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October 13, 2012
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Oct 16, 2012, 8:45:09 AM
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Acrylic on panel 27 x 31"

Edit: Worked on it for another day, this is an updated image.
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Woman Reading An Email an impressive painting by ~ja5on. ( Featured by ^SRudy )
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Mood: Love ~BaneEden May 3, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Just wow :heart:
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*fractalhead Mar 17, 2013
excellent
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*nikkidreamer Mar 16, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
As a gifted artist, does it bother you when people who say it would be an unimpressive photo are more amazed to find it as a painting? Technique mastery aside, shouldn't work have value in composition and content etc? For instance, what I find fascinating is how you are working with modern subject material in traditional portraiture. The classic device of the mirror and a woman in a personal setting is set off by the jean jacket outfit and the electronic device. The big negative space ahead of her makes me feel like it's morning and we're moving ahead into our day, and also makes the picture feel like a quiet place to me.
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~ja5on Mar 17, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
It bothers me. But then I don't know what they're looking for in photographs, what's impressive to them. You have to keep in mind the demographics of dA. A lot of paintings, particularly in photorealism, if you forget that they are paintings and look at them as merely images, are deliberately banal, because that's what the artist wants. Thank you for your thoughtful comment.
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*nikkidreamer Mar 17, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
True enough about the demographics. My husband has to remind me about that every time I go off on a tangent about people missing the point of something aesthetically.

I really don't think this image is banal as much as it is intelligently subtle. Even if it were a photo it would be quite good as an artwork. I never focused a lot on photo realism and didn't realize they purposely tried to select banal subjects. What is the reason behind that generally? Just technique showcasing?
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~ja5on Mar 17, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
I'm not too sure what the reasoning is, something ironic probably.
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*Lovizol Feb 7, 2013
wonderful!
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~MoonwalkingHorse Jan 15, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I couldn't figure out what was so special about this photo....and then realized it was a painting O_O
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~iceboxe Jan 14, 2013
amazing!
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~Miyori999 Jan 13, 2013
At first I was like; "Just another photo... I don't get..." Then... Speechlessness.
Great PAINTING.
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