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Pinturas en acrylico, en oleo y acuarelas por Maria Tuma
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acrylics and oil paintings; there are 3 watercolors on a page.
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Some people have told me to make series of a certain subject matter because galleries like to identify an artist with a body of work. I like too many things to limit myself to seascapes, landscapes, animals: dogs, horses, chickens in a farm, sheeps, some patriotic themes, people (my favorite subject), children, religious and Biblical illustrations or representations, portraits, fruits, vegetables or flowers on a still-life, ballet and flamenco dancers, in a realistic-impressionistic genre. I have also done expressionistic representations of peole as shown in my acrylics, which many people have told me that they like those a lot.
I' m 59 years of age, and I worry about how much life time I have left to be able to paint all that I want, sort of listed above... and more...However little by little I will continue to do and paint what I can under the present circumstances, with rehumatoid arthritis, taking care of home and my 97 years old mother. It is not easy, with little finantial income and how expensive life is today and the high cost of art supplies, frames, advertising, etc.People ask me what do you paint? My answer is: many things and almost any thing. Hoping to continue overcoming obstacles of many sorts, to be able to complete many paintings already started and make some new ones and be able to see them sold in my lifetime. It would be absolutely boring to me to do the same thing over and over again -because it sells- and that is what the galleries want or how the "art" market is established at the present time. It is boring to me to paint, (for instance), all FAT PEOPLE over and over again...or just seascapes. I'm trying to achieve a classical look, although I'm a bit hyper and it clashes with classical realism. I'm trying to control my self in order to achieve the degree of realism I desire. The fast loose brush strokes comes natural to me; it is the fine control that I need to work on....and also I want to do some of those loose abstract-expressionistic and some impressionistic as well. It is a race against time...but I enjoy running it or walking it.
Miami, Fl. November 28, 2007