Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Being Loved - On An Even Bigger Scale!
Several comments have come in regretting that the picture posted yesterday was only a thumbnail. I am still learning to use this site, but am about to try uploading a larger version. We shall see what happens.
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Thank you Richard - it's a wonderful piece of work and a joy to be able to see it a little larger.
I really admire the depth and openness of your posts - very courageous and inspiring. Hope you don't mind me eavesdropping on a regular basis!
Posted by: Catriona | Thursday, 25 May 2006
Thank you. It works much better on this scale. The shading is so important - the shading in the blood red organic background, the growth of your torso 'out of the ground' and the lights on the heads, on the surfaces facing each other, like coals that give each other fire and can only burn in closeness.
All three figures have a 'Houdini in a sack' quality - a painterly equivalent of Michelangelo's Captives, perhaps. There is a struggle to be free, to find arms and movement, yet a commitment to being together and holding the pose that suggests care and watching over. I like it very much.
Posted by: Stuart Jenkins | Friday, 26 May 2006
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