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Originally Posted by Alexandra Tyng
Thomasin, oh, you are too much! You do what YOU do so very, very well, of course you don't want to do what I do. You should have seen the junk I was doing when I was in my 30s. You are SO much better it isn't funny!
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This is probably the reason you are so good - you don't think you're good enough! I
can't paint a figure in a whole room full of details and objects with such consistency, balance, and truly felt and understood perspective, and keep the figure the focal point and full of character and life. And you talk about the clarity of my light. Well, in this work you have such a clear, convincing daylight, and it is everywhere throughout the painting. And you paint hands so well (and tables: so wonderfully wood-like and flat!) - it takes me about 5 years to do hands, and then they still look like playdough, or not really attached to the arms. No, you are really good, but keep believing you're not because you'll get even better, and even more of an inspiration.
(Thanks again for your comments, though and your interest. Very much appreciated!)