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05-06-2004, 11:08 AM
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'02 Finalist, Artists Mag
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Location: The Netherlands
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I think it's the best painting I've seen here on the forum. It reminds me of the best works of Holbein.
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05-06-2004, 01:08 PM
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Joined: Jul 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Scott,
This is an astounding painting, piercing and calm and - can I say this? - very spiritual in a clear, intelligent and unsentimental way. I can't tear my eyes away from that face.
There are a couple of artists on the Forum that paint in ways that seem to me to be essentially unphotographable, and you're one of them. I would really love to see this in person.
I always feel a little out of my league commenting on your paintings because they seem so different compared to my own style. It's amazing to me that you can portray such intensity with such tight brushwork and careful color control.
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05-06-2004, 07:10 PM
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SOG Member
FT Professional
Joined: Jul 2001
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Scott,
When you discussed Sargent in depth, I know you have keen eyes. Sargent likes Ingres, a new trend in China is in his direction as well.
I enjoy this master piece.
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05-07-2004, 04:56 AM
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Juried Member
FT Professional 10 yrs
'05 Artists Mag
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 178
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Peter: I
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05-07-2004, 11:11 AM
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Joined: Jul 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Scott, more than anyone else who posts work here, you get that ethereal, eerie Northern light feeling in your work.
I've been in this kind of light a couple of times - the western coast of Wales and New Zealand come to mind, and I'm told the Hebrides are also this way, although I've never been there.
There's a spooky mystery to this kind of light that is hard to describe. I can't do so because now that I've posted that I need angel's wings, I'm in danger of losing my Forum Credibility License.
This painting radiates a fiercely controlled tonalism, a stern refusal to provide cheap color thrills.
(When this painting arrives in Arizona we will give him a poncho and a red feather boa.)
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05-07-2004, 12:18 PM
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Joined: Mar 2004
Location: 8543-dk Hornslet, Denmark
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Warde Scott,
Congratulations with the excellent result. I believe that you earned a par of wings now.
I just realized that you actually live in Holland. So now I understand why you painted a European sky. The building and landscape in the background also look familiar.
Do you think that there are distinct deferents in European and American taste on how a painting should look ?
Allan
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05-10-2004, 03:34 AM
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Juried Member
FT Professional 10 yrs
'05 Artists Mag
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: The Netherlands
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Allan: Thank you for your comments. The wings I'll lend to Linda just to find out what in the world she's up to.
With regard to your question regarding the difference between American and European portraiture, you may want to take a look at a thread started by the British portrait artist Aldo Balding:
http://forum.portraitartist.com/showthread.php?t=3501
It almost started another Revolutionary war.
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