Thought I might try a happy clown today, and got a first hand lesson how clowns are like painters are like people. "Face of a Clown" 16 x 20 looks happy enough but its really only a mask for something totally different. You can try to show the world one thing, but the true feelings of the clown, or painter, or person always show through somehow.
I guess if you stop and examine the works of art done by painters who had a high enough skill level where they could just paint a subject without thinking about "how" to paint a subject, that's when the emotion and communication really starts to come through. I think I could paint a lot of happy clowns, but they'd probably all be tinged with sadness.
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