She creates original, hand - drawn
pen and ink portraits in any size up to 9 × 12 inches.
Not exact matches
Whether it's through a perfectly - timed photograph, or through bringing a
portrait to life with nothing more than
pen,
ink,
and paper, Kelsey has an extraordinary ability to capture a cat's personality.
Executed in charcoal,
ink and often ballpoint
pen, her self
portraits and images of her brothers
and others are usually set against dark backgrounds, the subject's skin depicted in black hues defined by pattern, texture
and mark making.
But they reveal some formative influences, besides the obvious de Kooning: Cézanne
and Brancusi, who appear in quick, muscular pencil
portraits,
and James Joyce, whose poetry collection «Chamber Music» is the subject of a
pen -
and -
ink and watercolor series.
Now, 13 of her arresting
pen -
and -
ink portraits, which caught the art world's attention after a sold - out show in Chelsea last spring, are the focus of Odutola's first solo museum exhibition, «The Constant Struggle,» opening at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art on December 6.
She creates her
portraits by building up layers of ballpoint
pen ink, allowing the
ink to transform in color
and range.
From
portraits, figure studies,
and landscapes to mythological
and biblical narratives, the drawings represent a dynamic array of sacred
and secular subjects in media ranging from metalpoint,
pen and ink,
and chalk to graphite, pastel,
and charcoal.
LIKENESS:
PORTRAITS OF VERMONTERS was a group show featuring portraits in mixed mediums, including sculpture, photography, oil paint, pen and ink, and video installation by eleven different Vermont based artists,
PORTRAITS OF VERMONTERS was a group show featuring
portraits in mixed mediums, including sculpture, photography, oil paint, pen and ink, and video installation by eleven different Vermont based artists,
portraits in mixed mediums, including sculpture, photography, oil paint,
pen and ink,
and video installation by eleven different Vermont based artists, April 4th
I have also been tipped off by a colleague about the work of artist Susan Einzig, whose lyrical landscapes,
portraits, still lifes
and pen -
and -
ink illustrations are on view until Saturday at Fulham's Piers Feetham Gallery.
The latter — mostly pencil, but some
pen and ink sketches,
and one larger painting — capture the hustle
and bustle,
and noise
and chatter (largely all that which Morris sought to escape in Suffolk, despite inviting visitors
and also boarding pupils to Benton End), while the
portraits offer an interesting counterpart to his flower paintings.
As well as landscape - in the form of oil painting
and watercolour painting, - Wilks executed a number of
portraits, genre - paintings
and drawings in
pen and ink, pencil
and chalk.
Aug 20: Rembrandt Heist Solved Last week, in a meticulously - planned heist, thieves in California grabbed a
pen -
and -
ink drawing by the Dutch
portrait painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 69) from the lobby of the Ritz - Carlton Hotel in Marina del Rey, California.
The Nigerian - born artist lives
and works in New York where her practice focuses on instantly recognizable
portraits executed in charcoal,
ink and often ballpoint
pen.
From considered self -
portraits to
pen -
and -
ink drawings
and informal studies on lined notebook paper, this remarkable collection is as much a catalogue of Emin's preoccupations as it is a monument to her raw
and evocative talents as an artist.
Other artists that raised a few more eyebrows included: E.V. Day's fashionably mummified collection of Barbie dolls at Otero Plassart; Joshua Callaghan's oversized mylar
and staple bone sculptures at Steve Turner; Antonis Donef's newspaper /
pen and ink collages at Kalfayan Galleries; Alex Olson
and Anthony Pearson's minimal paintings at Shane Campbell Gallery; Andy Ouchi's colorful acrylic grids at China Art Objects;
and Michael Vasquez's
portraits at Frederic Snitzer.
This volume showcases historical
pen and ink sketches by John Tottenham, hummingbird
portraits by Brian Calvin, glazed ceramic constructions by Liz Larner,
and deadpan street shots by Trevor Hernandez (better known as Gangculture on Instagram), together with contributions by Cali Dewitt, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Lily Stockman, Richard Tinkler,
and Evan Whale.