Like many European cities, Paris offers an incredible bounty of aesthetics and antiquity. Everywhere you look there are beautiful old buildings, sculptures, gardens, bridges, streets, and lots and lots of people everywhere enjoying it all. It is food for the artist’s soul. I walked for many miles while I was there, and here is a little 10" x 8" from a sunny afternoon stroll near the Seine.
When painting a scene like this I attempt to represent human figures as simply as I can and still infuse them with gesture, balance, grace, and life. In the lower right hand section of this painting you can see a couple taking in the statue before them. A few strokes of paint and voilà we have a man and his wife considering Rodin.
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