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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zinnie, post: 436944, member: 9303&quot;]Hi Any Jewelry - thank you so much for all that!&nbsp; A lot I had already viewed and captured screen shots of (to study more).&nbsp; The Monet you added especially looked promising and he did another painting of it from the opposite side.&nbsp; The black and white photo is very helpful - I think it&#039;s the same windmill, just not painted from reality perhaps.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thought did occur to me after posting that it was more likely to have been created from memory (or from a darkish B&amp;W photo?) since parts of it just didn&#039;t match up with what I was seeing, so that fits that someone in Germany may have made it who used to live in Holland?&nbsp; Or perhaps made it in the states after moving here?&nbsp; I&#039;m in the midwest, lots of Germans and Swedish here.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I also get the feeling that it was a first attempt at painting on glass but by someone who had some painting skills.&nbsp; You have to figure out what needs painting first, not last, so I&#039;m wondering if they started with the dark blue, saw it was too dark but couldn&#039;t remove it without making a mess of the other still-wet paint.&nbsp; The gap between the tree and the windmill points to that.&nbsp; The darker clouds at the top are mysterious though - maybe more psychological than a mistake. ??&nbsp; Gives it a very personal feel though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even so the painter did great on the water shimmers and textures of everything else.&nbsp; The boats - these were &#039;barges&#039;? - remind me of Vincent&#039;s boats.&nbsp; I hold no illusion of it being his but like to believe it&#039;s in the spirit of his work. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I&#039;ll peruse the magazine today!&nbsp; Very fun, yes!&nbsp; Thanks again. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Hi and thanks to afantiques also - it looks too free-form imo to be a paint by number but thanks for that input.&nbsp; Yes, the glass is flat, and heavy, not a thin &#039;framing&#039; glass - or maybe glass was more thick back then?&nbsp; So not a traditional reverse painting but using whatever what was available?&nbsp; Makes it even more personally unique then, to me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Thanks again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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