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PRACTICAL APPLICATION 2
| Utilising what is left of the background (Fig 6) I isolate (cut out) the red curtain on the left - but as the red was a little too violent for the composition I overlay it with a grey screen. |
Fig 6
| This screen I distorted hoping to provide balance for the mass of the body on the right. Also I could not resist the emerging from behind the curtain idea. (I was also cognizant that the curtains played a significant part in the original painting). I also wanted to give the design some movement. |
Fig 7
| Add a frame and ... the result may look a little slick or modern to the traditionalists. |
| But such is the result for what it is worth.
I added nothing to this picture I just re-arranged the 'deck chairs', but ... I would love to take my brush and highlight ....? And for the more traditional ... (vertical frame and darker richer Rembrant background) |
An abstract interperation would serve a very limited purpose here as any deconstruction
would be simply be mechanical.
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