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is not one mistake, everyone is perfectly balanced, colored and in
perspective.’ he proceeded to go through the collection showing
examples, adding ‘you can’t look at one picture and say ‘that color
is wrong or that line is off.’ he was right. Ygartua is a genius.
Paul is best known to the general public in our part of the world
as a muralist. Paintings 20 feet by 50 feet on the sides of public
buildings. he does them free hand! no projectors, no graph grids,
just give him a high lifter, a brush and paint. the ability to freely
compose on such a large scale is amazing. those who wonder what
it would have been like to watch Michelangelo at work have their
chance; Paul should sell tickets.
about 4 years ago, I was showing Paul a small Gainsborough portrait I’d
bought at auction. I commented ‘why would a great artist take all the time
it would take to paint such a small picture?’ Paul said ‘Gainsborough was
a good artist it probably took him only 30 minutes.’ when I questioned
that, he said “give me the painting, I’ll make you a copy.”
YGartua IS a GEnIuS bY MIchaEL SILVErbrookE /coLLEctor (2008)
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