Claire on a G-String

Claire on a G-String
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I really like this painting, great composition

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31/03/2015
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WS Oil on Canvas 18" x 14". My first portrait of a friend of the family practising for a concert in her half-renovated kitchen. I wanted to capture the half-finished background, the drying washing and the cluttered shelf above the aga, although I may have gone into too much background detail, it tells a more personal story. Also I have tried to tie her violin bow in to the perspective in order to drag the viewer deeper into the painting.

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Ian Black

Ian was born in Leeds in 1972, he is a self-taught artist living in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and is undoubtledly proud of his heritage. Inspired by the characteristics of the Dales, Ian is a prolific sketcher and pochade painter who is attempting to capture the spirit of the local…

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