That Look Painting

INSPIRATION; The painting was inspired by a photograph taken by Henri Cartier-Mason of Matisse in 1944 on a painting break holding his cat outside his studio in Nice, France. I HOPE VIEWERS are drawn first, as I was, to a single feature-the look on the faces of Matisse’s and his cat before enjoying the gestalt of the painting with all it's style complexities and sensuous colors. In addition to the portrait of Matisse, and the charming looks on his and his cat's face, I added another look-the one on the face of Matisse’s famous Fauvist painting Femme au Chapeau. I painted her looking out the studio window. I then added shadows cast by lookalikes of some of Matisse’s flying bird cutouts. I also exaggerated the colors and swirls created by the folds in Matisse's coat and trousers to give them the characteristics of curling pieces of cut paper. As simple as the feeling of love is, the painting itself is a complex painting which fuses three different styles of art: Fauvism; Matisse's cut outs ;and my own realistic Romantic painting technique. SHOP TALK; I chose acrylic pigment for it's versatility, i.e. it's quick drying for speed of layering and it's ability to be retarded so I can work wet on wet. The subject matter is love and universally appealing. I chose three different art styles (Fauvism, Matisse style cutouts and realistic/romantic rendering) in order to see if I could paint them in to a cohesive artistic whole.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 36 H x 2 D in

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