My first 2008 painting

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The times we spend behind the canvas are not at all moments of escape. On the contrary they are moments in which we confront with our real beings...
I was dealing tough times, due to several matters I wasn't able to paint in months. And it is so hard for me to start again, to find myself again... the muse calls for your constant attention and demands total commitment. I have been flirting with her during these days. This one was the first oil on canvas of this year (120 x 100 cm)

Comments

Darth Tater said…
Good for you! Keep flirting with the muse...
22 January, 2008 19:10
NORMA ASCENCIO said…
me recuerda mucho uno de mmis cuadros de esta modelo que no te gustaba... amiga de gaby y muy gordita ella... lupita?, no sé, pero la pose y el énfasis en la cadera es como el de ese cuadro, tambien un poco como mi almohada roja.

es una pose muy inspiradora.

felicidades por el reinicio
22 January, 2008 19:46
odette farrell said…
Thanks Darth!

Nor: Pues esa pose es de Jimena...lo que hace un scorzo, no? Pues estoy en búsqueda. Gracias! sí estoy feliz... no sé cómo sobrevivo cuando no pinto, porque ayer que pintaba estaba en extásis :)
22 January, 2008 22:09
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