A great man by Kim Sommerschield

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Stunning eyes Kim, this is a super watercolour portrait, you really are excellent at capturing people in the medium, plenty of gravitas to this one as well

Posted by Ros Patterson on Wed 02 Oct 13:34:01

Brilliant watercolour.

Posted by karyl Quigley on Wed 02 Oct 15:02:35

Marvellous facial expression and great colours.

Posted by Mark Highfield on Wed 02 Oct 15:09:28

Love the ice blue eyes - just how you'd expect a Norwegian Hero to look!

Posted by Debs Jones on Wed 02 Oct 16:02:19

I have no aversion to more heroes if the paintings carry on at this excellent quality.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 02 Oct 19:09:31

Excellent expression, wonderful piercing blue eyes Kim.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 03 Oct 11:05:35

Great face expression and light into his blue eyes.

Posted by MARILENA BALINT on Thu 03 Oct 11:55:37

The eyes absolutely make this portrait - they are utterly compelling and full of very focused passion. What a wonderful talent you have to be able to convey this so skillfully.

Posted by Thea Cable on Thu 03 Oct 15:40:20

Perhaps I've inflected his single-mindedness into something slightly manic. But no matter! I'm glad you all like Nansen. You can visit his revolutionary ship Fram (=forward) in Oslo - I think it's by the Viking ships and Kon-Tiki. Anyway, I'm grateful for your find remarks. Now I'll do polar penance...

Posted by Kim Sommerschield on Thu 03 Oct 16:42:43

Superb Kim. Your use of blue is brilliant ..... just like polar ice !

Posted by Avril Soldani on Sun 06 Oct 16:25:38

Another stunning piece, Kim - I love the way you captured the intensity of his gaze and the very light but effective use of washes to impart vibrancy and life to the portrait.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Mon 07 Oct 15:33:41

Hang on Studio Wall

01/04/2015

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As you may have gathered, I've been browsing a collection of sepia photos of polar explorers. Such astonishing men... I'll not inflict more on you after this one - one of my Dad's compatriots and heroes: Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). Explorer, scientist, author, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Prize laureate, surely Norway's most illustrious son.