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Figurative art became my first love, after
seeing Rembrandt's portrait of his wife,
Saskia. And after four decades I still love painting and drawing portraits
and nudes.
One of my favorite artist's quotes is
from a painter of nudes extraordinaire,
Courbet:
“I am
fifty years old and I have always lived
in freedom let me end my life free; when
I am dead let this be said of me: 'He
belonged to no school, to no church, to
no institution, to no academy, least of
all to any régime except the régime of
liberty."
The connection to
the nude is that it is about
freedom, sensuality, and expressing our
individuality.
Friends and models often
collaborate with me on the themes, feelings, and
poses. I try to accomplish authentic and natural
looking people. In my twenties and thirties I
spent massive amounts of time mastering anatomy, and
a look of deceptive easy fluency.
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Thoughtful, |
Madolyn, |
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Below here is
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