Obsession #2 : Brown
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I’ve always loved brown, this unloved color. All browns, like those used in Constant Permeke’s portraits of farmers. It reminds me of Belgium and its worker houses.
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I’ve always loved brown, this unloved color. All browns, like those used in Constant Permeke’s portraits of farmers. It reminds me of Belgium and its worker houses.