Silk girl

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Not surprised you fell in love with her and the painting shows that too. Fabulous skills even when you were so young, amazing.

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 04 Jul 14:25:38

Love her pensive look and the seductive way you have painted the left hand side of her face in shadow Sam. The earring is the icing on the cake.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sat 04 Jul 14:25:58

Thank you Heather and Carol. Call it my first love. You can see the cheap paper and the frame. My mother still has this one hanging.

Posted by Sam Dutta on Sat 04 Jul 14:33:26

Lovely painting.

Posted by Val-Irene Robertson on Sat 04 Jul 18:04:37

Thank you Val-Irene

Posted by Sam Dutta on Sat 04 Jul 21:45:55

Beautifully painted. Your love for the model is so apparent.

Posted by Alan Morris on Sun 05 Jul 16:11:03

Beautiful portrait.

Posted by Roger Sallis on Sun 05 Jul 16:15:52

thank you Alan and Roger

Posted by Sam Dutta on Sun 05 Jul 19:10:35

Gorgeous painting Sam

Posted by Romila Datta on Mon 06 Jul 17:44:17

Thank you Romila

Posted by Sam Dutta on Mon 06 Jul 18:03:05

Very effective.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Tue 07 Jul 15:35:38

Love this one ! Cant do portraits that why I stick to animsls !

Posted by Linda Easter on Wed 08 Jul 11:02:13

Just looked at your gallery Sam and you have some beautiful work, this one I love, she is beautiful, I can understand why your mother still has it hanging on her wall!!

Posted by Linda Drury on Wed 08 Jul 15:16:17

wonderful, so beautiful and seductive ..You really have captured this beautiful lady. Great painting,Sam.

Posted by ANDREW C Stewart on Sun 12 Jul 16:10:06

Thank you Maureen, Linda, Linda and Andrew. I have only joined Painters online this month and started uploading my work. I am overwhelmed by so many encouraging comments.

Posted by Sam Dutta on Sun 12 Jul 21:16:09

Hang on Studio Wall

04/07/2020

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I did this one when I was 18. There was a new brand of silk textiles called Garden Silk just launched. It was beastly expensive and beyond our reach. But a teenager had fallen in love with the model!

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Sam Dutta

I have been painting since I was a teenager. Self taught and experimenting throughout, i have continued to learn as I grew up to be a doctor and now a busy surgeon. Busy surgeon and painting? Sounds odd, but one can always make time (because it is hard to find time) for one's passion. I take…

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