I have no idea where this painting will take me but I’m starting to like the face. Another thing that has just struck me, the keystroke sound on the iPad is supposed to be the sound of an old typewriter made although I’m not sure whether it was an electric, probably or a good old stream driven manual. Certainly not the sound my old manual typewriter made as that was a much heavier thud as my fingers crashed into the keys. Happy days.
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Yesterday I posted an image under this title but almost as soon as I had done this I deleted the image from Flickr – it just didn’t seem right. After sleeping on it and then playing around with the image this morning I produced something much more powerful. It is based on a photo Leibowitz took of herself whilst she was pregnant but the more I look at this the more I keep thinking – Jenny Saville – not only the subject matter but the powerful use of shades of red.
I also appear to have given the face a masculine feel to it which might hark back to the contraception campaign image from the 70’s. However, as I was searching for that image I also realised that there was a transexual who recently was a bit of a media darling as he was pregnant and this made me realise that I was also aware of that as well. In short inspiration comes from all sorts of places and at times it is very difficult to attribute one source over any other. One final thought. This is a digital painting and has a luminosity as a result of that – I’m not sure ti would have the same impact if it wasn’t back lit.
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These two paintings are based on photos created by Annie Leibovitz. Now Leibovitz has a great eye for an image but it is debatable whether she is one of the greats of photography. As for these two paintings I am trying to explore a much looser style where tone and colour have a much greater importance than total accuracy. I’m pleased with the results.
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One of the joys of painting on the iPad is that you can just sit down and dawn until some interesting face appears without all the mess. I think I’ll call this man Erasmus.
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The things you doodle whilst watching a repeat of House…
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