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11-02-2006, 08:25 PM
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Oh Marina-- this is just lovely! you've so captured the inquisitiveness of that age.
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11-05-2006, 08:29 PM
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Juried Member FT professional, '06 finalist Portrait Society of Canada, '07 finalist Artist's Mag,'07 finalist Int'al Artist Mag.
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Thanks Terri,
yes, those little ones think sometimes so strongly that you almost hear their brain working...
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12-06-2006, 12:50 AM
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SOG Member FT Professional '09 Honors, Finalist, PSOA '07 Cert of Excel PSOA '06 Cert of Excel PSOA '06 Semifinalist, Smithsonian OBPC '05 Finalist, PSOA
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Gosh Marina, I did mean to respond to this last month! Sorry I'm late.
I like this very much; it's great to see a personal work of yours. I like the drama; how you've isolated the delicate little human by the stark and cool surroundings. Despite the simple conception it is a sophisticated and thought provoking image, and beautifully painted.
Such a cute little guy! Okay, so it is not a commission like Apotheoun isn't either, but is this kid someone real in your life, or was he generated from your imagination? My hunch is he is real! Well done!
Garth
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12-06-2006, 11:06 AM
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I missed this one too, Marina - I love it! I like the high drama in this compostion, and the subtle colors and temperature changes in the skin tones. Enter this one in contests!
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12-06-2006, 06:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Linda Brandon
Enter this one in contests!
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Definitely!
Congratulations on a hugely successful painting.
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12-12-2006, 12:03 PM
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Juried Member FT professional, '06 finalist Portrait Society of Canada, '07 finalist Artist's Mag,'07 finalist Int'al Artist Mag.
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Garth,
sorry for the delay, I was busy in Toronto
( http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...?t=7071&page=2 )
Yes you're right, the baby is real, but you're wrong, it's not a little guy ! It's my second daughter, who was 18 months at that time ( It will be her second birthday tomorrow : she doesn't no more consider herself like a baby !)
I would not have been able to create that from imagination, maybe in some years ( 20, 30 ?)
Even if it's a portrait of my daughter, I wanted the painting to be a sort of idealization of a baby, it could be any baby.
Thanks for the comment.
Linda, Cindy, Carlos,
Thank you. Yes I think this painting has a "strong visual impact " as you said, Carlos, because lots of people who saw it once, speak about it after...
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12-12-2006, 11:52 PM
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SOG Member FT Professional '09 Honors, Finalist, PSOA '07 Cert of Excel PSOA '06 Cert of Excel PSOA '06 Semifinalist, Smithsonian OBPC '05 Finalist, PSOA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marina Dieul
Garth,
Yes you're right, the baby is real, but you're wrong, it's not a little guy ! It's my second daughter, who was 18 months at that time ( It will be her second birthday tomorrow : she doesn't no more consider herself like a baby !)
I would not have been able to create that from imagination, maybe in some years ( 20, 30 ?)
Even if it's a portrait of my daughter, I wanted the painting to be a sort of idealization of a baby, it could be any baby.
Thanks for the comment.
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Dear Marina,
My foot is in my mouth; I was going by the ordinary conventions of relative hair length, which means nothing at a baby's age! Oops! She is lovely, real, and cute!
Congratulations to you for such an adorable, inspiring daughter! You are right that she could represent any baby in this painting's context, as an ideal. I'll echo Cindy that this is a hugely successful painting, and hope this inspires more to come.
Garth
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