based on Still Life with Japanese Print by Paul Gauguin…
In 2009, I took a drawing class at the Gage Academy, Seattle. My instructor assigned us to reproduce any works by Gauguin. I attempted Flowers and Japanese Print which I didn’t finish. I just couldn’t render the woodblock print or the flowers in Gauguin’s style. But this sub-subject intrigued me — head filled with poppies. It suggested those Eureka moments where new ideas suddenly leap from our minds. Some mind-blowing new perspective, so out of the box transforms into blossoms.
I am planning to do a lot more work with the Wallis (sandpaper) with the L’Ecu pastels–they are very rich & yummy to work with.
