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Hi Patty, I am very encouraged by Marvin's statements. There is a plethora of videos being produced today which give the impression that all paintings should be done in a single session in 3 hours. While I'm a big fan of Alla Prima paintings and studies it is to be understood that there is simply only so much painting that can be done in a single sitting. The more complex ones thought process is and the more complex ones handling of paint his, the longer the process to create will be. No time limit should be put on a painting. It is finished when you said what you came to say.
Marvin, thank you so much for printing these images. I tell my students this is one of the most important Sargent's that we can study. Fortunately for us, unfortunately for the sitter, Sargent's subject died shortly after this setting. There is a nearly identical portrait of his brother done at the same time that was finished. We get a fantastic opportunity to compare that to side by side and understand the process that Sargent went through to get to his final work.
I am sure the Cleveland workshop will be fantastic for you, I would love to be a fly on the wall.
Clayton
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