tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884060296380232965.post1132347940427165624..comments2023-10-20T08:28:48.735-07:00Comments on Demeures Peintes: Paradise and Chaos and Paris IUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884060296380232965.post-31690698290745658552021-04-10T16:57:19.671-07:002021-04-10T16:57:19.671-07:00Oh yes, I love your work. the owners of the apart...Oh yes, I love your work. the owners of the apartment are so fortunate to have you paint for them. Publius Huldahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527686752314237058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884060296380232965.post-25643868373911864512011-06-13T09:29:03.751-07:002011-06-13T09:29:03.751-07:00Thank you very much Mark. I also think it dramatic...Thank you very much Mark. I also think it dramatically changes the feel of this rather severe stairwell. It was avery hard commission, I had to navigate between some of the archaisms of this XVIIth century landscape style and the necessity to make it work on a grand scale,... very tough. <br />It is so easy to drift away and start painting like XVIIIth or XIXth century painters ...I always had to control my brushwork and was surrounded by books on Rubens, Tiziano,some flemish painters...opened up on the floor of the studio!PA74https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342796008081342481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884060296380232965.post-42996210621462604042011-06-13T06:47:16.315-07:002011-06-13T06:47:16.315-07:00A beautiful — no, stunning — solution. Your archit...A beautiful — no, stunning — solution. Your architectural elements transform the architecture of the stairwell, I really like the expanse of distance that you've achieved, and the waterfall that cascades next to the stairs is especially delightful. Beautiful!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.com