Joshua LaRock an instructor at GCA has done a painting *after* Bouguereau's Jeune Femme Allant a la Fontaine. I am baffled by this on many levels; It is a copy but not a copy. It seems he has copied it but with his very own model - I am curious: did he recreate the dress ? Where did he get the same water jug ? The painting seems to be a great effort 62X48" . I really enjoyed comparing his with the master's. Joshua did a good job painting the head and the hands and the feet and so on and on ... how ever the charm of the original is sadly missing. The lovely graceful young girl is no where to be found in the plodding effort. I imagine Joshua thinking he has equaled or improved on the master but I am thinking - so what - does he not have anything of his own to say - is he stuck in a studio looking at reproductions and lacking a focus or use for his talent ? Yes he can paint but why?
