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| Donuts for Wayne oil 11 x 14 x .5 |
The work of American artist Wayne Thiebaud has always fascinated me, from the first time I saw his work on a notecard. Pastries. Ice Cream Cones....and, yet, his work was taken seriously. His style was nothing like my own. Nothing.. Simple flat shapes. Simple pastel-painted color fields. Little regard for perspective. Giant dark shadows. Everything my work is not. And I am convinced that is why I love his work so much. That, and the obvious sugar fix.
And so, come Valentine's Day this year, we gave a nod to Thiebaud by painting donuts from Dunkin'. My resultant work has strayed from that of Thiebaud with far more detail, a lack of flatness (that seems to be out of my range) and color that is far more complex. So be it.
And, yet, I am pleased.
