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This is my all time favorite oil painting. Being a self taught painter I struggled a lot, in the beginning, to capture reality and imagination. But this canvas baby, somehow, magically all came together. It's from a cold, grey and drizzly visit to Paris (in February). I didn't see a single ugly view anywhere (except inside my hostel). Every street, every building, everywhere I looked was a potential painting. Waiting in the Saint-Michel subway station, I knew I wanted to paint what I was seeing. Something about the way the people were lined up along the platform---some tired after a days work, some maybe on their way to enjoy an evening out, some sitting, some conversing, some all alone---just struck me as a really great composition. So, I quickly snapped a photo before the oncoming train blocked my view. The photo, taken with an old fashioned film camera, came out, thank god. But I simplified and changed a few things in order to create the painting I saw in my head: the people spread out along the platform like musical notes and everything flowing into each other as in the impressionist paintings from the Musee D'Orsay which were all still fresh in mind. It is a moment of peace, a transition period between one part of the day and the next, a moment of relief and anticipation.
This is my all time favorite oil painting. Being a self taught painter I struggled a lot, in the beginning, to capture reality and imagination. But this canvas baby, somehow, magically all came together. It's from a cold, grey and drizzly visit to Paris (in February). I didn't see a single ugly view anywhere (except inside my hostel). Every street, every building, everywhere I looked was a potential painting. Waiting in the Saint-Michel subway station, I knew I wanted to paint what I was seeing. Something about the way the people were lined up along the platform---some tired after a days work, some maybe on their way to enjoy an evening out, some sitting, some conversing, some all alone---just struck me as a really great composition. So, I quickly snapped a photo before the oncoming train blocked my view. The photo, taken with an old fashioned film camera, came out, thank god. But I simplified and changed a few things in order to create the painting I saw in my head: the people spread out along the platform like musical notes and everything flowing into each other as in the impressionist paintings from the Musee D'Orsay which were all still fresh in mind. It is a moment of peace, a transition period between one part of the day and the next, a moment of relief and anticipation.

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Metro Music Painting

Cheryl De Los Reyes Cruz

Argentina

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 48 W x 24 H x 1 D in

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This is my all time favorite oil painting. Being a self taught painter I struggled a lot, in the beginning, to capture reality and imagination. But this canvas baby, somehow, magically all came together. It's from a cold, grey and drizzly visit to Paris (in February). I didn't see a single ugly vi...

Year Created:

2003

Subject:

People

Styles:

Impressionism

 

Mediums:

Oil

, 

Canvas

 

Mediums:

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Rarity:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

48 W x 24 H x 1 D in

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Not Applicable

Frame:

Not Framed

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Certificate is Included

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Argentina.

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I'm an illustrator and animator who has worked in television animation, computer games and children's book publishing. I'm also a self taught painter and have been working, since leaving school, on an around the world series consisting of oils, watercolors and pencil drawings. I am a citizen of the planet, all people are my countrymen, may we all prosper and live in peace. ✌️

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