Saturday, July 10, 2010

Tumba Cana

Tumba Cana, acrylic on coffee bag, 30x22" (75x55cm.) I painted a similar, smaller image in pastel on paper. I liked this girl dancing the Panamenian dance so much, I painted her on a Panamenian coffee bag. This painting is hanging at the Boquete Studio, in Boquete, Panama, at this moment. Pinte una imagen parecida y mas pequena en pastel sobre papel. Me gusto tanto esta chica bailando la danza tradicional panamena, que la pinte sobre una bolsa de cafe de Panama. Ahora cuelga en el Boquete Studio, en Boquete, Panama.

Today I'll tell you about the Picasso Museum in Paris. Here I saw his "Portrait of Mme. Rosenberg et sa fille", from 1918, for the first time in a museum, since it had been recently donated. His sketches and notes while working on the portraits are also here. It is interesting to note this was the only time Picasso took a commission. Other memorable paintings were one he did on a kitchen towel, and another one on the back of the framed canvas. His pastel work was excellent, too. A good artist can work with anything, on anything. Like he said: "if I run out of red, I use blue." Hoy hablo del Museo Picasso en Paris. Alli vi su "Retrato de Mme. Rosenberg y su hija", de 1918, que estaba por primera vez en un museo, pues acababa de ser donado. Sus notas y bosquejos mientras pintaba tambien estan alli. Fue la unica vez que Picasso tomo una comision. Otras pinturas memorables fueron una sobre un repasador de cocina, otra en la parte de atras de una tela. Su trabajo en pastel tambien excelente. Un buen artista puede trabajar con cualquier cosa, sobre cualquier cosa. Como el dijo: "si se me termina el rojo, uso el azul."

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