My big takeaway from this piece is based upon the old adage, “Write/Paint What You Know.” I hadn’t realized he had been an Event Planner and master of ceremonies type for royalty and the Court, whereby the detailed arrangements and presentation means everything. Suddenly his attention to such nuance in his playful still life portraits makes even more sense. Who knows? He probably did them as table centers from real edibles and objects before coming to his system of painting them 🤷🏻♀️
As you said, I also think that his role as event planner definitely shaped his style of portraiture. However, I’m not sure how they ended up replacing facial features! It’s a mystery, unless we fjnd the answer is Academia 😊
Thank you for this great article and making me discover a new artist I didn’t know about. Every week, I look forward to reading your articles.
Thank you Ruben 🤍
My big takeaway from this piece is based upon the old adage, “Write/Paint What You Know.” I hadn’t realized he had been an Event Planner and master of ceremonies type for royalty and the Court, whereby the detailed arrangements and presentation means everything. Suddenly his attention to such nuance in his playful still life portraits makes even more sense. Who knows? He probably did them as table centers from real edibles and objects before coming to his system of painting them 🤷🏻♀️
As you said, I also think that his role as event planner definitely shaped his style of portraiture. However, I’m not sure how they ended up replacing facial features! It’s a mystery, unless we fjnd the answer is Academia 😊
Delightful, Giselle. Thank you for sharing. 🌸
I’m so glad you enjoyed this article. In January, I’m planning to do another long form essay on one of his portraits :)
Looking forward to it 🌸
Well written and insightful.
Thank you Howard, I’m glad to hear you enjoyed this article.
I’ve seen some of these before, but did not know much about the artist. They are supremely detailed, but also very creepy. 🖤
Thank you for this cool article, Giselle!
Thank you for your kind words Sheila. Stay tuned, I’m planning to do a long essay form about one of his painting soon(ish) 🤍
Awesome!