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I love softly painted areas in artwork.  They offer mystery, a place of rest, and invite the viewer to participate in the interpretation of the piece.  Some of the more interesting areas of a painting are in those soft passages.    When something is clearly stated, such as the boat in “Waiting” what you see is what you get.  It is the focal area and treated with a statement of clarity and emphasis.  But if everything else in the painting is treated with the same clarity and emphasis, similar to a photograph where everything is in focus, then they compete rather than complement [...]