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I am thrilled to show this journey I have been on over the last couple of years after randomly picking up the palette knife late one night to see how I could use it in my portrait work.
It was really hard at first being so used to the brush, especially painting sitters from life. I didn't want the work to look slap-dash with that knife, but kind of refined. I stuck with it. I have got faster and more accurate painting from life with that knife. I chose to paint people who told a life story in some way, about not only theirs but mine. Close acquaintances and also people whose story had moved me.
Most of all I feel I am 'home" with that palette knife. I will never now put it down.
Mark your calendars for the opening night April 1st! Would love to see you there to share in this special and very personal art moment for me.
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| Under The Knife By Johanna Spinks The Museum of Ventura County Tool Room Gallery thru April 2016 |
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