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I have been wanting to do a post on this artist for awhile...But I had forgotten his name. Luckily for me, I found it.

Afew months ago my husband and I went with my brother in law Julius to a smallish art museum in Columbus, Georgia. I enjoy museums, and so wandering around the quiet galleries was fun to me. There was alot of really amazing stuff, but what caught my eye, and made me fall in love was this:

I think I fell in love. The small image on your screen just doesn't do the painting justice. It's a large panting, the figures in the piece are just alittle larger than real life. There was no ropes, and no sort of plexi screen between myself and the painting. I could get close, holding my breath, and look at each lush brushstroke. Assael is brilliant. He paints like an old time Master. His subjects are close to him, and he obviously loves them. He doesn't try to make them something they are not. He just paints the light as it falls on them, like Vermeer. And the play of light and shadows is beautiful. And golden.

Please go check him out. You can find more works by putting his name in Google, and doing an image search.

http://www.stevenassael.com/Introduction.htm

Behold...This is my Teddyscare. Isn't she spiff!