Reading Shakespeare
 

Hello to all.

Another painting with my daughter in it. (Models in my area go for upwards of 40 euros an hour...I did the math and decided I couldn

Absolutely exquisite.

This is gorgeous, but if you want a different model I would think you might be able to find students who charge less to pose for you. I know Bill Whitaker hires neighborhood high school teens.

Carlos,

It's beautifully painted. I love your subtle colors, the well-though-out composition, and the contrast of the pale skin of her face against the dark doorway.

Carlos, this is exquisite! I love the pose, the setting and the value relationship between her and everything else. She and the book really dominate and you have done this well, everything else comes second.

How long did this take to do?

Could we see a close up of the face and neck? I like to understand the relationship better.
Thank you.

All the best to you.

Very beautifully done, Carlos. The composition is very agreeable, and the heirarchy that you've established in focus and in light seems right on the money.

I'm sure the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon would approve.

This painting pleases my senses. The feeling of the painting is inviting and the story is intriguing. i had similar reactions to Shakespeare at times. The composition and execution is up to your usual exceptional level of excellence. Your daughter must love it. I know I do!

Michelle, Alex, Mischa, Mike and Richard:
Thanks for the response. I

Sorry, another cryptic reference.

The ancient Celtic peoples recorded no written histories; however, Celtic peoples did maintain an often intricate spoken history committed to memory and transmitted by bards. Bards facilitated the memorization of such materials by the use of poetic meter and rhyme. Bards were those who sang the songs recalling the tribal warriors' deeds of bravery as well as the genealogies and family histories of the ruling strata among Celtic societies. In other European societies, the same function was fulfilled by skalds, rhapsodes, minstrels, etc.

The term "Bard," in Celtic, English medieval culture came to mean "professional poet." In modern times Shakespeare is often referred to as "The" bard.

I once had the pleasure of visiting Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of Wm. Shakespeare. The town of Stratford is located a bit Northwest of London on the Avon river.

Mike,
(Did I ever tell you my middle name was "ignorant"?)
The only bard I know is a Gaul who would get gagged and tied to a tree to stop him from singing while the rest of the villagers feast on wild boar. :)

Thanks for the explanation.

Carlos, I am not sure Mike would know about Aseguranceturix...
The painting is beautiful, it has a very subdued light and there's a sweetness to it that betrays a family link.

Ilaria

It was days before they finally untied me and pulled the rag out of my mouth ...

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Thank you, Ilaria, for your comments and for taking the time to view. I guess we can

Carlos,

Mi amor - Panacea.

I'm a sucker for a pretty face.

Carlos, I love your ability to turn an everyday modern scene into something from the 19th century. At first glance your paintings have this old world feel about them, and only upon closer inspection does one see all that dates the painting to the 20th century. Bravo!

That's a great painting and a beautiful model.

Enzie and Claudemir, thank you for looking and for the kind comments. I must admit I

Carlos, I wouldn't change a thing! You are "re-heating"with a new twist, and rather successfully so!

Beautiful work! The colors remind me a bit of Dewing. That's a Dewing painting in my bookstore banner on the right.

Thank you Cynthia -- too much of a compliment. I am slightly familiar with the work of Thomas Dewing, I know he was one of "The 10" with WM Chase and the rest. His work has always appealed to me.
I tend to gravitate towards a very earthy-grey palette.

Thaks again.

Carlos, I keep coming back here to view this painting I like it so much. Maybe I keep hoping that the next time I look, she will have turned her head around!

Beautiful
 

Carlos,

Another exceptional lovely and sensitive painting.

The very light skin-tones are VERY difficult to paint as there is such a subtle range of color to deal with. You have succeeded beautifully. I have been working with that way at present and I am ready to join a nunnery and forget the whole thing.

The composition is elegant and atmospheric.

Ah! Models! One took off for a day at the beach without informing me.

As to the comment about reheating what has been served, that is a good one. I think we all so admire the paintings that were done in the past, we can be enslaved by them and their concepts. How do you something modern, yet employ the hard won skills of figurative painting? It is something I have been wrestling with and I am glad someone else is as well. It is something that cannot be forced, only considered each time we paint.

Beautiful !
I love your composition and your earth colors.
If you want to modernize this painting, give it your second title : " grocery list " . I like the idea of beeing elegant and gracious while thinking to very down to earth preoccupations.

Heidi,
If she DID turn around, would her expression be happy or sad? ;)
At least I don

Carlos,
I almost missed your new painting. It is very fine and true to Spanish tradition I believe.

I love the colors and the subtle execution. The composition reminds me of some Titian's, with the division down the middle to separate the composition in two spheres, one mental, for her dreams and one material with the beautifully painted still life.

Carlos--

A great painting! There is much to like, especially the feeling of depth and atmosphere--hard to achieve.

Love the pose too.

--TE

Dear Carlos,

What everyone said! Actually, at first I thought I had stepped back two and a half centuries to a golden age of painting! This trancends time, and is just exquisite!

Garth