In Jenny's Garden by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley
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In this work In Jenny’s Garden (archival,120x100cm, oil on linen canvas) I explored some more of the theme Character or Image? as described in the About section on my website. What constitutes a portrait?; is it a faithful portrayal of outward features and surrounding things, or an essence of the sitter? Jenny has developed a tropical garden, her passion, with great creativity, and wonderful design of shapes and colours; essentially composing a work of art. The garden and Jenny are inextricably linked.
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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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