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Thanks Paul, you have interesting subjects in your work.
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Is there a significance to the two figures sharing a leg, or is it an illusion?
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Haha, the composition would not work with four so I made it three, she is a puppet anyhow so loosing a leg is not a issue besides they are joined at the hip.
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Oh ok, I thought it was symbolic of something I couldn't decipher. In any case I thought it was phenomenal!
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Thanks. I guess the symbolic message of it is she has no self control.
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Good job! I really like the strong colours.
Only the legs are a little strange. The left leg of the women seems too thin. Also I am missing one foot of the puppet and the one it has looks more like a real foot, compared with the arms and the mouth of the puppet.
Otherwise great job! I really love the two faces and their expressions.
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Yes it is confusing, I could not get the puppets leg to fit in to the composition I wanted so I removed it, that's artistic licence for you. I don't think she has much self control.
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Either I am misunderstanding you, or I did a poor job expressing my thoughts in my first comment.
My comment on the legs was mainly curious. I do like the look of them. On first glance I wasnt even sure if the leg in the middle belongs to the women or the puppet. It would fit both, especially with how the skirt falls.
Only after looking closer I found out that one leg is missing and I wanted to know if there is maybe a story behind that.
Love your work.
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Thanks. No the other leg just didn't fit in with what I wanted and I noticed how the one leg sort off worked for them both so that is what happened. When your making it up you are alowed to do that sort of thing, haha
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Of all the things that could catch my attention with this piece, it's the subtle patterns in the furniture. I have no excuses... I just think you're brilliant at furniture.
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I don't know I thought I did prity good on the boobs myself.
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Thanks.
Sorry, sorry I took so long.
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Thanks, thanks, thanks, haha I finaly got here. Life's just too short but really loving it at the moment, painting so much. Have you decided if you are going to chuck teaching.
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the plan is to retire at the end of the upcoming school year at age 55...... we shall see - that would give me some great years (?????) to live my dream,
have a (retirement check) come in the mail - and never have to go to work again!
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yeah that sounds good, I got out at 51, it's a hard dream to live but I wouldn't change a thing, I love the fight of trying to make it. My retirement check was not big enough but I think that just made me fight harder.
Good luck, hope you can make it happen.
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I'm glad you think so, thanks.
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Painting is excellent, but the story is never ending... Great!
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You don't know how right you are, every time I do a painting I think of two more.
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youΒ΄re very welcome, love your work!
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Hi ...really like your work...another fascinating work!
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That was a good choice of title!You know I like this painting!
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Hey mate I just sold one for $10,000, now were crankin.
This was the working tital but I changed it for the show as everyone knew her as Minni but then she did'nt show so it was a bit in vain.
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which one did you sell for so much? red riding hood???
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It was Perceptions of a Teenager, I also got accepted into the Shirly Hannan portrait prize just waiting to win the $50,000 first prize that would be cool.
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If you win that you'll be able to afford to come visit!!
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Brilliant idea and, as usual, great implementation. Nice work.
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Thanks Phil, this was the promotional image for my last exhibition.
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She is an erie chick Tom.
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Strangly entrancing? Thanks.
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Well, i kept looking at it without knowing what to express. The odd duplicate use leg. The dummy, the other. It doesn't speak to me, it murmurs, so i can't quite hear it. And this picture must so short change the real life experience.
strangely has an E. strange, huh?
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And, came by to look again, good sign. The striped outfits have a UPC feel, which i feel adds to the piece.
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