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    This blog documents the creation of eleven paintings inspired by the 17th century palette of works in Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art, an exhibition that traveled to three U.S. cities in 2006-07. During June of 2007, all eleven paintings were presented as my exhibit, Lessons from the Low Countries, while the Rembrandt exhibit debuted its three-month stay at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. Read the documentation and see all finished works of this year-long project in the August 2006 through June 2007 entries on this blog.

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October 14, 2006

Rembrandt Exhibit, First Stop

Demo_at_dayton_1 The Shaw Gothic Pavilion at the Dayton Art Institute was a perfect setting for my presentation. Each of the three display paintings were set up on the easels where people could look closely and also ask questions about my Lessons of the Low Countries project. That's me in black with an blue apron talking to a philosophy professor about the Dutch Exhibit. The guests expressed enthusiasm about seeing the process of the three stages of the painting The Golden Age. Just scroll down and you can see all three shown on a previous post. Many non-artists expressed curiosity about how a painting is begun and what steps are taken to get to completion. Other guests were especially interested in the pigments, mediums, and samples of linen which were unprimed and primed with rabbit skin glue and lead white. More on this topic later.

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Margret, it's so fun to see you in action and to live your experiences! I look forward to hearing more about the project!

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