Red Scarf - study

[Mike McCarty]

I would agree with Steven's comments. It might be helpful to see the original photo. Personally, I'm not a big fan of highly manipulated images. If your vision includes a sense of surrealism that's one thing, but if you loose track of too many bread crumbs it can be hard finding your way back to reality.

[Hanna Larsson]

Bob,

I think Steven and Mike are right, but I also understand why you liked what you saw and want to recreate it. I was inspired by your manipulated photo and manipulated it some more. This is what I felt needed to be tweeked in your photo for ME to belive it and maybe this could be a compromise between your and Stevens versions.
But I don't know if it is any more true to what you actually saw.
I say give it a shot if you feel like it...

[Steven Sweeney]

Not sure if this thread is still "active," but on a recent visit to the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, I had the opportunity to see Fredric Leighton's Miss May Sartoris and was immediately put in mind of Bob's intended work here. I'm not suggesting anything about the execution of either work, just noting the interesting similarities.

[Bob Bissett]

Originally Posted by Steven Sweeney

on a recent visit to the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, I had the opportunity to see Fredric Leighton's Miss May Sartoris and was immediately put in mind of Bob's intended work here.

Great painting. They do have some similar elements. That small gesture really adds a lot as does the scarf flowing to one side. May reshoot reference photos.