Sonata
This small painting is all about ‘the urge’, the ancient force; and I hope it shows my love for Max Beckmann’s work, one of my painting heroes. I had recently seen a retrospective of his in Paris, a truly memorable experience, one great painting after the other, each one full of sumptuous color, high dark/light contrasts, and invented imageries straight from the psyche. One was a beautiful self-portrait holding a horn, and I sort of riffed off of that here.
June 6, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I love this one! The lady in the background is great! Love hearing about the background of the piece too, it makes its so much more interesting to look at the painting when you can get inside your head a little bit. Can’t wait to see what is coming next!