![]() We did have rain this year, fortunately me and the other 2 featured artists (Rod Tryon and Cathy Gallatin, two wonderful people and extremely talented street painters) were under a canopy. It took me 2 days to create this painting, sized about 2.5 meters x 6 meters, and it was a lot of fun! What a fitting subject matter for Oregon in October – fall is upon us and this was my way to honor that – in the classical style.Īlthough I usually prefer to work from live models for my compositions, I chose the figure of Dejanira from the painting ‘Nessus and Dejanira’ by Guido Reni I thought she would make a great Persephone. ![]() Persephone later becomes Hades wife, with the consequence being the fall and winter season, the death of the world above, as Demeter mourns the loss of her daughter to the underworld for half of the year. Hades is scheming with Zeus to make Persephone his own, and with Zeus’s help, kidnaps her as she falls through the opening earth. I decided to create a painting around Persephone and Hades, specifically the moment when Hades opens the ground beneath Persephone while she is enjoying daffodils. Jeff asked me if I could participate in the theme with my piece so I decided on an original 3D anamorphic piece based on a classical figure from a painting by Guido Reni. Renaissance, Baroque, Pre-Raphaelite, Neo-Classical, Impressionism – anything by a great master. This year the festival had a theme – classical reproductions. ![]() This festival is spearheaded by Jeff Jones, a musician and art lover, along with the community of Grant’s Pass they always do a great job at making us ‘out of towners’ feel welcome. I had last participated in 2006 and was looking forward to seeing my Oregonian friends for another weekend of great art and great music. This year I was invited back to charming Grant’s Pass, Oregon to participate in the 6th annual Art Along the Rogue Street Painting Festival. ![]()
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