Thursday, April 03, 2008

Anthony Burgess


I used textural lines, cross hatching and scribbling with crow quill and colored inks over watercolor to represent what I feel was in the mind of Anthony Burgess... when he wrote the chilling book ... " A Clockwork Orange"




... I hope it feels like emotional turmoil.... surfacing...


approx. 3½" x 4½" on CP Arches WC paper

9 comments:

Anet said...

Emotional turmol... yes I recognize that look. I love ink work over the watercolor.
I had this same look on my face after my morning preschool class with 15 four year olds! But I survived another day. I checked out your son's and husband's blogs... what a talented family you have. You must be very proud!

sandy said...

OH this is great and I do feel that. The technique is wonderful!

sandy

Don said...

You really captured the mood with your talent. Wow!

Ruth said...

Super job at catching the intensity in his eyes.

Seth said...

The brilliance of this piece is so evident in the detailed close-up. Thanks for adding that to the post.

Gwen Buchanan said...

I really appreciate each of your comments as I have seen each of your talents... you are all very encouraging... thanks so much

Guillaume said...

I am a great admirer of Anthony Burgess and I love the portrait.

Gwen Buchanan said...

Hey thanks Guillaume, I really like the video you have of him on your blog.. Thanks for coming over

Guillaume said...

Well, you find treasures on youtube. I will try to put more on my blog. Fell free to pop up and leave a comment. I might try your chillo con carne recipe.