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Reproduction of Mary Cassatt's "Boating" by Tom Lacey

Bathing

Rendition of Mary Cassatt's "Woman Bathing" by Tom Lacey

Where Are You Going?

Reproduction of Gauguin's "Where Are You Going" by Tom Lacey

Reproduction of Gauguin's "Two Women" by Tom Lacey

Tall Trees by Tom Lacey

"Tall Trees" by Tom Lacey

santa

Santa Moon by Tom Lacey

Vase of Flowers (after Gauguin) by Tom Lacey

"Vase of Flowers" (after Gauguin) by Tom Lacey

Blue Dancers

Degas: Blue Dancers
Acrylic Reproduction by Tom Lacey 20 x 24, 1997

Renoir: A Girl Wiping Her Feet
Acrylic on Canvas Reproduction 16x20 by Tom Lacey, 1997

Looking out over the Great Wall by Tom Lacey

Tom Lacey, 1998: Looking Out From a Great Wall Portal
Acrylic on Canvas

The above paintings are on display at Lacey Computer
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Paul Cezanne

Paul Cezanne lived to paint. He captured the essence of nature in his subjects, whether animate, artificial (still life), or natural (landscapes). He led a quite life of painting in order to discover and perfect the principles of composition and coloration. He did not paint according to criticism, but only according to his own philosophy and taste.

The black line is the foundation of his composition. Contrasting colors complement the line drawing and give form to the figures.

The colors are applied in patches, working from light to dark to retain the brilliance. Thus, the trunks of trees are light reddish-brown in a black outline cutting across a darker background of greens and reds.

Cezanne also liked to blend his green or red with black to create dark shadows around and behind his objects, making a high contrast with the brightly colored foreground objects. Gauguin also used this style (although in a more two dimensional Asian style) being heavily influenced by Cezanne, as were many other post-impressionist painters.

Cezanne uses line to define color, and color to define line. Many of his paintings are oriental in this regard. However Cezanne uses color as an equal  rather than a subordinate element. He was the first to perfectly balance line and color. Cezanne is thus a also a natural water color artist. His style can work in almost any medium.

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