Portrait - oil

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Simplistically brilliant.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 04 Jul 16:55:17

Effective work!

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Wed 04 Jul 17:08:08

You've captured the moment again, Gudrun. So direct and spontaneous, less is more again!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 04 Jul 17:14:48

An alert, interested expression, marvelous stuff, Gudrun.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Wed 04 Jul 17:31:41

Very good M By the way, what is the larger work Gudrun? Will we see it?

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Wed 04 Jul 17:53:17

Very nice, Gudrun.

Posted by Seth Dalton on Wed 04 Jul 18:01:18

It's lovely, it looks like Audrey Hepburn, if it is you have really captured her very well 😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Wed 04 Jul 18:12:45

So beautiful, Gudrun.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Wed 04 Jul 18:32:12

Thank you all for your appreciation of my portrait, which is indeed Audrey Hepburn. As for the larger project. Time will tell ....

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 04 Jul 18:36:42

Yes I think Audrey, beautifully done Gudrun.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 04 Jul 18:37:12

Thank you Carole!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 04 Jul 18:39:12

Economy of paint and brushstrokes but a wonderful conclusion Gudrun.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 04 Jul 19:37:45

She looks beautiful Gudrun.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 04 Jul 19:51:33

Unmistakable Audrey, Gudrun, great likeness and good expression.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Wed 04 Jul 20:03:52

Great eyes Gudrun.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Wed 04 Jul 21:13:33

Out of a white canvas with simple lines and sure hand appears a marvellous portrait which can only be yours, Gudrun!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Wed 04 Jul 21:33:22

Some more thanks for your kind comments and appreciation.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 05 Jul 07:07:43

Hint of Audrey? good one

Posted by tony palmer on Thu 05 Jul 07:24:55

Thank you Tony. Audrey it is.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 05 Jul 18:31:52

Hang on Studio Wall

04/07/2018

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18x24cm oil on linen canvas board. Small amount of left over paint on palette from larger work.

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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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