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| This Little Piggy oil/canvas 12 x 16 x .5 |
Small children and baby animals are sure-fire subjects for a painting. Who does't love 'em? One of the hazards, in my view, is the overly-saccharine quality that can spoil the serious thoughtfulness of a work. Another, in the case of a pig, is its overall round and fairly uninteresting shape. I recall here, my first few paintings that included pumpkins and the difficulties I had in the rendering of such large, round shapes. For me, for my own sense of "correctness", that shape must be broken up in some way. The outside-in::inside-out principle must be put to use here.....for me....so that I can feel satisfied upon completion.....the pig likeness and the overall design of the picture plane are both important to me.
