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John McClaren by `arterie:iconarterie:

Categories Traditional Art > Miscellaneous

©2002-2009 `arterie
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Found another photo I snapped of a pastel drawing done around the same time as "Don Quixote".... "John McClaren" was an early Golden Gate Park landscape architect in charge of the entire park, he hated all the bronze statues there, especially the large pedestals they were perched on. When he passed on, a bronze likeness was made of him with feet planted firmly in the ground surrounded by ancient fern and near the entrance to the rhododendron dell.

Pastel on black cover stock....

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~apocryph Apr 19, 2002, 1:29:42 PM
Beautiful!Remembers a bit of Van Gogh .
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~antisleeper Apr 19, 2002, 1:34:03 PM
amazing. the colour is so good. i love the story behind it aswell
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~yayson Apr 19, 2002, 2:17:23 PM
niiiiice

like the story too
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~evoleddy Apr 19, 2002, 2:23:54 PM
I love these pastel works of yours. The colors in the bronze figure are really nice and capture the look of bronze well. This one looks like its new, pretty shiny. I really like the detail of the face, a lot of color and the look of folds are captured well. And once again the background was not half-assed. Its just as good as the figure with detail in the fern leaves and a terrific sense of movement in the sky area. Terrific work.
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~unklefatty Apr 19, 2002, 3:09:08 PM
Fav in a heartbeat! I love your pastels! The colors and seperations are so beautiful and solid! Very expressive strokes in this one as well!
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`noir Apr 19, 2002, 4:05:47 PM
amazing color!!! i love these works of yours
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`faithwalker Apr 19, 2002, 6:58:10 PM
I love this!! Great use of media :) (Smile)
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°jark Apr 19, 2002, 8:33:54 PM
wow...totally loving those colors. this is a fantastic use of color and design!

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`bookdiva Apr 19, 2002, 8:43:13 PM
What a wonderful photo of this great piece of art. And, the historical background you gave us adds to the beauty of it..thanks!
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