Tag: Carol Hughes painting
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
January is named in honour of Janus, the Roman god with two faces, one to look to the future and one to see into the past. This painting has reminders of both for me. The original sketch and photos were taken in 2011, on the first day I spent painting with a good friend and…
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Inspired by Van Gogh
A late summer day filled with sunshine, a field of flowers with tall clumps of sunflowers dotted here and there like scarecrows: it seemed like a Van Gogh kind of day. Recently I was fortunate to see the Van Gogh: Up Close exhibition at the National Gallery in Ottawa, Canada, just before it ended its…