portrait of an Inuit hunter
This painting was a self-challenge, to work the textures
and tones of facial skin and hair in a realistic way. I had been admiring a book about James Bama, a painter
who works extremely well with the leathers of skin and
saddle produced by the New and the Old West.
This is my attempt at the lines and crevasses of the face
engraved by the tannery of sun and cold. The resilience of youthful flesh is now fading, each line becomes a record of every wince, every bout of
laughter. The character and essence of this man is revealed much in the same way as
displaying the finest jewellry.
Every Line a Story (Too Much Laughing)
Acrylic on masonite, 15 x 20 in. (1998)
Please do not reproduce the images in this display.
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