Thursday, September 9, 2010

Father


Father, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm



Posted by Harry Kent at 2:47 PM
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26 comments:

  1. ManelSeptember 9, 2010 at 3:56 PM

    Has capturado la imagen de tu padre en actitud pensativa o, quizás preocupada. Quizás está pensando en la responsabilidad de llevar una familia adelante y en la lucha que ello supone.
    Has logrado una gran expresividad.

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  2. Harry KentSeptember 9, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    Sí, Manel, has sintonizado con el estado de ánimo de esta pintura. Mi padre murió hace unos años y ahora está fuera de su alcance. Incluso cuando estaba vivo, era un hombre tímido y privado.

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  3. ElisabethSeptember 9, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    I find this piece haunting , Harry, the way he shades his face with his hand and all you see is the glow of his nose. Is this an image of father? a priestly father perhaps, or a paternal father.

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  4. nouvelles couleurs - vienna atelierSeptember 9, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    I simply love your work, you are really great

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  5. Artista Plástico - Escultor - Paulo DuarteSeptember 9, 2010 at 8:23 PM

    Olá!
    Tenho seguido o seu blogue e essencialmente as suas criações, que são soberbas, com muita energia e inquietação.
    Não sou de muitos comentários e neste caso reservo-me pura e simplesmente a absorver em silêncio a leitura das suas criações; E quem sou eu para grandes ou pequenos comentários.
    No entanto tinha que deixar aqui o meu manifesto de atenção para com as suas criações que são um colosso, pura e simplesmente formidáveis espectaculares.
    Este é um dos “lugares” que estou a “aprender” vendo e “ouvindo” no escrever os sentidos dos comentários e dos seus textos sentimentos do seu “Ser”.
    Até sempre e continuação de felizes momentos de criação.

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  6. Art with LizSeptember 9, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    An amazing piece Harry. Love the Masque!

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  7. Celeste BerginSeptember 10, 2010 at 1:21 AM

    Did you not know him....like I didn't know mine?
    Was he completely absent...like mine?
    Was your life marked by his absence...like mine?
    But do you love him ....inexplicably...like I love mine?

    A brilliant painting that touches my heart.

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  8. oliviaSeptember 10, 2010 at 5:44 AM

    So far father...

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  9. Harry KentSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:13 AM

    hi Elizabth. It's an image of my adoptive father, now deceased.

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  10. Harry KentSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:15 AM

    Thanks for taking such positive interest, Laura.

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  11. Harry KentSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:24 AM

    Olá! Muito obrigado pelo interesse que tomar na minha pintura, Paulo. E obrigado por me deixar saber que você goste do meu trabalho. Ela me incentiva a trabalhar mais e assumir maiores riscos com a minha pintura. Eu valorizo o seu comentário. Saudação.

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  12. Harry KentSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:26 AM

    Hi Elizabeth. Glad you liked 'em.

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  13. Harry KentSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:44 AM

    Celeste, i'm much moved by your comment. You've gone to the heart of this painting. This is my adoptive father who was a gentle, shy, retiring and private man.

    But it is also my lost natural father. I have searched for him with the aid of the international Red Cross without success. He disappeared into the human tragedy that was WWII.

    He never met me but he knew my mother was carrying me. She told me he looked forward to my birth, to having me as his son. With his remaining anonimity goes the loss of entire family bloodline - the kin i have never known.

    I understand your love of your father, Celeste. He lives on in you in talents and mannerisms and temperament and a dozen other ways, none of which you can know but which are nonetheless real. His blood calls to you and embraces you from within.

    Thank you for understnding my painting.

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  14. Harry KentSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:49 AM

    Yes, Olivia, a father now far, a father out of reach.

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  15. Marian FortunatiSeptember 10, 2010 at 7:30 AM

    Intriguing, Harry!

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  16. SKIZOSeptember 10, 2010 at 8:18 AM

    Sublime
    good
    creations

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  17. hw (hallie) farberSeptember 10, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    This is beyond any words I know. Such great art.

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  18. Harry KentSeptember 10, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    Thanks for taking a closer look, Marian and Skizo.

    And thank you Hallie for your whole-hearted encouragement.

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  19. Celeste BerginSeptember 11, 2010 at 12:37 AM

    Harry, I think your Dad had to be extra special to have created you and where he is now he more assuredly smiles upon you.

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  20. mariana seminoSeptember 11, 2010 at 10:48 PM

    Gracias por el comentario
    Esta pintura de tu padre es intrigante. Me pregunto quien es esta persona que se esconde entre las sombras...
    felicitaciones

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  21. bondearteSeptember 12, 2010 at 11:49 PM

    Hello Harry,
    This painting is fantastic,
    the effect of shadow and light was brilliant!
    I see you decided to bring to the surface
    deepest memories and today is the image of his adoptive father,
    In this tribute, is visible to the admiration and respect that you
    had by him,by the way silent and quiet him.
    You managed to rescue him through this beautiful work!!
    Congratulations
    Paulo

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  22. lifeartistSeptember 13, 2010 at 4:57 AM

    I understand the tug of a family lost in time and space. I have been seeking a family lost through different circumstances but the desire is equally strong. This painting captures the longing for that family and a lost part of one's self. It brought tears to my eyes.

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  23. Harry KentSeptember 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    Gracias Mariana. Saludos.

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  24. Harry KentSeptember 13, 2010 at 12:50 PM

    Paulo, that is a wonderful thought, that my father lives on in this work. Thank you, my friend.

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  25. Harry KentSeptember 13, 2010 at 12:54 PM

    Davida, i am moved that you were so moved by this painting. I wish you every success in your quest for your loved one. The struggle to overcome separation - this is the stuff of our humanity.

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  26. Momo Luna S!gnalsOctober 4, 2010 at 10:20 PM

    No words, just silent admiration.....

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