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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 20 W x 24 H x 1.4 D in
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
This painting of a mysterious lady writing in her diary was inspired by the American realist artist Edward Hopper. His subjects always have an air of mystery about them. Edward Hopper began painting urban and architectural scenes in a dark palette. Then he shifted to the lighter palette of the Impressionists before returning to the darker palette with which he was comfortable. Hopper spent much of his time drawing street and café scenes, and going to the theater and opera. Unlike many of his contemporaries who imitated the abstract cubist experiments, Hopper was attracted to realist art. Hopper painted American life. He painted loneliness or aloneness. Often there was a solitary person, in a café, or in a bedroom at night. When there was more than one person, they were often appearing to be totally disconnected from each other. The effective use of light and shadow to create mood also is central to Hopper's methods. Hopper was someone drawn to an emblematic, anti-narrative symbolism who "painted short isolated moments of configuration, saturated with suggestion "His silent spaces and uneasy encounters "touch us where we are most vulnerable", and have "a suggestion of melancholy, that melancholy being enacted". According to critic Lloyd Goodrich, he was "an eminently native painter, who more than any other was getting more of the quality of America into his canvases".
Original Created:
2018
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Painting:
Oil on Canvas
Original:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
20 W x 24 H x 1.4 D in
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Not Framed
Ready to Hang:
Not applicable
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Maureen Finck
Australia
AUSTRALIAN ARTIST I am an Australian artist working in Adelaide, South Australia. I paint mostly in oil, but occasionally use acrylic paints. Landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, flower paintings and abstract paintings are included in my repertoire of work. INSPIRATION FOR MY ART As an Australian artist, my inspiration comes from whatever is around me at a particular time. As an example, following a recent trip to the mid north of South Australia, I produced a series of landscape paintings, which include the beautiful Eucalyptus trees and flowers from local gardens. HISTORY My original study was textile design and Adelaide's School of Art and Craft. I then worked for 20 years in various forms of art and fashion. But, in 1997 I followed my other passion, natural health. Since arriving back in Adelaide from Sydney in 1999 I have worked full time as a Naturopath. However, in recent years I have devoted much more time to my painting. Moving full circle, as a practicing Australian artist. This includes participating in exhibitions. Also fulfilling my love of learning by continuing to study and improve my art practice, wherever and whenever I can. Over this period I have attended many and varied art courses and workshops in this time including Peter Bok at Bapea Art School, Liana Vargas Cat Leonard, and Krystina at Splashout Studio, Chelsea Lehman, Trena Everuss and Nona Burden at Adelaide Central School, John Lacey, Ruby Chew, Sophie Hann, Gerhard Ritter, and Deborah Trusson. WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME I regularly post to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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