Portrait of an old lady by Satu Vartiainen

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Love the use of light and dark and modulated surfaces which makes those hues sing Satu

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Thu 29 Jan 16:42:53

A wonderful portrait Satu, so much depth to it and the textured fabrics are beautiful. She obviously wasn't at the workshop though, she doesn't look like she laughs much!

Posted by Christine Davies on Thu 29 Jan 18:52:17

Smashing work and result of what was a joyous day with him. He is good. Seen him at demos and was supposed to be a workshop of his in near future but can't make it.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Thu 29 Jan 19:02:11

Wonderful drama with the contrast between the dark shades and the light areas. The old lady has such a wise and careworn look about her - how well you have captured that. Sounds as if it was a wonderful workshop.

Posted by Thea Cable on Thu 29 Jan 20:04:36

Thank you so much Dennis, Christine, Derek and Thea for your kind comments!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Thu 29 Jan 21:46:41

The colours are absolutely wonderful, that splash of orange adds so much!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Thu 29 Jan 22:47:26

Amazingly exciting painting.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 30 Jan 07:50:20

Very striking image Satu.

Posted by Debs Jones on Fri 30 Jan 08:13:11

Thank you very much Louise, Gudrun and Debs for your supportive comments! Always much appreciated!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Fri 30 Jan 09:06:47

Hang on Studio Wall

13/04/2015

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The result of yesterday's workshop with Jamel Akib. He is a very inspiring tutor and we all had a great day. Five hours of continuous painting with lots of laugher and tea!