Ignudi Sistine figure

My reinterpretation of a figure from the Sistine Chapel, after Michelangelo.

Alongside my goal of creating this beautiful figure in Venetian oil technique - of underpainting layers of flesh and glazes to give the skin a glowing quality - besides the hard edge sculptural forms .. I wanted to play a bit on the architectural scene and make the shapes in the composition more like abstract 'Platonic' solids.

The contrast of the square, linear and circular shapes are a nice foil to set off the figure. I hope you enjoy this reworking on a classic theme,

gord.

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Melbourne based figurative artist who has studied Life Drawing and Classical Venetian painting technique for several decades. Studied Life Drawing with Peter Waddell in Auckland. Solo Exhibition of large scale abstract expressionist action paintings at LeCoq Art Space Melbourne Drawing expeditions to London, Nice, Paris, Bangkok. Life drawing regular at Julian Ashton academy The Rocks, Sydney.Invited to present drawings and discuss at Life Models Society Melbourne. Works represented in private collections in Auckland, Melbourne, Kuwait, London Studied old master oil techniques in Flemish and Venetian idioms, particularly Rubens.