Quick life painting & longer portrait

[Carlos Ygoa]

Your handling of the brush seems very spontaneous and quick while at the same time very well-meditated and sure. Joaquin Sorolla once said that, in his opinion, portraits should be painted quickly, that the result should appear to have been painted with great facility and in one sitting. I think he would have liked these two paintings of yours.

[Alexandra Tyng]

Thomasin,

These are wonderful just as they are! Even though the first one is very rough, you ought to win a medal for just attempting it. In the second one, I love the colors in the flesh and the green light in the eye. You make it seem easy to describe form with color and not much value change, but it really very hard for most people to do--you have to be very good at observation and delight in your ability even if you are not sure of the results, and this I admire in you and your work.

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Thomasin,
I have seen these two works on your website and passed some time admiring your skill.
The boy is very energetic and immediate, but there is something that I find not convincing in the shape of the head and the location of the year that I would have liked to see prioritized in respect to other parts, for example the eyebrow. I mean that in my opinion, considering the short time, those indications would have been important to put down. I presume the cartoon just finished...
The other one instead is more elaborated with references to Freud's work. As usual the flesh is very present and real, and the structure of the head is as important her gaze.
The roughness and relentessness of the your canvas surface always reminds us that the painting is there and present, and not only we are staring at the image but also at the process of its working, and talks about the perennial negotiation between flatness and three-dimentionality.
Ilaria

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Originally Posted by Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

The roughness and relentessness of the your canvas surface always reminds us that the painting is there and present, and not only we are staring at the image but also at the process of its working, and talks about the perennial negotiation between flatness and three-dimentionality.
Ilaria

This is so inspiring! Thank-you Ilaria!

[Sharon Knettell]

Lovely slurpy paint quality.

I applaud you trying to paint the impossible. However before the advent of cameras, the rich and famous were always desirous of having their precious little ones painted.

I am sure they must have sweated it out, so this is great practice if you ever want to do paintings of children for pay or fun (?) that have this spontaneous quality.

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Sharon, thank-you! Sorry for the very late response. I have just been going through the paintings from life section and saw that, very rudely, I hadn't replied to you here.

I building up to doing another painting of my son from life - hopefully not quite so quick as this one. (I wish I could download Linda Brandon to look over my shoulder and encourage me onwards!).

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Your work is always unique and beautiful.