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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 114944, member: 59"]I prefer Painting A between these 2. I see the subject in A as a strong, early to mid-20th century woman - an artist herself, perhaps? I see a determined face. Although not classically beautiful, nicely painted (watercolor?) in this "light and shadow" style. I'm hoping she is identified somewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can only imagine B hanging in a gallery show featuring the down-trodden, homeless, beat up and beat down. He's got a puffy black eye on his right (our left), an almost invisible one on his left (our right), a generally vacant look (mouth hanging open a bit) and a deformed right side (our left) all of which make me feel that he's recently been in a fight. Either that, or the artist did a lousy job of depicting him. </p><p><br /></p><p>He's depressing, as King has mentioned, and I don't think all that well painted. If he was one of the population I described above I would hope that the artist would have done something to make him look more sympathetic. If he was someone else, I hope he didn't have to pay the artist for this. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 114944, member: 59"]I prefer Painting A between these 2. I see the subject in A as a strong, early to mid-20th century woman - an artist herself, perhaps? I see a determined face. Although not classically beautiful, nicely painted (watercolor?) in this "light and shadow" style. I'm hoping she is identified somewhere. I can only imagine B hanging in a gallery show featuring the down-trodden, homeless, beat up and beat down. He's got a puffy black eye on his right (our left), an almost invisible one on his left (our right), a generally vacant look (mouth hanging open a bit) and a deformed right side (our left) all of which make me feel that he's recently been in a fight. Either that, or the artist did a lousy job of depicting him. He's depressing, as King has mentioned, and I don't think all that well painted. If he was one of the population I described above I would hope that the artist would have done something to make him look more sympathetic. If he was someone else, I hope he didn't have to pay the artist for this. ;)[/QUOTE]
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