ophelia edited

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Comment by Resident Curator on October 17, 2015 at 9:39am

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Ophelia is a melancholy portrait worthy of her Shakespearean namesake. The straight on, aerial view of the subject at first contradicts her customary drowned persona, but the rising water line and splayed representation of her hair recall other known illustrations.  I appreciate the darker value pattern and color palette of the painting, which accentuates the gleaming reflections of her jeweled adornments.  The ambiguity of her crown somewhere between a floral motif and an actual gilded/metallic crown is an interesting blurring of form and iconography.  I was somewhat surprised to read in the other comments that the piece was actually painted in acrylic.  It does in fact suggest multiple layers of semi-transparent glaze more easily achieved in oil.

Comment by Leisa Luis-Grill on April 22, 2009 at 7:32pm

Oh, I am so glad you think so! I worked hard on that. I really wish I had a better picture--I sold it before I realized my photos were a bit blurred.

Comment by Bob Batchelor on April 22, 2009 at 10:42am

This is beautiful, her face is so serene.

Comment by Leisa Luis-Grill on April 15, 2009 at 3:13pm

Actually it's acrylic, but I did a lot of glazing. I'm so glad you like it!

Comment by Coleen Ryan-Rivera on April 15, 2009 at 8:10am

Absolutely beautiful !!!!!! Is this oils?