Balloon
At Halloween I took some kids at the town square. I like a homemade bat boy but didn't find his mom and family an interesting subject so I moved his two blocks away down and industrial side street. A little sentimental for me but what the heck.
Oil on linen 16x12
In progress-- did this lay-in today-- Hope I didn't jinx it by posting.
Jack Levine Hero for cartoonists who what to be fine artists, still going at 90 plus! Love his work.
posted by william wray at 12:35 PM
23 Comments:
Hero is the right word!
Nice piece! I still want to have a big hardcover Wray-book with all these works in it ;) ...
Levine: Yeah, he's one of the best, I got an old Levine-book (I think it's from the 70's) but I think a new version is long overdue...
Great posts lately, Bill. I'm really enjoying your painting and the painters that inspire you.
I like, a lot.
muy buenas obras , felicitaciones
un abrazo
Oscar,
I wish I had tried to meet him when I lived in NYC in the eighties. He live only a block or two away...
thor-- Hopefully i won't have to die to get one!
thanks Dan Your comic book art is really improving.
Very gloomy baloon, nice!
Nice Block-in--acrylic or oil?
Hey Mike, oil I don't trust the idea of an acrylic base.
the drawing is tighter than usual, but the lay- in is pretty rough, I just want the general value idea and a warm under painting.
thanks Daniel!
thanks Juan!
You could also do the under drawing in ink. A sepia, that works well too.
accually I did do it in ink. forget to mention it.
Jack Levine a teacher at the AI of Chicago.. unfortunately before my time there. Fortunately I could see his paintings up close in the museum to see the brushwork etc. Your painting a special beauty and keyed in my favorite color gray. Brushwork... something special.
I really enjoy your work, man...
thanks Stef and Daniel!
Wk-- It's sad... I didn't find out about him until a few years ago.
thanks John!
Great job man! I also love the levine´s work as you do.
Best
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It's a nice lay in for that hobo with the shopping cart. I know it's tempting for you to go totally alla-prima and skip the structure of a more careful under-painting like that. Kudos!
Totally agree about Levine! I'm a former newspaper illustrator/cartoonist, recently laid. I'm trying to make the transition to fine art now with my new blog, www.doncokerart.com/blog I love your work!
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