Welcome to a blog in which you will find examples of my work in two areas and comments on whatever topics come to mind.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
After One of Matisse's Odalisques
Oil on Canvas Board 10 x 14 in (27 x 35 cm)
'Odalisques' -- a favourite subject of Matisse. He left his collection of them to Picasso when he died. I enjoy Matisse's bold use of colour and asymmetrical compositions.
Painting and writing -- I've never known which of the two I want to do more. So why not both?
But I've come to realize that the writing tends to be lengthy, and may be too controversial, for a blog. So it won't be so much in evidence as my occasional absences from painting because of it.
I'm not a painting-a-day person. My Muses are fickle maidens and often skip away for weeks.
I think the subject of a painting should be intrinsically interesting -- and never far removed from the human.
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