Friday, February 4, 2011

"On Guard II" Oil on canvas 18 x 24


   I love this painting-unfortunately my multiple efforts at capturing the colors accurately with my camera fail to match the colors of this painting. The background has a more reddish warmer hue while the lion on guard at the Art Institute of Chicago is more green, offering a better contrast to the background. The strokes here are loose and bold, with subtle color variation especially in the shadow portion of the underbelly-there there is a mix of purple, green and blues in various hues.

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