Celestial spheres by Catherine Beale

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Lovely topic and work Catherine. Sets the imagination to work and is so well painted.

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 26 Jul 08:47:53

Very fine portrait.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 26 Jul 09:18:13

Rhapsody in blue!

Posted by Tony Auffret on Thu 26 Jul 09:25:32

Great title...why didn't I think of that :)

Posted by Catherine Beale on Thu 26 Jul 10:14:21

Wonderful portrait with expression and character.

Posted by Michael Monaghan on Thu 26 Jul 11:06:24

Beautiful.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 26 Jul 11:24:24

Great portrait Catherine, but I'll refrain from commenting on the Wikipedia excerpt.

Posted by Russell Edwards on Thu 26 Jul 13:39:17

Such a very beautiful and expressive piece, lovely ideas abound in this and superbly painted

Posted by Thalia Stones on Thu 26 Jul 14:26:00

Beautifully painted.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 26 Jul 15:29:17

Lovely.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 26 Jul 17:26:32

I always love to see your portraits. There is always so much more than just a person.

Posted by Diana Boanas Swa ASGFA on Sun 29 Jul 11:05:57

Thank you for your kind words Diana.

Posted by Catherine Beale on Sun 29 Jul 13:31:46

Fantastic portrait.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Mon 30 Jul 22:00:18

It's beautiful one!

Posted by Shuli Han Dulley on Tue 31 Jul 20:31:39

Hang on Studio Wall

26/07/2018

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Portrait of a violinist seated in the prow of her canal boat. A representation of sound is depicted forming in the air around her, inspired by the ancient concept of Music/Harmony of the spheres "that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies—the Sun, Moon, and planets—as a form of music ... not usually thought to be literally audible, but a harmonic, mathematical or religious concept." (Wikipedia)

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Catherine Beale

I am a painter specialising in light-filled watercolours applied using my loose method of 'gravity painting'. My book 'Capturing light - creating radiant landscapes in watercolour' (Search Press Ltd 2023) explains my approach in detail and takes you through step-by-step in nine landscape painting…

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