Vincent Keeling's Art Blog — The Unfolding Kiss
The Unfolding Kiss: A Study - The first steps toward merging my floral and figurative work
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The Unfolding Kiss: A Study oil on canvas, by artist Vincent Keeling This is a very important painting for me as it represents my first attempt to realize a creative idea that has been floating around my head for some seven years; This is the idea of combining two strands of my previous work, the floral and figurative, and trying to merge these into a seamless whole. I should also point out, that the figures in this work are inspired by a sculpture, I’ve always loved, called “The Kiss” by the nineteenth century French sculptor Rodin. Although in the...