Hello again. We survived the extreme heat in Texas. Temperatures are more normal now. I hope you survived the heat and are doing well.
My friend wanted a Gauguin inspired painting and I studied the Gauguin paintings I had seen in Paris this summer. I had chosen to listen to Black (a story about a dog) by Alexandre Dumas. I was enjoying the story and was in for a surprise when just as I was painting this painting the story moved to Tahiti... It was a wonderful coincidence!
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| Gauguin Canigou, palette knife on panel, 9x12" |
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| Hope, graphite on Bristol paper, 11x14" |
Hope, was drawn from a photograph of a beautiful, little girl I met at La Villita.
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| New Zealand Memory, oil on linen, 11x14" |
I finished my very first palette knife from memory painting, started last fall after our trip to New Zealand. It is a subject I want to re-visit.
