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Originally Posted by Marcus Lim
In fact, i find that a good painting does have the effect of passing on energy to viewers, like what you've done here.
marcus
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Nicely put, Marcus, I agree with you.
Rick, I think you might be going for suggestion of your subject's movement in your background for this painting. You might take another look at Sargent's work; he sometimes lays in just the suggestion of a parallel line along the body, almost a tremor, to get his subjects to vibrate. It's never very obvious and it keeps his subjects from looking frozen or cut-and-pasted. It also adds another weapon in your arsenal of hard/soft edge variation.
Welcome to the Forum, and I'm enjoying your painting!