Away matches

[Chris Saper]

Dear Ilaria,

Both portraits are beautiful! Your canvases are fresh and exciting, and, I think, are complete successes! Congratulations!

[Margaret Ferguson]

Beautifully done, I love your palette and loose style. The sense of light is lovely.

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Alex, Chris, Margaret, thank you so much for your support.

I just got an email: the lady has written her memoirs and wishes to include the photo of my painting, maybe it's going to go on the cover, the publisher is very well known.

I am excited but now I regret even more that I didn't have enough time to go deeper. I am waiting to learn if there's a deadline, I might be able to go back to Rome for a weekend and have another go at it.

Ilaria

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

I am excited but now I regret even more that I didn't have enough time to go deeper.

Even if you had the opportunity to make revisions, I would counsel you to resist the urge. The painting seems to me to be a completed version of what it is, brought along in its entirety to the same degree of finish, and I think it would have fantastic effect on a dust jacket or book cover.

If it is somehow "unfinished," then it is all the more appropriate to illustrate an unfinished life, captured in memoir.

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Very good work, Ilaria. And real congratulations on your painting going in or on the cover of the book. Thanks for posting your work.

[Linda Brandon]

Ilaria, these are wonderful paintings and such strong expressions of your personal fresh, bold, colorful style! David used the word "openness" - which sounds exactly right.

Thanks for going into detail about your experiences of working on-site. You are fearless, good for you! I am watching you like a hawk to see how you are managing these.

Remind me to hire you as my portrait artist when I am over eighty.

[David Draime]

Originally Posted by Chris Saper

Dear Ilaria,

Both portraits are beautiful! Your canvases are fresh and exciting, and, I think, are complete successes! Congratulations!

Chris stole my words. These are very intelligent paintings. They show a great deal of skill, as well as a certain openness, spontanaity - they are loose and probing, and that is what makes them so alive. You have a very identifiable style and it is a treat to see that style evolve and become more assured and confident with each new post.

And I love that blue door in the background. Masterful.

David

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Steven, Carlos, Allan, David, your can't imagine how much I appreciate your words !
I heard from the publisher today, appearantly I have until the end of March for the final image. I am getting used to this image (it's going to be quite small on the cover though), but I dtill have doubts on her left shoulder which appears slightly larger making her head look smaller ( hence the comment about her looking taller, I think ). I will be going to Rome in a couple of weeks to deliver another portrait, and I think I might try and just making this correction.
I was also concerned with the dog: I didn't see it dry, and it was very very shiny compared tio the rest of the painting, I might paint over it with a little wax medium.
I promise I'm not going to do much, but this sudden separation was just to abrupt, I NEED to have another look at it !
I will post the last version so you can all tell me off !
Ilaria

[Enzie Shahmiri]

Ilaria,

Congratulations! What can I say that hasn't already been said? It is wonderful that the painting will go on thebook cover. I think it will be a great eye catcher. I hope that your name gets mentioned as the artist somewhere on the dust jacket. What a great exposure for you!

[Cindy Procious]

Gorgeous jewel-like colors, Ilaria. I wish I could see your work in person. I'd bet it's a real treat.

Congratulations on the book cover, too. BTW - I'm sure you've already handled this, but, if not - you should not only get attribution as the artist, but also compensation.