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Old 07-02-2007, 11:37 AM   #1
Jeff Fuchs Jeff Fuchs is offline
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Holy cow! Excellent work. I thought it was an oil painting.
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Old 07-02-2007, 02:07 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Jeff Fuchs
I thought it was an oil painting.
Thank you Jeff! It appears that most of my charcoal-sanguine drawings look like painting. I'm glad you told me that: it means that this one makes no exception...

Lisa,
thanks a lot!

Thomasin,
yes I was relax to draw this one, like you with your lovely watercolor, I just allowed me more sentimentality and sweet emotion than in my drawing "Unveiling"...
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Old 07-02-2007, 07:50 PM   #3
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Another excellent, exquisite piece, Marina! You pose your children in such a unique, unaffected, and natural way. This, coupled with your mastery and dominion of your medium make your work truly irresistible, and a joy to keep coming back to look at. (and that tiny bookcover is such a little gem!)

Congratulations!
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Old 07-02-2007, 11:19 PM   #4
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I'm hesitant to ask, because I hate to pry, but could you speak to the metaphorical meaning of the work? The child with bird metaphor held a specific meaning at the turn of the 20th century - what does it mean in this work?
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Old 07-02-2007, 11:53 PM   #5
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Beautiful, charming, atmospheric and sensitive work as always - Marina, you just keep getting better and better.
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Old 07-03-2007, 07:18 AM   #6
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Fabulous piece - I'd hang that on my wall in a heartbeat.

I can't say it any better than everyone else has - but, I share their sentiments.

Part of what I love about your style is it never looks forced. Everything seems to flow properly into the next, shadows are kept indistinct, your edges are perfectly soft where they need to be and hard where they need it, too. It's the work of a truly mature artist.
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Old 07-03-2007, 08:35 PM   #7
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Marina--

I can't add to everyone's comments except to say that your work has been a major contribution to the Forum, in that, as Alex has said, you've shown us how to re-invision children's portraiture. Your subjects are no less cute or charming, but your treatment of them is so unconventional and deeply felt it makes them as complex and important as they are in life.

Terrific as always!
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