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Joined: May 2002
Location: Great Neck, NY
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The blues
Whether oil or pastel the background needs to be integrated with the foreground. Those strong chromatic blues in the shadows and mountains seem very isolated from the figure and I don't feel any atmosphere. The drawing is the strongest part but the relationships need to be rethought.