Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Christina's Crowd


6x8 oil on panel
$150 + $11 s/h - sold

I've always been drawn to this painting by Wyeth. The young woman appears to be in distress to me. Such a mood he created. But here I've painted her some friends who are as eager to understand her as I am. It was particularly serendipitous that Christina's windblown hair and belt matched the style of the young lady viewing her in the MOMA in NY.

5 comments:

sattvicwarrior said...

nice blog. good concept good for you, thanks for sharing:)

B Buggia said...

This actually appeals to me even more than Wyeth's painting. Very nice.

Bonnie Hurst said...

I have really enjoyed your work! Your subject matter always seems alive and painted with passion.

Deborah Paris said...

lovely painting Robin! Christina Olsen (Wyeth's model) could not walk- many people mistakenly saw this image as an idyllic one- but it's actually quite poignant- her world circumscribed by her disability.

Steven said...

Deborah nailed it. She (and her other family members, I think) appeared in a few other Wyeth paintings.

Love your POV on this one. I remember getting to a Van Gogh show in the early 90s and couldn't get in b/c of the line around the gallery. Ugh.

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