Van Gogh en rose / Van Gogh in Pinkhuile sur lin/oil on linen, 48” x 42”, 2020 Michel Marc Bouchaurd ou la répétition d'un drame romantiquehuile sur lin/oil on linen, 72” x 96”, 2024 Frida Kahlo I huile sur lin/oil on linen, 36” x 30”, 2016 Jean-Paul Riopellehuile sur lin/oil on linen, 72” x 96”, 2023 Ernest Hemingwayhuile …
In the age of digital art, AI creations, and new works pushing the line of what can even be considered art, portrait paintings have held their own and proven just how captivating they are to the viewer for hundreds of years.
Mark Powell uses nothing but a simple Bic Biro ballpoint pen to create incredibly detailed portraits of the elderly. His chosen canvases are antique documents dating from 1763 onwards.
Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked — start another. Do not belabor defeat. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost. When your brain leaves the room you are done. Put off…