"A portrait is not an identificative paper but rather the curve of an emotion" -James Joyce

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Literal Backdrop

This is the first picture I took after arriving in Fujimi, which means view of Fuji.  This is a typical view down a slope of rice fields and commercial seed manufacturers, but the mountains and their ever changing clothing of clouds are for lack of a better word, sublime.  You would think that this would inspire me to paint landscape, but quite the contrary.  Some things shouldn't be figured out, or can't be.  Some scenes can't be improved with paint.  This is where Constable was on to something, making broccoli into a landscape seems less daunting.


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