Above: Forest of Luffness 17. Oil on 30×30 inch canvas. Rose Strang 2025

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I’ve been lost in a sea of John Singer Sargent paintings these last few days, particularly this one …

What a beauty. Those dashes of lemon yellow, his incredible understanding of light. I can see this is also a bit of an erotic theme as he was never a very monogamous character, but that’s not what captivates me about this painting. I wish I’d seen it sooner in this series! Then again, we don’t want to be derivative I suppose.

This is the penultimate painting of the series. I might have said that before but I’m creating an extra one just in case. I want the series to be sevent paintings only.

More next week …