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Blue Sky with Yellow Clouds
11 x 14
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Yasharel
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Yasharel Manzy
paints from memory, preferring the controlled conditions of the studio to the
variations of light and climate outdoors. He works entirely in oils to achieve
his vivid juxtaposition of brilliant jewel tones. Rather than creating
preliminary sketches and blending pigments on the palette, he applies paint
directly to the canvas to achieve his distinctive impasto. Favoring accident and
inspiration over careful deliberation, the artist might begin with a vague idea
of rendering a seascape or a landscape inspired by his travels or a dream, but
admits that he has “very little idea what the outcome is going to be” when he
starts. Yasharel says he generally completes his best paintings in the shortest
period of time—sometimes in a single afternoon—though he also has worked on one
“exceptional” painting off and on for three years. |
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