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A Couple of Unfinished Drawings

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No Title, 22" x 30", graphite on paper.

This is a very strange drawing, not sure why it turned out the way it did. It depicts four odd characters relating to each other in some fashion. I'm hoping in the near future to transfer this and some other drawings to canvas, however it would mean getting myself a studio. For some reason Kathy is not fond of the aroma of turps. Go figure.

 


The figure of the young girl looks to the viewer in a nervous fahion, possibly unsure of what the others in the image are doing. Found the Chinese dragon gown.in a book of famous photos, this one of Nureyev, the Russian Ballet dancer. Apparently flamboyant didn't quite describe his lifestyle. I also gave her a lily to suggest innocence.

Then there are the two central figures. Not innocent. In fact just a little bent. Note that the female figure is dressed like a male and the bald male is masked and dressed as a female. I dunno. It just felt right.

Like the toes?


Harlequins are fairly standard images. I like them because they feel so normal. Very little pretense and an ability to try things without too much care for the outcomes. After all if you're already the fool, what do you have to lose? This fellow is entertaining the troops by dancing around a rat he is tempting with cheese he holds in his right hand.


This started out as a joke in class. One of my students was having a hard time getting started so I began a drawing with him just randomly adding ideas. Any ideas. This is called trying desperately to get a rise out of the kids. It got weird but I liked it. You're looking at a second version of the drawing, this time on good paper. There is a young girl with a chewed up rose, a very large rat, (have you seen The Princess Bride?) and a young man trying to overcome his fear. I really enjoyed the windows. A friend, who is an architect told me to change the two frames in the original drawing to a single casement with two separate windows. I hope that seems more real. Again, I get to rethink the whole image if I ever get to a canvas.


Here's a little image that was quite instructive. A musician friend came to me with a request for a caricature of his friend who was having a significant birthday, or at least a significant birthday party. His wife wanted a funny picture and my friend referred her to me. It was tough to find the time or the interest to put this together. It finally got done when I asked the woman to make a donation to our student outreach program in payment.

 

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