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“Nobody could paint eyes like El Greco and nobody can paint eyes like Walter Keane.”

Quote by Walter Keane

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Walter Keane was an enigmatic artist whose wife, Margaret Keane, gained fame for her paintings of 'Clown'. His life story is filled with drama, transitioning from a common sailor to an internationally renowned artist, and the complex relationship with his wife. more

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“I'm always worried about the sitters - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable?”

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“I'm developed as an artist to accept the fact there are different points of view, but I believe in what I do and I have to stay with that.”

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“Photography today is so accurate and so good that it's really so much easier just to take photographs and work from them.”

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“I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces, I find them strong and contemporary.”

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“I'm interested in the landscape of the face, the way in which light and shadow fall across the forms. That's really my subject matter.”

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“I have painted and drawn bulls for some time because of their density and all the symbolism they carry.”

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“The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.”

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“All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.”

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