Vaguely chronological, a few examples chosen out of a lot of
work from different periods of youthfulness. During and after the Art
Students' League, thick marker pen drawings and also thin line ones
in pen or brush seem to predominate, the latter mostly made during a
period when I was privileged to be one of Jack Tworkov's students at
his studio in lower Manhattan (next door to his friend and fellow
abstract-expressionist
Willem de Kooning.
Jack was an insightful, inspirational teacher, never imposing his own
style but encouraging me to discover and develop my own path.
I've had only three significant teachers in my art-life and they were very fine painters as well as brilliant teachers:
Jack Tworkov,
Henry Hensche
and Pierre Bressoud, the Beaux Arts professor. I can't find any photos
of Bressoud but my memory of him, permanent Gauloise on lip and black
beret on head, appears (pp.16-17) in
My Life Unfolds.
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| Professeur Bressoud et moi, Paris. |
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| Colour study from model at Tworkov studio. |
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10 comments:
I love these. They're so vigorous and full of life.
Oh, how wonderful!
Dick, thanks, I'm very fond of them myself. It's strange that drawings sometimes have the power to propel one right back to the moment when the act of drawing that particular subject was happening.
Dale, it's good to have your response. Maybe these drawings resonate with your experience of massage?
Like.
Thanks, Natalie, you have the knack always to inspire. Not in this case any comment, just an improvisation on your theme, as in my latest.
Vincent, thanks. If indeed I have that knack, maybe I owe it to the luck of having been exposed to some truly inspirational individuals.
So strong. So expressive. I love these!
Hattie, I'm glad to know you're walking around my retrospective exhibition.
Simple lines that need no words to express themselves - they please my senses.
Thank you Ellena, the search for wordless simplicity is never-ending.
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