Hands clapping. oil on linen 32 x 47
Coming soon. Based on a chance encounter while in Maun, Botswana. Went for a walk and heard the distant sound of hands clapping. I want this painting to have a slow hymn and rhythm and have the eyes skip across the scene in an oscillating beat. I am aiming for accuracy in sound, movement and to make sure that the painting does not become sentimentalized and staged, instead to remember the chance encounter and casual feel of the event.
I am using a very methodical,dry brush technique in an attempt to crack open the scene and to show the washed out tones of a hot African day. I reckon I am 60% into the painting.
Inspired by Thomas Eakins perfection in balance and placement of figures in the landscape and Eugene Boudin’s rhythmic grouping of figures.
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Tagged with africa, African artist, African artist unite, African children's choir, African drumming, African music, Botswana, drumming, dry brush technique, Eugene Boudin, Hands clapping, Maun, Moremi Wildlife reserve, oil, one hand clapping, painting, piece of Africa, Thomas Eakins.
By Liza
– September 20, 2009
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