September 22nd, 2006
Sorry I have not been posting for a while, but after our wedding I was commisioned to illustrate a book with some of my paintings, sketches and drawings.
Olimpia Bordes is an Argentine writer, member of the SADE (Sociedad Argentina de Escritores - the Argentine Society of Authors) who has published several poetry books and won a number of prizes for her literary work.
For this book, she chose some of my finished works, but I had to complete some others ‘on demand’.
It has not been an easy task for I had to interprete, visually, a poet’s vision expressed through written words.
The book has been published, and as soon as I receive a copy I will write more about it.
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July 23rd, 2006
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I have uploaded some photos from our wedding album to the gallery. To view them, click on the thumbnail.
The descriptions (available if you click on “display mode: detail”) are in Spanish, because I thought that my family and friends in Buenos Aires would appreciate a little explanation of what goes on in an English wedding.
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July 13th, 2006
This is a self-portrait I painted in Modigliani’s style. (Click the image for a bigger version)
Why as Modigliani’s model?
Last Thursday, at SAG (my local art club) we had to do a painting after one of the modern masters. I chose Modigliani because I like the simplicity of his palette and the decorative qualities of his stylised nudes and portraits. While browsing magazines and books with reproductions of his works, I was impressed by the fact that, in his paintings, the models’ eyes were almost always empty.
The almond shaped, empty eyes, as I have read, could show the influence of African masks and sculptures, but could also mean he was trying to emotionally disengage himself from the sitter. A mystery to me, as I like his style so much, but the lack of ‘life’ in those empty eyes rather puts me off.
This self-portrait, based on a portrait of Modigliani’s young lover Jeanne Hébuterne, was done in acrylics. It features a long neck and thin nose, oval face, small mouth, … but certainly with ‘my’ hair, eyes and look.
The Royal Academy of London
Images from the exhibition
Visit the links above for more about “Modigliani and His Models” exhibition, while I pick up my paintbox and rush to SAG!
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