Body in Bronze: "The Thinker" by Holly Van Hart

I am now the original owner of "The Thinker" by Holly Van Hart, purchased from her in person. :)

It is an oil painting from Van Hart's award-winning Rodin series. The colors she used give the statue more of a bronze hue whereas in person the sculpture looks more black. I feel like her use of such browns and the occasional light blue really helped to bring out the details of Auguste Rodin's "Le Penseur". The angle she painted it from gives the audience the sense of being physically close to the piece but that the figure is too lost in his thoughts to even notice. A person admiring this piece can feel the propinquity of the statue while, at the same time, the artist has preserved the distance of the man whose mind appears to be elsewhere. An excellent contrast and a great use of perspective that emphasizes the emotions behind Rodin's work.

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