Small oil by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley

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Lots of fluid movement in this Gudrun.

I can see those figures emerging.

Like smoke rising, your figures appear Gudrun. Is that a boat? Love your imagination.

Thank you for your kind comments and appreciation of my inspiration from a wall-hanging in Hardwick Hall. I had some paint left on the palette and challenged myself.

Hang on Studio Wall
27/03/2026
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24x18cm, archival, oil on canvas paper. An inspiration from a wall hanging.

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Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley

"The good painter has to paint two principal things, that is to say, man and the intention of his mind. The first is easy and the second difficult, because the latter has to be represented through gestures and movements of the limbs." (MK388) From: Leonardo da Vinci: The Graphic Work, p16, J…

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