Charcoal, acrylic, pastel on paper; 2015
Size: w 14″ x h 19″
After a marble statue of Philippe, from the group signed by Geneleos, found in Samos. A kore is a Greek maiden of the archaic period in Greek sculpture. Another study of this figure is currently on exhibit at The Piggery in Newburgh, Ontario. (See below.)
Acrylic, graphite, pastel, collage on canvas
Size: h 36″ x w 36″
The inspiration for this painting I owe to the Cucuteni culture circa 4300 BC. Front and back of the same 6-inch terracotta figurine are shown. The original piece resides in the National Museum of Romanian History in Bucharest. Its precise function and form are not known.
Mixed media on ceramic tile
Size: 12″ x 12″ x 1/4″
First in a series
Inspired by: Roman Portraits, Ludwig Goldscheider; photographs by Ilse Schneider- Lengyel. Portrait of an Immolator, about 50 B.C. Rome, Museo Vaticano, Phaidon, 1940
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