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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Photography and Painting

The 19th century American painter Thomas Eakins had an affinity for the male form, and sometimes took his students out into the countryside to swim and sketch.  The painting below is the result of one such outing:



The painting lends itself well to transpositions.  Eakins painted himself, swimming in the lower right-hand corner.




1 comment:

  1. Beautiful.... your eye in creating is amazing

    Michael

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