Laundry Maid

Laundry Maid
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well you got it right in the end - super composition of great shapes.

Found you, but only just, I do wish POL would do something about these MP's! I do like this unusual painting Satu and the colour palette you have used. Another excellent 'evolved' painting.

Just right ...! Good idea with the tub. This really works.

The tub at the front fits in perfectly Satu! So well executed.

Michael got it right with his "shapes" Satu. An abstract background with the maid painted in a simplified way on top of the shapes. Unusual and works really well, a winner in my book :)

Thank you so much Michael, Christine, Gudrun, Carole and Val for your kind comments!

It was well worth your struggle, Satu, because the resulting work is absolutely fabulous! The composition is super, and as with all your paintings, the interaction of shapes is so effective. Really good work, Satu!

I was so cross with the MP that I missed this one. This is lovely and gives a real feel of the era and what such work was like to do. Aren't we lucky that we don't have to wash clothes like this anymore! Great work, Satu and well done for persevering until you got it just right.

Thank you very much Seok and Thea for your lovely comments!

You have great style Satu, glad you persevered - this is wonderful!

Thank you so much Frank for your kind comment!

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13/04/2015
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Something entirely different this time. I have struggled with this a long time. The poor girl had legs at the beginning but I just couldn't get them right. Then she was too short and then too tall, the head was too big or too small, the left arm was too long and her hands too small. I nearly gave up but decided to spend two more hours with her. At the end I painted another tub to cover the feet and somehow looks more like a laundry girl I intended her to be.

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