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“Sometimes I will get an idea for a painting and it turns
into something else once my models are posing,” artist Morgan
Weistling says of Pocket Watch.“This painting was originally
going to be titled Tea for Grandpa and my daughter Brittany was
suppose to be handing her Grandpa a cup of tea.Well, Grandpa
had a shiny pocket watch Brittany had never seen one before.
During a break in the studio, this scene took place and it rang
with the sweet innocence of a curious child. I like to strive
for truthfulness such as this in my paintings.That's when I connect
to the painting and my hope is that it will reach the viewer,
too.” It is this “striving for truthfulness” in
the craft of painting and narrative that touches the viewer’s
heart and sets Weistling’s work apart from others. |