Ok all done, sort of, I'm never really actually finished with a work, there is always some spot I'd like to change, and this last day is always the danger zone of overworking and losing all the life.
So I carefully rework the coat, change the light on the pillow, which does not get overworked because a friend walks in to see it about that time and tells me stop. Fortunately I do. Then I begin just a few touch ups on the nose and lips and dang! mess it up and have to spend about 45 min. getting it back to where it was. Enough already, the bane of the artist is never ever getting it quite right, which keeps us making more art so that's a good thing. When to stop is when it's as good as you know how to get it right now. Tomorrow is another day. What I'm happy about is this painting really does show a certain essence of her, a presence of dignity and grace. Now, that is in the art and can be shared for as long as the art lasts. Making a portrait is a way for me to say thank you to Creation for that unique animal and that unique moment of time.
The frosting on the cake was the comment of Dedee's guardians John and Pam, "It's Dedee, you captured her soul!" that makes all the work sooo worthwhile...music to my ears!
you can run time backwards by scrolling down and deconstruct this painting if you like. I did this and it gave me a view of time I found a little disconcerting as the artist, but it was educational.
1 comments:
Colleen,
Pam gave me your website and told me no more. When
it opened I was astounded. It was Deedee! You
really captured her essence. It is truly a beautiful
portrait. Nadine Hellings(Deedee's aunt)
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