Another in the series of early morning canals, planned slowly and painted quickly in several stages. 9x12 pastel.I have completed the De Kooning biography. Long live the king. When talking about his late pastoral paintings, he said, "Actually I've fallen in love with nature... I don't know the names of trees but I see things in nature very well. I've got a good eye for them, and they look back at me." To borrow a metaphor from Thoreau (and De Kooning), the canal is an eye looking at me.
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Ahhh... you and your canal. I don't know if anyone (perhaps Casey Klahn?) said the following before, but you prove the point so beautifully that it bears repeating. Paint what you love and paint it again.
I love reading your take on the biographies; I'm looking forward to your pithy comments about Matisse.
Sam, Thanks. Sorry you couldn't stay in Hawaii longer. I paint canal portraits. Never the same person. I can't wait to start the Matisse biography.
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