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| The reworked design on an 18 x 24 linen canvas. I feel like there is no relationship between one side of the painting to the other. Below are two images that are taken from each side and they seem to work nicely cropped and stand on there own as paintings. Cropping is so useful- maybe you can't save the entire painting, but there are usually some areas that are worth the rescue. |
I have a habit of taking an old painting that didn't work and trying to correct some problems that the original painting had that I could not resolve at the time. What I have found is that sometimes it is the design of the painting that is the problem and not the color or technique, drawing or any other issue- the overall design is flawed. I have found that if I am forcing my idea to fit on a standard size canvas or board, that is when the problem begins. That is my opinion today- it could change tomorrow, and I will let you know if it does. Sometimes I can do something to correct the design but it doesn't come to me quickly- usually an epiphany much later and after I long since given up!
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| The right side of the painting- cropped with no sky showing. One idea and the deign works. |
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| The left side of the painting- cropped and a higher horizon- and the design works. |
