Portraits of people I know set to Ravel's Le Jardin Feerique

Here are a few paintings I made of people I know, friends, special people, family. Yes, in answer to some, I painted all of these. Some are sketchy, executed in a matter of hours (or less) while others are more worked pieces. All are oil on linen.

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Music

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• Art
• painting
• Rembrandt
• Ravel
• Jardin
• Feerique
• Metropolitan
• Museum
• Portraits
• beard
• Beautiful
• women
• oil
• brushes
• Music
• Venu

[marcarlaf]

I'm the second portrait, girl in the blue dress! Thanks M, I particularly love that you added my necklace in at the last minute. Very special.

[hermanzoon]

Hello, M! You are getting to be well known. ;-)

[tokyopiglet]

wow, I really love your paintings! my favorite is curly ponytailed hair lady, looking down. I also noticed you have so much detail, yet color is so beautiful (i gett muddy T T ). I dream to reach that level..so motivating!!

[hermanzoon]

Thank you very much. To be frank, there is very little "detail" in my paintings. The viewer's eyes fill in the "detail". I use as large a brush as I can and never anything smaller than a #4 filbert. There is much pushing of paint around and letting it dry or get tacky and then scumbling over it. Glazes, you might say. Broad masses of tone and never ever painting an eye or a mouth or a nose. These things take form as the form takes shape.

[hermanzoon]

The eyes are last - last last. If the face is done well, you don't need eyes to recognize the person. You can paint the eyes any way you want at that point.

[Georginito]

Thank u for posting this. It´s totally fabulous. I´m spechless. I think your choice Ravel´s Le jardin féerique was great. Maybe u should more extend changing your beautiful paintings and let push through all the piece. But it´s only pettiness. It´s dynamic assembly of arts. Just gorgeous.

[hermanzoon]

Thank you very much for your kind thoughts on my work and the music. Yes, the music is great and maybe I'll add some more to it someday.

[saulo10162]

Que Deus continue a te abençoar!!!

[N8wood1]

hey everyone!

i just uploaded a video of an oil painting that took me 5 months to finish.

i would like to get some feedback on it. so if everyone that reads this could check it out and let me know what you think it would help me out! the video is called -- monumental oil painting- from start to finish. thanks everyone!

[beatakrejcova]

You are a very great and gifted artist! I'm sorry that painting is obviously not your profession, it should be, you're that good! Bee