Portrait - oil by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley

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Another of your unique portraits. Very strong and a fantastic use of colour.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Tue 11 Jun 16:38:09

Characterful face Gudrun, unusual colour palette.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 11 Jun 20:46:27

In another age this would have been a real hit! I love the bold expressionism and freedom of brush and colour...very well done!

Posted by Roger Knapik on Tue 11 Jun 21:03:16

Thank you all for your appreciation. I am really enjoying myself. Roger, you may be right, but I don't worry about trends. Art is the thing, if that doesn't sound too arty ....

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 11 Jun 21:57:40

Good expressive portrait, Gudrun.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Wed 12 Jun 05:54:43

Powerful interpretation Gudrun.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 12 Jun 07:33:29

Dramatic - like it!

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 12 Jun 07:48:36

Some more thanks for your appreciation!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 12 Jun 11:00:56

Excellent...so strong and full of character. Brilliant, Gudrun!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 12 Jun 12:31:14

Lovely bold and dramatic work Gudrun. Excellent

Posted by Jim Morris on Wed 12 Jun 15:10:14

Thank you. I like my portraits to convey something. All your adjectives fit the person so that is pleasing. Another experiment tomorrow, unless we get washed away!?

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 12 Jun 17:09:34

Great, strong effect Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 13 Jun 16:35:32

Fantastic use of colour Gudrun, great portrait.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Thu 13 Jun 16:52:00

Some more thanks for your appreciation of my efforts.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 13 Jun 17:27:42

Hang on Studio Wall

11/06/2019

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30x40cm oil on linen canvas. The photograph does convey some of the warmth of colours, but not quite the more subtle depth created. Torrential rain clouds does nothing for light. It's awful. However, I am pleased at how my recycling of canvas has worked. Obviously the colours already there influenced subsequent choices. Still not convinced about the painting medium as I like to see brush strokes.

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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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