"Woman On Bonner's Hill"
by Larry Lerew
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper
10" x 7" #12-10-04
Painting portraits and figures with vibrant color and loose brushwork is nothing new, since it got started with the Fauves back in 1905. This was the first art movement of the Twentieth Century and I love it. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but Fauvism is offering me challenges that I really enjoy.
4 comments:
Great expressive portrait. I love the colors and the energy!
I remember studying the Fauve painters in school. I always admire artists that can use color in unusual ways. The colors you have selected for this portrait are helping to show the form. You make it looks quick an gestural but I imagine there is a lot of thought in that process.
The secret is to make a statement and leave it alone. When you have said the most you can with the least amount of decisive brushstrokes, STOP. Yes, this does require thinking, concentration and focus. Painting is not the time for me to relax. It's like making music, you have to get involved, feel it and let it flow.
Excellent use of color and brushwork to create a solid sculptural face. Appreciation of what is involved in the creation of a new, highly different artistic expression is something all of us artists feel. Thanks to the Fauvists and others- Van Gogh, Gaugin, science[colors in tubes], we enjoy an artistic freedom of expression that they could not.
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