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JohnLuce
has had an interest in the work of Gustav Klimt for more than twenty
years but has only recently decided to develop a collection of his
own using some of Klimt's techniques and iconography. The paintings
in this collection are all original with John's own models as subjects
and John's own painting style quite evident. The use of gold leaf
also provides another dimension by changing both mood and colour
balance according to the light level and position of the viewer.
Some of the compositions are new and some are directly taken from
works by Gustav Klimt and developed by John in his own way. The
fascination with the work of Klimt has come about because for John
it is the perfect melding of the figurative and the decoratively
abstract.
These are the first eight paintings
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