SOME painters or paintings just make you eager to paint. I'm down with Sargent. Ever since I became more acquainted with Sargent about 5 or 6 yrs ago, I've always liked this depiction of soldiers leaving the battle front in WWI entitled "Gassed". I wonder if the director and producers of the film Atonement referenced this piece when they were creating the set they used visualizing the same subject. Sargent really blows our minds. He had to observe all of this from life and correctly recreate that sun-set beach lighting. Not to mention the several figures composed in this piece. Nearly a hundred yrs later the majority of the work being produced today is completely inferior to this. Sometimes knowing that makes me think I should just be an accountant, or a service mechanic on the rides at Lagoon.
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I agree it is an amazing painting but... you Justin are a master of our time and one day people will be saying the same about your work.
Justin--Man, do I have some WWI poetry with your name all over it. Owens, Sassoon, etc.--pretty awesome stuff . . .
JT--my,my...john singer sargent...one of my all time favs...just like you! kt
really good work .....I like the composition, the colors, and the situation.....really nice....
You are spot on with this! This is the first painting that got me hooked on Sargent. Then to see it live at the National War Museum was another great experience! Keep on being an inspiration, just read about you in one of my old magazines(SouthWest Art September 2007)
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