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The Title of this painting is 'Summer Rainstorm In
Haga'.
A large gilt-framed mirror hangs on the wall beside an
open window. The wet roofs of the houses seen through the
window reflect the light from a gap in the otherwise dark sky. The mirror
reflects the interior of the room. It is lit by a bedside lamp that equals in
intensity the reduced light outside. On the bed is a nude
girl. She seems to be somewhat prostrated by the oppressive late
afternoon heat.
Haga is an old working class district of Gothenburg, in
Sweden.
This is one of the biggest paintings that I've done (
around 4 X 5 feet). It conveys the feeling that I wanted, but there is
something lacking in the composition*.
I've painted 2 other versions.
With these I've kept the mirror to reflect parts of the room that would
otherwise be difficult to include even with the impossible geometry. In
the version at top right, I've used warm colours in the right half of the
picture and cooler colours in the left, but not as dramatically as in the
original. In the version beneath it, I've excluded a lot of room to
the right, but I think the effect of the unseen light source is still there.
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