Gabriella

Tom Edgerton · 01-01-2007, 12:34 PM

Love the feeling of atmosphere and air around her!

Best--TE

Alexandra Tyng · 01-01-2007, 07:25 PM

Thanks, Tom--glad you see atmosphere and air around her, because I've just been blabbing about those things on the forum and actions speak louder than words

Alexandra Tyng · 01-01-2007, 07:27 PM

Here are some details of other parts of the portrait:

Claudemir Bonfim · 01-02-2007, 02:13 PM

Great edges!

Alexandra Tyng · 01-03-2007, 10:28 AM

Bonfim, thanks--I really appreciate your comment!

Lacey Lewis · 01-03-2007, 04:50 PM

Great painting! I never would've thought to paint a girl in such an outfit, but it adds so much to the personality of the painting. It's just one of the many things that make your paintings unique, and thus they win awards!

Alexandra Tyng · 01-04-2007, 09:52 AM

Thank you, Lacey! It's nice to know you think it turned out well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacey Lewis

I never would've thought to paint a girl in such an outfit

Neither would I!

But this is how she arrived at her grandmother's house, which is a considerable distance from her own home, and this all took place on the West Coast, 3.000 miles from my home. So I had one chance to take photos and no say in her clothing choice. Neither did her grandmother, who was none too pleased with the dress and was totally against the shoes she was wearing. What's an artist to do? I ended up thinking that I could make the dress into an advantage. I began to like the interplay between the dress and the Oriental rug--so many similar colors, yet the patterns were so different. The shoes are a vastly simplified version of the ones she was wearing. I kept the background simple because I didn't want to introduce any more complicated patterns and/or compositional elements. I ended up, by some miracle, pleasing both the grandmother and the parents!