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Published: 2010-01-29 17:48:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 6248; Favourites: 200; Downloads: 222
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Oil, 11 x 14 inchesPrints Here: [link]
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This is really great, did you paint an actual mouse? Or did you use a photo reference.
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Thanks. I used photo reference for the mouse. I didn't have a real one on hand, but everything else was from life.
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I love mice, and the picture has a really neat quality,and the lighning is soo goood! 
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Simply enchanting. I love the dry, broad brush strokes on the bottom of the painting.
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Yessss.
I truly loved this.
Favourited. For sure.
Best regards from England (I thought I could see you in Bristol, but it turns out YOUR Bristol is in the USofA!)
Dibb
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Thanks!
Yeah, Rhode Island, sorry.
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I'm a novice, really, in the practice of interpreting art, but I don't understand why you went through all the trouble of producing the realism and naturalistic effects of the spools of thread, the mouse, the auger (?), then let the foreground dissolve into rough brushstrokes. It looks really cool, no doubt about that, but it's something I'm wondering about...
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Good question. The answer, basically, is "It looks really cool". Of course, it also has to do with balance of style and variation of stroke. A sort of Fibonacci spectrum of focus. This is why it looks really cool, but ultimately my philosophy on painting is that if I could get the same effect with a camera, I could have saved myself three days of work and gotten about the result. Why on earth then, would I go and render the entire painting with the same consistent realistic effect? It would be a pointless waste of time. That is not to say there is no merit to realist painting, you might agree, that part also looks really cool. But to me, the balance of these aspects is a source of extraordinary beauty and a key goal in the endeavor of painting.
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I hope you realize if you get any better we are going to have to kill you.
Looking forward to your show!
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I love your portraits and fantasy illustrations. However, I think the paintings that showcase your skills the most are these still lives. This image shows a masterful control over color and value, hard and soft edges, depth, and representation vs. abstraction. Love it.
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