Lenny Maskowitz paints a non-figurative self-portrait, and
in his statement he writes how the sky he paints fascinates him. He isn’t talking about the sky in real life,
but more about how his mind portrays what he sees. In this particular painting the sky is the
lightest part of the painting, and that’s where my eyes take me right away. So perhaps
his fascination with the sky reflects what his viewer notices first. Since the
sky is smaller than the rest of the painting but brighter it’s in balance with
the house, tree and horizon. I do feel like without the artist statement this painting
would struggle to keep my attention. The
statement along with the painting makes it worth looking at further and lets
the viewer know that what they’re looking gat is a self-portrait.
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