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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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May 13, 2007

Peek Performance

Painting_9_detail_ink_bottle_3Posted here is a detail of painting number 9. The source catalog painting by Rembrandt is a very limited palette and includes many of the friendly colors described in Intimidations below. In spite of the limited range of hues used by Rembrandt, vermilion reds were prominent. I have attempted to capitalize on the chiaroscuro technique here by contrasting the lights of the sheet music against the darks of the pitcher, and the same with the ink bottle stopper.

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