Many moods of James

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter..

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A portrait isn’t a fact but an opinion – an occasion rather than a truth.

Here are four opinions of how color changes the mood in a painting.

A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter… one must paint its atmosphere. ~ Umberto Boccioni

I see a lot of fog and a few lights

I see a lot of fog and a few lights. I like it when life’s hidden. It gives you a chance to imagine nice things, nicer than they are. ~ Ben Hecht

Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there’s a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living.

Every face is born with a thousand masks to go with it.~ Marty Rubin

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.
Agatha Christie

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye. ~Helen Keller

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.

Arnold Glasgow