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Jamie Wyeth

When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live and what their feelings are. . . It then becomes more than just physiognomy, but the feel of the person.

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Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can't get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, then let it go that way.

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Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It's not that relaxing. But that's the discipline.

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When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is an art form in itself, but. . . my portrait is a culmination of elements. . . a truer image of a person than just the 'click' of a snapshot.

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Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject.

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I'm an odd portrait painter in that I'm not just interested in human faces. I consider almost all of my paintings to be portraits.

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