Sunday, August 28, 2022

"Sofastry"

 

I got a book about the artist Fairfield Porter out of the library and have ben perusing it lately. What an amazing artist!A lot of his work has a real 1940s and 50s vibe to it. I did this painting under his influence. Obviously it falls quite short of his work. But he did inspire me here. 

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