Portrait - oil

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That's so good Gudrun, those eyes are an amazing colour, looking out straight at you.

Posted by Linda Drury on Mon 16 Apr 14:49:18

Just great. That marvelously natural expression looking right back at you.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Mon 16 Apr 15:01:22

The eyes follow you around! Very good work😀

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Mon 16 Apr 15:12:31

Brilliant you should have been on The Big Painting Challenge Gudrun!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 16 Apr 15:31:41

Wow....this is fabulous, Gudrun. Beautiful eyes.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Mon 16 Apr 15:34:29

A very thoughtful portrait Gudrun.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Mon 16 Apr 16:44:00

Thank you all for your appreciation, kind comments and encouragement. One can always find fault in portraits and this is no exception, but did I want a photograph …?

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Mon 16 Apr 17:43:06

Very expressive eyes, Gudrun.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 16 Apr 17:51:12

Striking piece Gudrun.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Mon 16 Apr 18:23:16

Some more thanks for your encouragement. A bird visited my 'studio' yesterday ... thankfully the painting it decorated can be salvaged. Had it been a finished painting it would have been a disaster.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 17 Apr 06:55:02

Those eyes! And that cheeky hint of a smile! Absolutely beautiful.

Posted by Anthony Knight on Fri 15 May 09:43:25

Thank you Anthony!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 15 May 16:20:16

Hang on Studio Wall

16/04/2018

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18x24cm. Leftover paint and for warm up after a break from portraits.

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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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