03
May
08

Another old pastel from my youth

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Human Being

23″ x 17″ pastel flashe and plaster on paper

I’ve been working on a portrait and it’s been really tough to capture a satisfactory likeness.

Since I don’t have anything new to posts I thought I’d post another piece from a long time ago, although the last one I posted drove my page views way down.

This one is one of the last I did in this expressionistic style. I was experimenting with texture and applied plaster to the paper then painted and pasteled over it. The plaster cracked and flaked showing layers underneath.


4 Responses to “Another old pastel from my youth”


  1. 1 Kathy Law May 7, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    This is an interesting piece–the sort of “presence/absence” of the figure, and the childlike quality of the large head. The gesture seems to show surprise and innocence. I like this one lots more than the last “blast from the past”. :)

  2. 2 ambera May 8, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Really neat! I don’t know why, but I love that hair.

  3. 3 Bill Sharp May 9, 2008 at 10:57 am

    Kathy, Congratulations on the exciting news of your move to Italy. I really look forward to seeing what the moves does for your work. Thanks for stopping by.

    Ambera, Thanks I’m enjoying the work you’re posting for your upcoming show.

  4. 4 Frank Gardner May 9, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    Hi Bill, I was unsure of this one at first. Had to come back a few times. I like the mark making and carefree drawing style. It’s almost like it is about a memory of some sort. What is the red thing on the chest? Heart?
    It is cool to see older stuff once in a while. I don’t know much about most of my blogger friends, and stuff like this helps fill in the blanks.

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