Tag: painting

Copying Vincent

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I am in the beginning stages of a painting for a dear friend. It is a copy of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night Over The Rhone.” The picture was painted during Vincent’s time at Arles, in the south of France. While not as well known as his similar painting, “The Starry Night,” it is nonetheless one of his masterpieces. I am… Read moreCopying Vincent

The Darkness And The Shell

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The darkness was descending. It was not there yet, but it was descending. The man knew that it was coming, he just didn’t know when. It always came, eventually. Sometimes he could feel it descending slowly. Other times it descended quickly. His wife understood and he was thankful for that. She called it “crawling back into the shell,” and said… Read moreThe Darkness And The Shell