Snow Drops - 18' x 24" oil on canvas
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It is all framed and ready to go. I found the frame at a garage sale - how perfect is that?
It was only a couple of dollars, which was a huge, huge savings for a beautiful silver leafed frame. My husband suggested that from now on I reverse engineer all my paintings, starting with a found frame and making a painting to fit it. This seems a bit like painting to match the sofa, but it certainly would make a lot of sense in terms of the economy of framing art. I don't know, it seems somehow aesthetically unsound. Lily, if you read this please comment, what do you think about working from the frame backwards?
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this lily? well, yes or no, i'll say that it makes me think of composing a ballet on birdsong.
and your really are such a wonderful painter.
there is no forward or backwards
yes, you lily.
it just feels rather unseemly to start with a frame and make paintings to fit. i suppose if the frame does not dictate any of the content or form (other than dimensions) it might be aesthetically ok.
Beautiful painting Lucinda.
i don't think there are any rules as to where inspiration has to come from. the thing is just to trust yourself as a painter; if it goes false... you'll feel it immediately.
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