[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] “I am searching for the most boring and irrelevant photo material that I can find.” – Gerhard Richter Atlas Gerhard Richter’s Atlas is a collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and sketches that the artist has been assembling since the mid …
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Some Pretty Paintings: Figure on Black Chair
Ruthie V. Figure on Black Chair drypoint on 8×10″ gray Rives BFK
I don’t like square horizontals and verticals in figure studies, so part of the creative fun is finding triangle shapes with the figure.
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