Portrait of an imaginary person

[Alexandra Tyng]

I'm not sure what "traditional" means anyway. There are such a wide variety of styles to look back over and learn from. The impressionists and Lucian Freud seem traditional in comparison to Jackson Pollock.

People forget what painting is. There is more joy in the process than in the product. That's why we do it.

[Kevin Spaulding]

There's a lovely, almost plaintive quality to your work, the way the subject vacantly looks towards the viewer, perhaps lost in her thoughts. The 'vagueness' is echoed in the beautiful, subtle lighting, muted colors, and masterful brushwork. I can also see in your other work an inclination to experiment: a healthy attribute for any serious artist. Thanks for sharing.

[Carlos Ygoa]

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[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Alex, you are right - as always.

Kevin, thanks for your insight about the painting. It is very helpful to hear comments like yours, as it makes me look at my work much more objectively, as though someone else had painted it. And, of course, I like very much to hear that people like what I have done, but such as positive response is inspiring because the aspects that are being spoken of I know how I did them, and what my mental attitude was at the time, and so can move on logically forwards.

Carlos, thank-you also for your warm enthusiasm. You're right about wanting to please others and yourself at the same time being tricky - it is, but I think that we ourselves are, in fact, good examples of our audience and if we are not getting good responses, we are not having those responses ourselves to our own work i.e we are not really being honest about what it is we want to paint (at least I think so, or at least it seems so for my own work).

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Carlos, the zoom feature is part of the artspan website design - I don't know how to design that feature myself. Sorry!