The red door outlining the figure was the element that prompted me to paint this one.
I sometimes find it difficult to paint children without
depicting lots of sugary sentimentality.
I attended an art competition a few years ago. Most of the paintings depicted children in
various whimsical activities. One
painting showed a small boy eating a watermelon while another showed a little
girl blowing soap bubbles while a kitten was jumping to pop the bubbles. Sentimentality is an easy emotion to bring
forth in an artwork. For some artists it
works wonderfully. Generally I try to
paint children so the viewer finds more subtle emotions to take away from the painting. From my perspective this painting works in
that way.
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