“Self Portrait with Francis Bacon” 16 × 20 inches, Crayon on paper
This is a handmade, original work of art NOT A PRINT and NOT AI GENERATED
FREE SHIPPING Shipping takes 3–4 Weeks This ships from San Carlos, California (The San Francisco Bay Area). I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
My trip to the Victoria and Albert museum and others in London were kind of mind blowing. I got to see things I had only seen in books and many of my favorites. The scale of the pieces was often surprising. Here I've drawn myself from behind, sitting on a bench and looking at a Francis Bacon triptych. You don't see my face. Instead, the back of my head, the folds of my jacket, and the way I sit establish my presence in the room. The paintings I'm looking at become part of the self-portrait too. I’m a blip on the radar.
The figure and bench occupy the left side of the drawing, leaving a broad stretch of floor open on the right. The floor's perspective lines lead toward the three framed panels. Their repeated rectangles contrast with the curved, distorted figures inside them and the more solid shape of my back in the foreground.
Along with the subject, I'm interested in the formal stuff: light, texture, and the marks that make an image. Here, grainy blocks of crayon describe the jacket and the shadow beneath the bench. Thin lines establish the floor, wall, and frames. Much of the warm paper remains exposed, so the drawing moves between broad areas of shading and passages described with just a few lines.
“Self Portrait with Francis Bacon” 16 × 20 inches, Crayon on paper
This is a handmade, original work of art NOT A PRINT and NOT AI GENERATED
FREE SHIPPING Shipping takes 3–4 Weeks This ships from San Carlos, California (The San Francisco Bay Area). I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
My trip to the Victoria and Albert museum and others in London were kind of mind blowing. I got to see things I had only seen in books and many of my favorites. The scale of the pieces was often surprising. Here I've drawn myself from behind, sitting on a bench and looking at a Francis Bacon triptych. You don't see my face. Instead, the back of my head, the folds of my jacket, and the way I sit establish my presence in the room. The paintings I'm looking at become part of the self-portrait too. I’m a blip on the radar.
The figure and bench occupy the left side of the drawing, leaving a broad stretch of floor open on the right. The floor's perspective lines lead toward the three framed panels. Their repeated rectangles contrast with the curved, distorted figures inside them and the more solid shape of my back in the foreground.
Along with the subject, I'm interested in the formal stuff: light, texture, and the marks that make an image. Here, grainy blocks of crayon describe the jacket and the shadow beneath the bench. Thin lines establish the floor, wall, and frames. Much of the warm paper remains exposed, so the drawing moves between broad areas of shading and passages described with just a few lines.
