Jeff in blue

I have always found the paintings of Marc Chagall very inspiring. Whenever I walk through the Art Institute of Chicago I make it a point to check out a few Chagalls and the Ivan Albrights if they are out on display. I recently read that when Chagall first started painting, it was recommend that he use just one or two colors at first and progress from there. I picked up a brush today and busted out a few tubes of acrylic paint.... just wanted to try to get my brain thinking a little differently. I really wanted to reconsider light and all its beautiful subtleties. I'm pretty happy with my first attempt, although there is definitely a large window for improvement. Here is a snapshot taken off Jeff's Macbook camera...Jeff in Blue 11.8.2009

Here are a few Chagalls I pulled from a Google image search...
"Happiness isn't happiness without a violin-playing goat."