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Old 03-26-2005, 03:27 PM   #3
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Thanks Linda - quite an insightful comment, and exactly what I was aiming for in the interaction between the subject and the background. This was a hard commission. His features are quite distinctive and non-traditional. I wanted to capture his wisdom and warmth along with his "thousand-yard stare" (from a friend of his who saw the painting in progress).
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