Overall

Vision Vision

Originality Originality

Technique Technique

Impact Impact

Okay...Oil. OIL.This is...I am not even sure I can find a term, so I'll just say it's marvebulous, and hope that one's going to be acceptable to the site. Because frankly, it's the only one I can find.For the Vision, and I know I am probably one of the very few to only give this 4.5, but hear me out. Vision is something that tells me about the thoughts of the painter, and here I can see this thing practically coming to life. To use the words of fobbish art critics everywhere, I feel as if I can see your dreams in this, though it might as well have been something completely else that inspired you. This speaks of romance, passion, art and overall, a love for the canvas - if I am not making much sense, forgive me. I love EVERYTHING in this, with so many small, seemingly unimportant details that others rarely include: The puddles on the tiles, reflections in them, the way the 'woman's legs are so finely carved and done that everything just appears...real. Even the apple on the ground, offering a sense of modern soceity with its tendency to discard things before their usefulness is truly spent.The only place I have ever seen this kind of scene before is i my own dreams, meaning the 5 stars for originality is an easy choice.The technique is...well, puh, it's breathtaking. I painted for a few years, just for the liking of it, and if that was any indication, this piece takes monumental skills, not to mention patience and precision. I can't even begin to imagine how hard it must have been to write the detailed letters on the red canvas of 'Limon', whatever that actually is. In the words of Simon: 'That's a big, fat, yes (meaning 5 stars flat)'The impact, now...I assume - since this is the first time I do this kind of critic - that the impact basically is how the paining impacts me. I'll put it frankly: I. Don't. Know.I really don't, but at the same time, the beauty and craftsmanship of it brings my mind back years, making me feel things I haven't felt since I stopped painting. I start remembering WHY I started painting, and feel joy that people such as you, people with this kind of precision, patience and talent, are out there, doing this for us.