Pink Venus

(Above) Pink Venus
14.5cm x 17cm
May 2011
Mixed media (water colour, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons, Windsor & Newton Indian ink) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).

I've developed this painting from the drawing below.

(Above) Seated Nude (Venus)
9cm x 11cm
May 2011
A drawing produced using the Handwriting App and stylus of the Sony Reader, printed on acid-free paper and hand signed in ink.

La Sirène or The Model in Black Lingerie

(Above) La Sirène or The Model in Black Lingerie

May 2011

15.5cm x 18cm

Mixed media (Faber Castel Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Windsor & Newton Indian inks, Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).

A painting that I've developed from the drawing below.  



(Above) The Model in Black Lingerie

May 2011

9cm x 11cm

A drawing produced using the Handwriting App and stylus of the Sony Reader, printed on acid-free paper and hand signed in ink.

PS
Whilst browsing the web this afternoon, I came across this painting by Maurice de Vlaminck:

(Above) Portrait of a woman by Maurice de Vlaminck.

The Swedish Girl in the Blue Hat

 (Above) The Swedish Girl in the Blue Hat
16cm x 18cm
May 2011

Regular followers of my blog will know that my work often references images that I have seen, frequently on the Internet: paintings, photographs, sculptures... This painting is fairly typical of how I work. I've developed it from a drawing (below) that I produced using the stylus and Handwriting App of the Sony Reader, inspired by a painting by the Swedish artist Pelle Aberg (see further below).

(Above) The Swedish Girl in the Blue Hat

May 2011

A drawing produced using the stylus and Handwriting App of the Sony Reader and then printed on acid-free paper and hand signed in ink, inspired by a painting by the Swedish artist Pelle Aberg (1909 ? -1964) (below) that I happened to see whilst browsing the Internet.

(Above) Pelle Aberg (1909 - 1964)

Taking inspiration from art history is by no means new, for example the Chinese-American artist Walasse Ting (1929-2010) clearly references Manet in this beautiful version (below) of Olympia.

(Above) Walasse Ting (1929-2010)

(Above) Olympia by Edouard Manet

Manet's painting itself seems to make a nod towards Titian:



(Above) Venus d'Urbino by Titian

The Woman in Black (posed for the French photographer)

(Above) The Woman in Black (posed for the French photographer)

16cm x 18cm

Mixed media on paper

May 2011

This painting follows a study that I did (see below) using the Handwriting App of my Sony Reader of a photograph that I have in my studio by the French photographer Willy Maywald.

(Above) The Woman in Black (posed for the French photographer)
9cm x 11cm
May 2011
A drawing produced using the Handwriting App and stylus of the Sony Reader, printed on acid free paper and hand signed in ink.

Pictures in the Archive

If you are new to the blog, don't forget to check the Archive (keep scrolling to the bottom of the page) where there are more paintings to see.

Now in the archive:

(Below) The French Sculptor's Russian Muse

(Below) Odalesque

(Below) London Girl (born in Djibouti) (SOLD)

(Below) The Ascot Hat (SOLD)

(Below) The Senegalese Woman

(Below) Flower Power

(Below) The Polynesian

(Below) The Viennese Mermaid

The Seated Nude

(Above) The Seated Nude
May 2011
15.5cm x 18cm
Mixed media (Faber Castel Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Windsor & Newton Indian ink, Daler Rowney FW acrlyic ink, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).

Le Chat




















(Above) Le Chat
19cm x 16.5cm
Mixed media on paper
May 2011

A portrait of one of my cats, Nobby, who, like Zorro, sports a mask and, like James Bond, a bow tie.

The Cyclist

(Above) The Cyclist
15.5cm x 18cm
May 2011
Mixed media on paper.

This painting was developed from a study (below) that I produced with the stylus and Handwriting App  of my Sony Reader after a thumbnail photograph that I found on the Internet of a young Eddy Merckx wearing the pink jersey. I've changed the writing on the jersey to make a more generic image.

After doing this painting I found myself thinking again about the work of the German Expressionist, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

(Above) Portrait of the poet Guthman (1910)

by Ernst Ludwigh Kirchner

The Russian Model

(Above) The Russian Model
May 2011
14.5cm x 17cm
Mixed media on paper.