"Elegance" 18" X 12" fluid acrylic

Elegance by April M Rimpo

Elegance

Fluid Acrylic 

18" X 12" image

Gallery Wrapped and Varnished

$520 - Original SOLD

Giclee Print on Watercolor Paper Available
14"X10" image in
Standard 16" X 20" Mat

Print size

14inX10in with mat $95.00 USD

When I saw these women all I could think was that they left me with the feeling of Elegance. They were not dressed in elegant apparel; I think it was their posture and how they carried themselves that gave me this impression. I loved how the tall woman wore her hair up, accentuating her height. There was no attempt to deemphasize her height, even though she clearly was much taller than her companion. I'd estimate she was 6' tall.

I am not extremely tall by today's standards, but when I was in 5th grade I was already nearly my full height, at about 5' 8". The boys had not hit their growing spurt and most of the girls in my class were much shorter, probably 5'5" or less. Fortunately, my best friend was about the same height as I because we were teased incessantly about our height. We had each other to commiserate with. Being only 11 years old I know I was devastated and no doubt did not stand tall and proud like this woman.

To maintain consistency with the other paintings in the "Tapestry at the Mall" series, I retained some of the orange and turquoise color scheme, but added many more grays and browns to keep the attention clearly focused on the women. I also reduced the amount of patterns in the background so as to not distract from this pair.

Other paintings in the "Tapestry at the Mall" Series:

• Fashion
• Family Day
• Reading and Learning
• Happiness

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Other paintings of people in action or participating in every day events:

• Making Tortillas
• Woman with a Wrapped Hat
• The Vendor
• Flower Vendor
• Fruit Vendors
• Moving Up
• Movement I and II
• Morning Commute
• Pigeons in His Genes

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