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Defiance

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	Tracy Wright: fantastic work! love the contrast Posted Jun 10, 2008 4:09pm
	Solvi: wonderful Posted Aug 13, 2008 9:47pm
	Manfred Marburger: I Iike the way you paint skin tones, cloth etc . Posted Sep 2, 2008 5:15pm
	SiobhanXface: wow. this is incredible! Posted Sep 14, 2008 4:35am
	Beo: masterly done! Posted Oct 12, 2008 8:44pm
	goldylonglocks: excellent stokes lighting colour...sooooo realistic Posted Oct 23, 2008 1:06pm

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Uploaded on June 09, 2008
by ryoung

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Signed giclee print on 225 ...
60cm x 90cm

Both the beautiful model and the background are painted entirely with a knife. A high level of contrast is provided and the colours made extremely rich, bold and lustrous, thus creating a very contemporary feel overall.
Model Katarzyna's bold defiance is much more than a sensually expressive opposition to her onlooker, resisting demands to further exhibit herself.
"...a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair" (Abraham Joshua Heschel)
It's a large, sensual and very dramatic, moody and atmospheric painting that would not look out of place as a feature in any location.