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Whispering Brook by James D Taylor

Whispering Brook

Oil on Linen 20 x 30 in. sold
Traditional alprima painting using copal med.
Glad to be the first to vote. Your figure is very well balanced. Your depth is exemplary. Your shading WOW. :~) d
1 month ago
Thank you d, doing the shadows is what I enjoyed in this one
1 month
beautiful and gorgeous composition. love the skin tones and pose. 5*****
1 month
Thanks Oldivad, This photo of the painting shows the skin tone being way too red. Standing in front of the painting, she has a cooler tone - more purple/blue
1 month
I love the contrast of textures and the fragility of her soft skin against the hard rocks and stones 5 *****
1 month
Thank you Susan, This is the exact reason I put this painting together. The hard and soft felling. Great observation!
1 month
Just gorgeous...it has a surreal quality!
1 month
Thanks Shirley, I decided not to give the figure as many values as a portrait might have. This helped give the figure that surreal kind of feeling.
1 month
I love the contrast of her body against the background..fantastic skin tones and light and shade xx
1 month
Thank you Jules
1 month
Very beautiful, James! Her body very well painted and wonderful composition too!
1 month
Thank you again Katerina
1 month
Great figure realisme James
I do like to portray the human body myself
*****
1 month
Thanks again Joeri, I like your drawing Springtime
1 month
Lovely painting James, beautiful shading.
1 month
Thanks Carol, I see you are a fan of shadows yourself
1 month
very nice painting!it's incredible! great realism maybe more shadow of the woman figure and the rock, regards esti
1 month
Great observation Esti, There was so much light bouncing around off the water and rocks that there was very minimal shadows to be found anywhere that was cast by her. But you are right in pointing this out - I could have done exactly what you said, and be for the better.
1 month
simply awesome work!
1 month
Thank you Adhishray
1 month
wow it is a beautiful painting, great depth and beautiful shadows and it's a nice girl.
1 month
Thank you Wainach, the model is Ukrainian, young and very slim.
1 month
Sensitive, sensuous and beautifully painted James. Congrats!
1 month
Thank you Csaba, I have more paintings of her yet to be done
1 month
Very nice skin tones....beautiful work James!!! :D
1 month
Thanks Thea
1 month
Excellent work James, love it!*****
1 month
Thank you, I like your work as well - classical
1 month
Beautiful, great skin tones.
1 month
Thank you Kostas
1 month
beautiful !!!!
1 month
Thank you Daisy, I like your name and eatable paints for your charming finger paintings
1 month
So do I ! :> Thanks for so lovely comment. Regards, Daisy XX ... PS.: As you I like too much the Dutch masters, Jan De Bray for example, just love him work !!!
28 days
Yes, Jan De Bray is an excellent example of the Dutch masters :)
10 days
You've nailed the depth so well that it almost looks like a painting made over a false background! incredible!
1 month
Thank you Rob, looking at it here off the net it looks almost flat compared to standing in front of the painting itself. I enjoyed doing this one for a couple of reasons
1 month
Stunning nude... love your skin tones and the free expression...
1 month
Gotta love the free expressions
1 month
Superb work 5*
1 month
Thank you
1 month
Very, very good. I bet it looks a lot better 'live' Love the pose, it's strong yet beautiful. The skin tone is a lovely contrast to the harder and dark shadowy rocks.
1 month
Thank you Ian, glad you pointed this out.
1 month
Very interesting the place she is perched. Beautifully created. Gorgeous colours - Well Done! ;-)
1 month
Thanks again Charleen
1 month
lovely. Beautiful skin tone
1 month
Thank you Denise, congratulations on achieving your diploma in Art & Creativity
1 month
that figure is great
1 month
Touching, delicate and draws you instantly into the paintings mood.
1 month
Thanks Fred
1 month
Beautiful nude,great pose.
1 month
Thanks Gerard, coming from you and your great landscapes and beach scenes
1 month
James~ This is a Masterpiece! You really did an outstanding job in all area's that I would need pages and pages to express all that I see and love.. so 5** and many more so well deserved! BRavo:)
1 month
Thank you so much Chrisann, you are too kind.
1 month
love the styling
1 month
Thanks again Nigel
1 month
Excellent work!
1 month
Thank you Giselle, I like your colorful landscapes
1 month
beautiful work...great shading....well balanced use of colors
1 month
Thank you
1 month
James this is some intising work,also very smooth results make-it a beautiful work of Art.
1 month
Thank you chuck, I used copal medium with the oil pigments. Makes paint buttery feeling, easy to handle.
1 month
Very beautiful expression. Fantastic technique.
1 month
Thank you Theodore, congratulations on the last three years and the colorful painting.
1 month
Thanks for the encouragement. I really need it. Best regards from Theodore.
27 days
really excellent shading here. great work
1 month
Thank you Dave, I like your work - original
29 days
This is amazing, your have a fantastic technique 5*
1 month
Thank you Thea, you have an amazing technique as well
29 days
James this is beautiful *****
1 month
Thanks Alexandra, love your figurative work
29 days
brilliant painting lovely skin tones,so real.love it.
29 days
Thank you Marie - I am still working on the realism part.
29 days
Beautiful nude, great pose, was this done from life? regards Chris
29 days
Thank you Chris - This painting was not done out doors, it was done in the studio with notes and photos from observing. Working plein air is not one of my favorite things to do for this type of painting.
Like your country seines
29 days
Great powerful art!5*****
29 days
Thank you so much Zivka
28 days
i usually don't go for nudes,but yours is so cool that i just have to say,it's beautiful and innocent. lovely,regards yvonne
29 days
Thanks Yvonne, I am happy to say that some of my paintings have had this very same effect on others as well. The nude is a great artistic subject that all should be able to enjoy.
28 days
Wonderful Nude, my Friend. Gorgeous. My 5 stars and my best wishes, Isaura
29 days
Thank you Isaura, you paint very nice classical scenes. Thank you for taking the time to rate the painting.
28 days
Excelente figura...
29 days
Thanks Ramon
28 days
Beautifull nude and lovely background.Such a colourfull painting too.Well done.

Raymond.
28 days
Thank you Raymond, the cool gray rocks really lets the greens and reds glow. Gray lets the eye relax to be dazzled again by active colors
28 days
Lovely nude and technically excellent proportions 5*
28 days
Thank you Graeme, Love your figure and country scenes
28 days
she is a great figure yet she seems lost like how did I ever get on this background. She does not look integrated at all. Even the palettes are fighting each other. The background by itself is even more beautifully painted. Maybe I am too dumb to get it. Highly possible yet someone out there must see what I am talking about.
I say maybe. It is definitely a very challenging lesson challenging foreground (sharp) with the 18th century background soft. It was just so stark a differnce I now I am missing a piece of the puzzle.
Because you are a very talented and experienced painter.
25 days
Thank you Rick for taking the time to write, The figure and surrounding area look different in the fact that there are no similar color pigments in each. They do not share a common pigment. In this the figure is the point of interest. I did not want her to fade into it but stand out from it.
I guess this is more of an icon type painting than any other after reading what you wrote and then looking at it.
It is also a learning curve that I seemed to not do anymore for realism sake.
Thanks again
25 days
You deserve an apology. I will stop writing critiques for a while. There were so many wonderful things about your work that I did not mention. James I wish you will at least consider my apology. I can be a real jerk and often it is because I am angry about something that may have nothing to do with painting at all. Sometimes my words horrify me after all I am nobody when it comes to painting and many other things.
24 days
No apology necessary - I did not take offense, so please do not apologize. The critique is what I am after here on this site. I only wish there could be a more critiques like yours to help improve my insight. It helps me to paint better for the viewer.
I felt is has humbled me in other ways that I cannot explain.
Thanks again
24 days
As far as I am concerned we are now officially friends, thank you. There is nothing I would like better than to
look at our artwork together in person and have a coffee, tea or......!
23 days
Thanks Rich, I except
15 days
Whispering Brook is wonderful James.
The nude/nimf in her own world..
Powerful and lovely pose!
The excellent skintone are stunning.
The light on the soft green rocks magnificent.
She is a beauty!!
Kind regards, Robert
25 days
Thank you Robert, you paint very passionately. It shows in your very expressive paintings
24 days
Love your expressive crouched figure in its cool moss green setting. Beautiful work.
Jacqueline
25 days
Thanks Jacqueline
24 days
great idea and wonderfully painted.
25 days
Thnks Michael
24 days
Masterfully done James, a very beautiful painting. 5*****
24 days
Thank you Priscilla, There were a few more things that I would have done different - will save the ideas for another painting
23 days
so life like, not like a photograph, just like real life. great. she is so beautiful.
24 days
Thank you Frank, Love your drawing figures and wildlife
23 days
very lovely and wonderful work.5*****
19 days
Thank you Vincent
19 days
Beautiful composition.
16 days
Thank you Umesh
15 days
Beautifully composed...good color balance...GORGEOUS painting!
15 days
Thank you Gus
16 hours 34 minutes
Beautiful nude!5*
13 days
Very nicely handled
13 days
my 5* with pleasure.. nice work
10 days
Thank you Babis, I loke your work as well
10 days
I love your artwork.
1 day
Thank you Sam, I like your work as well
Cheers
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Artist Statement
for James D Taylor
James D TaylorI have been a professional artist for over 25 years and have painted only for some of it. I love every minute of it. My interests and studies are in the traditional master oil painting of the 1600 - 1800’s, mainly Dutch realism. I have about 5 traditional master methods of applying the paint. It is important to have the ability to let the subject determine the method of application of paint for the final effect. My studies are forever ongoing and I hope to never reach master class.
I self promote the work and accept private viewings and commissions by appointment only.
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James Taylor
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