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"Into the music",oil on canvas (2001), 9" x 12" |
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EXPRESSING FEELINGS
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Gene Gould said that what he tried to express in his paintings, as directly as possible, was his personal feelings about the world. |
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Interesting examples can be seen in his love of classical music. One day, coming back from a concert, he mentioned how fascinated he had been by the expression on the face of one of the cellists. This led him to quickly make a small, nearly humoristic painting illustrating that. |
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"Into the music",oil on canvas (2001), 9" x 12" |
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Similarly, in this other music-related painting, it is clear that what Gene Gould was trying to depict was the focus and concentration on the pianist's face. |
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"The Pianist", oil on canvas, unfinished painting (40" x 30") |
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POIGNANT EMOTIONS are strikingly expressed in other paintings of Gene Gould such as: |
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| Grief (circa 1965) | Heros (2001) | Clown (2002) | Stressed (circa 2020) |
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