Monday, August 26, 2013

On the Credit Score

A Nod to Jan

My current painting owes more than just a little bit to the genius of Jan Vermeer, and to his Little Street.

I think he needs to get the credit (but maybe he'd rather not).

In any event, since he's neither around to be thanked, or to protest, I've given him a nod at the tippy-top of my painting, on a tower that's behind the main buildings.

This is an oversize detail. The real bit is a mere .75 x .75" (1.9 x 1.9 cm). Still, it's there for all who have eyes to see. It's one of the monograms he used in signing his own work.

Thanks, Jan!



4 comments:

  1. Don't forget to put your own on. We wouldn't want to see you dragged away by Interpol.
    Looks like you are having a lot of fun with this one!

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  2. ....actually it could never be mistaken for a Vermeer as he always painted his interior floor tiles on the diagonal...just to make the perspective a litle more difficult.

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  3. If, even temporarily, the world could be fooled by van Meegeren, then it's kinderspel----tiles or no.

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  4. Looks like a masterpiece painting anyway. Must be nearly finished by now. Can't wait to see the finished piece.

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