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In this case, I began by using opaque-est possible pigments for the purpose of similar strength such as yellow ochre, cobalt blue, burnt sienna etc, and quick drying properties like umbers, prussian blue, naples yellow mixed by turp and linseed with aforementioned concoction ratio. At this stage the
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I found later on that the family of âThaloâ had good property for glazing. Especially thalo violet was intriguing in its chameleon-like adaptation to the underlying hues. With same pigment, thalo violet, one can develop several nuances upon surfaces depending on the hues of previous application(s).
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Preparation of painting surface was done by mixture of opaque and transparent regular oil color pigments produced by
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Becoming less concerned about a resurgence of cancer, Matsuki, who'd become known as "the shark" by friends for her seemingly never slowing down, then worked at a more leisurely pace and stopped entering competitions. She returned to Oregon in 1980, where she taught at the Albany Art Center, worked
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Matsuki describes her work Blue Ghost thus: "The painting depict some aspects of upper class bourgeois life which was then my environment. The mirror behind the central figure reflects finer things of the past. The left side of the painting represents the past, the center is the present, while the
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America. Located, like Triumphal Return, in a basement, the painting-within-a-painting format, and the attention to detail of the figurines, the crystal, the scattered clothing, the carpet and hookah, the doubled image of an artillery shell recovered from the USS Maine, and
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in 1992. Neurological problems that flared up in 1991 while living in a farmhouse in
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Matsuki became increasingly disillusioned with her marriage. In 1969 she divorced Berry while they were living at
Calumet Air Force Station in northern Michigan. Uterine cancer then caused her to get a hysterectomy at age 32. She spent that summer in Albany, Oregon, where she submitted the winning
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International Art Show (her first entry in open competition). Oil on canvas, 50" by 60") Triumphant Return reveals the thousand-yard stare of air force veteran Andrew Delaney, musing among his childhood relics in the Long Island enclave Rockville
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Matsuki her works "integrate the classic Western method of painting with the theoretical propriety of Contemporary Art, including the colour theory of pointillism, multiple focal points of the Cubists, Modiglianni's deformations; Buffe's âIdeosyncracyism" Picassoâs dislocation of
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was nearing its zenith. The most vocal of all sentiments was that of 'anti-war'. The most immediate experience which inspired my theme was the one where I, by chance, attended the yearly ceremony of the local
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Germany. During this period (1964 to 1968), Matsuki visited Rome and painted commissioned portraits for five Air Force officers and their wives, and was commissioned by the Officers Club of the 49th Tactical Squadron to paint a portrait of the recently deceased USAF fighter ace
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of 3~4 coat of âretouchâ varnish (I use this frequently to bring out sunk-in colors) was given to the entire pictorial surface. The final varnish by finish varnish was applied much later. In fact, after the exhibitory entry to the 1st NY International Art Show had been over.
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on a baccalaureate at Oregon State University in nearby Corvallis, employed by the university as a janitor, and created additional drawn works. During a brief sojourn in California, Matsuki painted a mural at a health spa in Isla Vista.
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details. On this prepared surface, of approximately 1~2 mm thickness of the pigment after sufficient dryness was achieved, I first transferred the final sketch of the theme using medium strength charcoal of commercial origin.
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entire effect of the painting still presents monochromatic, relief-like quality, although proper hues were ascribed to the major areas of the composition. I call it âthe view at duskâ for its similarity in chromatic effects.
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seemingly most diffident and eventlessly hastened up way. The National Anthem was sung in hushed voices in disarray. The white rectangular military caps looked as forlorn as the brown of deserted piers.
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in which a young woman who had fled bourgeois suburbia for Greenwich Village, now flees what she'd just learned from a swart gypsy in a hovel beneath a howling subway crossing. Oil on canvas.
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in New York City since its founding in 1871. Matsuki's winning entries at two major New York art shows in 1970 helped rekindle enthusiasm for realistic painting among American artists.
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in Itabashi Precinct in 1959, the other at Shimura Daisan Junior High School in Tokyo in 1960, illuminated for her the malleability of children per the call of art critic and historian
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right side and the bottom, the future. The giant compass divides things of the past from those of the future. Through the arch one sees the debris of civilization."
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design for the logo of the 1969 Albany Jaycees Timber Carnival. This being the carnival's 25th anniversary, the theme was "passing the torch." Matsuki's drawing,
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