Radiant Red was painted using a
lily reference photo from about a year ago. Since I loved painting it the first time, why not try it again? It is nearly impossible to paint an identical painting (at least for me it is) and I am happy about that because that means that each painting, even if it is created from a common reference photo will not be an exact copy. I did not look at the photo of the previous
lily painting because I didn't want to be influenced by it. This way, the painting is fresh and not labored over, trying to recreate a certain look, or similar brush stroke.
Van Gogh painted some of the same people, sitting in the same poses a few times. He changed some of the colours, painterly brush strokes and mark making in each painting, thereby creating a new work of art each time, yet you can tell it was painted at the same sitting.
Who knows which reference photo I will try again... stay tuned!
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10x10 oil on canvas
