Cynthia, No, we need you here! You're doing a fabulous job running "Stroke of Genius". One of the best website designs ever!
Steve, An artist friend who pulls no punches with me (praises me when I do well, too) just said, two days ago, exactly the same thing. She said the dark background pulls her eye right out of the painting. The thing is that dark area was a fairly light background (just the couch with a flowered fabric) originally and I changed it for drama. Looks like an error now. Thanks, and I'll check out the value on the pants as well. Well, it'll be easier to patch this rather than repaint it.
As an aside, I just delivered this commission yesterday. Five different dogs from the same family, not five views of one dog. It cost the client a nice bit of money but she offered the painting for my first show. As she is framing it herself, I did not want to be held up in case it is not ready by Jan. 2, 2002. Plus, I do not want the insurance hassles.
Here's how I solved my problem. With the client's permission, I took the original to a Minuteman press and had them xerox the entire painting. Almost exact copies, very little color loss. It had to be pieced together with rubber cement but you can barely see the seams under glass. Then I have a local framer cut the double mat to compliment the colors in the background (in this case, COG and BS mix). I bought a 24" x 30" piece of glass for the frame and I have one more large piece for my show. No loss of time from getting ready for the show as a result doing the commission. Plus, the more commissions shown, the better. Credit is given under the painting: "Print From Original Commissioned Oil, Collection Mrs. ............".
Renee
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