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01-21-2008, 10:29 AM
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UNVEILINGS MODERATOR Juried Member
Joined: May 2005
Location: Narberth, PA
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Thomasin,
Somehow I lost track of this post until I remembered today that I hadn't responded. I wonder whether many people saw it.
First of all I have to say you did a tremendous job of pushing back the "figure" in the way I have been struggling to do in several portraits. This looks deceptively easy but it is not. You've handled it so well. Just the hulking presence of it suggests depth and pushes the figure of you forward.
The concept of this comes across strongly--not in the sense that it is "in your face" or simplistic, but because it is so simply stated it becomes not just an attempt to push one figure back and the other forward, but also an idea of what happens psychologically when certain characteristics are brought forward, causing others to be "pushed back." I'm thinking of the Jungian concept of the Shadow.
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01-21-2008, 02:46 PM
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'06 Artists Mag Finalist, '07 Artists Mag Finalist, ArtKudos Merit Award Winner '08
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: U.K.
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Thank-you so much Alex. I really appreciate your knowledge of Jungian psychology - you see things in my work that I didn't even know was there, and not at all intentionally put in. Quite apt, really, after what you said about Jung's concept of the shadow.
Here's a wikipedia link to Jung's concept of the shadow for anyone who, like me, would like to me more exact about what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)
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05-11-2008, 05:08 PM
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Awards: PSOA, OPA, PSA, P&CoFA, MALoC
Joined: Dec 2007
Location: Oak Lawn, IL
Posts: 100
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"Self Portrait With Figure" but which one is you?
Beautiful insensitive work here, I am always pleased to see one of your posts.
Clayton
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05-14-2008, 12:50 PM
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'06 Artists Mag Finalist, '07 Artists Mag Finalist, ArtKudos Merit Award Winner '08
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: U.K.
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Clayton, thank-you very much. I appreciate you taking the time to comment, and also for being so kind about my work. It is always nice to see post from you too.
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