Comment by Gabriella

November 12, 2005 @ 12:27 pm

Absolutely beautiful! Very expressive.

Comment by kyra

November 12, 2005 @ 4:05 pm

This is beautiful!

Comment by Steve Sharam

November 12, 2005 @ 4:53 pm

Beautiful. Your snese of light and shadow is incredible. With your work, like seems to create form, rather than surrounding it and yet it has a very human side as well, not purely technical and aesthetic. The eyes are so expressive:) Very nice.

Comment by Toni

November 12, 2005 @ 8:00 pm

The coloring and light and shadow are wonderful.
I also love the concept and design

Comment by larry chrapliwy

November 12, 2005 @ 8:47 pm

I love the light streaming through the background. Beautiful work.

Comment by Holly

November 12, 2005 @ 10:36 pm

Wonderful!

Comment by carla

November 12, 2005 @ 10:42 pm

Beautiful light! I love how you captured her complete absorption in the reading…I am imagining that she’s reading the opening chapter that describes Basil’s studio with the light and flowers and buzzing bees outside. Such atmosphere in the painting and in the subtext!

Comment by Urban Convert

November 12, 2005 @ 11:04 pm

I beautiful painting and an excellent interpretation of the theme. Before I read your blurp, I was thinking of the stength that comes from books.

Comment by Tony

November 13, 2005 @ 12:40 am

Great job–beautiful lighting and compostion.

Comment by Sultry Painter Woman

November 13, 2005 @ 3:50 am

the lighting is great! And how interesting that you identified the book title…

Comment by Alina

November 13, 2005 @ 4:32 am

Great painting!
Nice expression and lovely lighting

Alina
http://alinanimation.blogspot.com/

Comment by Jose

November 13, 2005 @ 4:56 pm

wow wow wow
What a beautiful light in your painting….It’s absolutly fantastic.. nuff said!

Comment by isay

November 13, 2005 @ 7:24 pm

you have succeeded (by putting the light at her back and let it shines around her head and body)in achieving intensity and character in her face. strong and powerful image!

Comment by Sarah

November 15, 2005 @ 3:09 pm

Wow, this is a stunning portrait. I also love painting/drawing my sister. I think doing portraits of people you know well really adds another level to the work - when you have a sense of the person’s real self you put more of that into the piece. I think you seem to have done that here.

Comment by Don a.k.a. DAK

November 15, 2005 @ 11:34 pm

Very very nice. I’ll be sure to bookmark this site so I can check back and browse more fully.
I like your style and skill.

Comment by Dennis West

November 16, 2005 @ 3:46 pm

Great Illustration. You are a true artist with great skill. I appreciate you sharing with us!

Comment by Jail Bird

November 23, 2005 @ 3:53 pm

You’re a wonderful painter. The expression on her face says it best.

Comment by jpohl

December 5, 2005 @ 10:13 am

Just received this email from an old (okay not so old) friend:

Have to seen THIS yet :^)

http://artinnl.blogspot.com/

….PS: Painting of Renata reading the book on your blog.
You get a lot of comments, all nice, intellectual and a little clinically detached ….and yes, you are a master of light :^) …and you are.

But in the end, you know why this painting is so great?

It is one if the sexiest images I have ever seen. …and it all comes down to that, eliciting a raw emotion from the viewer.
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…and here is the question. Why didn’t you show the whole picture? I seem to recall this as a much wider painting. “

For two reason. I think I should have done a better job with the rest of the painting, and because this detail seemed to say more about strength. Also so much painterly detail is lost when I show images much smaller than they are.

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