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Originally Posted by Thomasin Dewhurst
Yes, I read that about you and your model on another of your posts. It does give me courage, and your piece that was threatening to become a Barbie doll was actually a bit of a challenge for me to do something a bit more daring. "What the hell" indeed! It's only a bit of painted fabric after all, and it doesn't have to come out of the cupboard (Picasso's "Les Desmoiselles" was hidden away for many months, wasn't it, before he had the courage to show anyone. And that's Picasso).
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What is interesting to me, is that the more rejections I get, the bolder I become. I have not for the life of me ever been able to figure out what the judges or the public want.
At this point in my life, I feel that as far as painting, I have nothing to lose. It is intensely freeing.
I have posted this before somewhere, but here goes. Years ago when I first started my dancer series, (they were far more traditional then) my model walked in with lime green bangs. I was furious. As I was painting her from life, I could not for the life of me get beyond the color that I saw.
Fume, fume, fume, glare, shot daggers at the model.
The next day, I realized, this is a contemporary girl. It is the late 20th century and I am not a 19th century gentleman, namely Degas
Good luck with your next painting adventure. I cannot wait to see it!