| I am struck by the column of bright white, placed precisely off centre here, applied over the darkened background, impasto, contrasting with the scarlet and ochre hues in the upper left corner, which in turn contrasts with the presence of God, | |
| It looks to me as though you can see some traces of this mouse-coloured, brown-grey paint, within the impasto of the boot ornament, which suggests to me that this is an earlier misguided cleaning. | |
| JIM: Yes. The impasto is interesting. | |
| Note the painterly lines and subtle impasto on this canvas. | |
| On sailcloth, in thick impasto. | |
| I am struck by the column of bright white, placed precisely off centre here, applied over the darkened background, impasto, contrasting with the scarlet and ochre hues in the upper left corner, which in turn contrasts with the presence of God, | |
| It looks to me as though you can see some traces of this mouse-coloured, brown-grey paint, within the impasto of the boot ornament, which suggests to me that this is an earlier misguided cleaning. | |
| JIM: Yes. The impasto is interesting. | |
| Note the painterly lines and subtle impasto on this canvas. | |
| On sailcloth, in thick impasto. | |
