Word: paint
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Farndon's oils evoke the same, mildly pleasant feelings, soothing and persuading viewers to luxuriate in his images of the ideal moment. Rarely does his subject venture beyond a ship yard or a wharf, a sun-drenched path or a perfectly motionless pond. Thick paint and broad strokes complete his portrayal of utter screnity through the heaviness and fixity of the surface texture of his canvases. Figures are rendered almost motionless, defined only by a few cursory passes of his brush, while those figures standing on a path or in a park as if on a stroll end up pasted...
...simplified is the subject though, that the composition and experimentation with the physical nature of the paint and the interaction of texture and color overtook any consideration of thematic interpretation...
Kennedy frequently tried to paint his challenger as a wealthy businessperson who made millions telling companies to lay off workers...
...friends with Clinton, but not always in agreement with him, ever since the two served on the Democratic National Committee's policy commission in the mid- 1980s. In the Idaho race, EchoHawk and his Republican rival have been sparring over who is the more conservative candidate. Batt likes to paint his opponent as a closet liberal and big spender. Says Batt: "When you come down to it, he's a ! Clinton Democrat, I'm a Reagan Republican, and there's a tremendous difference...
Great expectations bewitch the slum of Cite Soleil. Markets and workshops are springing up as residents revel in their release from fear. People are chipping in pennies to buy paint and new fluorescent lights to spruce up their decrepit neighborhood. "Since he is the President of the people, I'm sure he won't leave us in the street," says Tiol Losa, a carpenter whose home was one of 1,300 leveled last December by soldiers who tore through the neighborhood on a rampage of revenge. "When Aristide comes, we'll be able to eat," says Mona Numa, a mother...