Oil study, limited palette

[Garth Herrick]

Dear Carlos,

This is an accomplishment! Your limited palette is very effective and versitile; both earthy enough for a flesh palette, and chromatic enough for everything else. Those are great mixed blacks and neutrals too. This painting is as elegant and understated as the palette itself; perfect cohesion!

Garth

[Alexandra Tyng]

Carlos, this is stunning and it has a different quality than your other work: unstudied, yet well-thought out, more of a naturally-ocurring moment that you happen to observe and record. The emotion in this piece is beautifully expressed. The fact that you've done it all with a limited palette almost seems beside the point. Maybe it was, once you got started! I know that's how it is when I'm painting.

[Jeff Fuchs]

Most artists agree that great art is a distillation. Say as much as possible, with a minimum of brushstrokes. Leave out as much detail as possible and still convey the whole picture.

So it seems a natural extension of that philosophy to use a minimal palette: to convey as much color as possible with as few colors as you can get away with.

A few years ago I was priveleged to see an exhibit of Wyeth's Helga pictures. He may have had an even smaller palette than you're using. I never once felt he should have used more.

Your painting is a joy.

[Aaron Coberly]

Carlos I was actually surprised how much you can get away with using Ivory black. If you look at this painting for example http://picasaweb.google.com/aaronpai...99274807046450 I didn

[Carlos Ygoa]

Jeff,
Thanks very much for your very nice comment. It is true...we, as painters, have the prerogative to include or exclude; to eliminate or to add as each of our creative processes dictate. I

[Lisa Gloria]

Wow, I hadn't ever seen this painting before. It's wonderful! I really, really like your composition. The gesture of her body language coupled with her position on the canvas is so perfect. I really enjoyed it - thanks for bumping it up so I could see it!