{"id":4070,"date":"2014-09-06T17:21:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T21:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=4070"},"modified":"2015-12-04T07:58:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T12:58:03","slug":"two-similar-themed-paintings-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/two-similar-themed-paintings-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Two similar-themed paintings revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve posted about this before<\/a>–working on two paintings with the same theme simultaneously. These are two paintings of my son Keith in the studio standing in front of a painting of himself. I hope you can tell that these paintings aren’t finished. I recently had a session with the lower one and it’s almost finished. The top one has a lot of work left; the face is merely blocked in.<\/p>\n

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Two paintings with the same theme: Keith standing in front of a painting of Keith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Regular readers know I frequently post about works in progress, but casual readers often think everything I post is finished, which is hardly the case.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Here is the (finished) painting that Keith was posing in front of:<\/p>\n

\"keith-white-chair\"<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div>

I’ve used the white chair in several paintings. I like its sensuous shape.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>Smooth Move—Smooth Painting Surfaces<\/span><\/a><\/div>

UPDATE. Here is the finished version of the painting in the first photo:<\/p>\n

\"keith-keith\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve posted about this before–working on two paintings with the same theme simultaneously. These are two paintings of my son Keith in the studio standing in front of a painting of himself. I hope you can tell that these paintings aren’t finished. I recently had a session with the lower one and it’s almost finished. 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