyDeletethank you for this. you captured her arrogant elegance and the plant that took her two years to completely devour.
ReplyDeleteso generous and lovely of you