Chinoiserie Triptych

This triptych was inspired by a painting by John Waterhouse of The
Lady of Shallot, although I didn't realize it at the time. Years ago I had
a reproduction of that painting on my wall because I thought it was really
wonderful. Years later I did this. This is acually the second one I have done,
because the first one was never returned by an unscrupulous art dealer in
California. Yes, that is the life of an artist. I never got any money for the
painting, and I never even got the painting back, so that I could enjoy it myself.
So, I decided to do another, similar one. It was at that time when I was looking
casually through my daughter's book of John Waterhouse paintings and spotted
the exact same pose - facing in the other direction- of the Lady of Shalott! It is
funny how the mind stores things away. Some of them are identified clearly
day to day, and others dwell in this more dream-like, design-oriented (if you are
an artist, I suppose) area. I guess I accessed that area without realizing it.
The two palest yellow vertical strips are for the gold-leafed mat that a potential
framer would construct to go around this painting. It was done on board in oils,
and oil glazes, and will be mounted on wood.                                                                                SOLD

Model Back and Colors

Oil on Wallis sanded pastel paper, 7" x 12" SOLD

This painting is much more luminous and lovely than it looks

in this photograph. It is not matte, but rather quite glossy.

It might seem strange to be painting on pastel paper, but quite

a few people do it, because it is an impervious surface, and also

archival. -- To tell the truth, this actually started out as a pastel

drawing, but halfway through, I just got the urge to use oils. There

was something about the light, and the color of the drape that

she is sitting on. I felt like doing a loose, sort of bravura study

and nothing lends itself to that like oil paint!