A quiet street 2, oil on card, 6.7 x 13.2 cmThis is the sister painting to that of two days ago, showing the same street but facing the other direction.
To me, this ´picture is less interesting, either because of the excessive use of black paint to mix the greys- which tends to kill the palette- or perhaps the heavier brushwork or perhaps because of some x-factor related to mood, which here is less delicate somehow. The picture was painted from the car because it threatened to rain: this always, obviously, makes one experience the world less keenly.
The notion of an x-factor in making art is one that is critical in distingusing art from craft: a craft object, to me, being one that is capable of being reproduced; while a successful art object contains always the element of surprise and of individual authorship.
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I am glad to have worked here on a wide scale: it will be nice to do a series of the quiet roads round here. They have their subtle differences of mood which are charming to relate.
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good way, , interesting work speaking about life. i like this way to discover Brazil, thanks
ReplyDeletegood way, interesting work.
ReplyDeletei like this way to discover Brazil. thanks
Thanks Manuel, I'm down in the South of Brasil, in Santa Catarina.
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