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Op 21/02/2021 om 15:15 schreef Norbert Kern:
> "Robert McGregor" <rob### [at] mcgregorfineartcom> wrote:
>> Wow Norbert, this is such an amazing image!
>>
>> The lighting and materials are brilliant and the composition so well thought
>> out. The harmony of colors is very pleasing and that vase really pops. Those are
>> some of my favorite paintings as well, I love how you worked them into the
>> scene.
>>
>> The sphere sweep rug fringes are a great touch! The subtlety of the metallic
>> cavities and highlights are wonderful, especially notable in the owl and the
>> mirror frame!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rob
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>
> Thank you very much.
>
> I want to replicate the Boecklin image (Isle of the dead) since 20 years, but I
> have to mature more...
> In 2003 I was electrified, when I turned around a corner at NY Met to see this
> version in a very similar setting - I stood there at least 30 minutes with my
> jaws dropped to the floor blocking anybody else - then my wife found me ...
>
> The metallic textures aren't complicated at all - just very low diffuse and
> metallic reflections settings (without direct lighting there is no specular or
> phong contributions).
>
> Norbert
>
Aaaah... Boecklin... I made a couple of starts on that painting over
the last 20 years too. Each time piteously failed in my attempts. ;-)
One day however...
--
Thomas
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