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The artist's hand Aida Tomescu

Tomescu says while in Paris she spent nearly every day at the Louvre, giving a day to the work of one artist at a time. One day it was Ingres’ nudes, another it’s Watteau’s landscape scenes, another Giotto’s St Francis Receiving the Stigmata – always looking for the artist’s hand in the work. Time spent in deep looking is an investment in sharpening her perception.

She takes great joy in closely observing each artist’s

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