This was from 2017 - it was quite a process to put this together. It does contain bits and pieces of previous works, like a collage of sorts, wrapped into the overall concept. Like the initial image leading this post, on the left side a detail from my charcoal drawing 'Nubian Kore' and on the right are 4 witches from Albrecht Dürer. In between a small detail from my drawing 'Vindobona Altarpiece III' and a stylised detail from 'Fomorii General'.
There was a previous drawing EROS THANATOS, hence the Nr. II for this one. The model of the skull is similar. I love working with graphite. This, with its size, was quite a challenge.
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That's incredible! I haven't worked with graphite solely in a long time. That was always my preferred medium though. Thank you so much for explaining to me in detail the inspirations and processes. Albrecht Dürer and Matthias Grünewald were two of my favorite artists and inspirations next to Giger. I will have to check out your rabbit trail of links here in a bit when i get some time.
You really inspire me Otto. Thank you for that. If you wouldn't mind... when you get some time... i would like to get your thoughts on the latest post i did finishing up a work. It's part 3 in a series of WIPs that i did. But, you can see the final version in my latest post. I don't post often on my own blog since i'm so busy curating and whatnot... but it would be a delight to get your Professional artisttic opinion and/or critique on the work.
I had a look, and added a comment. I also shared it on my blog.
As for graphite, I developed all kinds of tricks for the decades since the late seventies. There was a time a few years back when I held workshops at the now defunct Visionary Art Academy in Vienna (the website still exists, but they switched to mostly on-line courses - Corona killed the actual place in Vienna).
Yes, time spent on curating can cut into your studio time. I should know, I founded a artists community that eventually expanded to over 500 artists VISIONARY ART GALLERY - and now I got the task of editing the pages after Flash was eliminated. Still have many pages left to do, adding HTML5 slide shows instead.
Thanks for the reblog. I just answered you over there. I also just checked out all those sites and that's a shame they had to close their doors. Y'all looked like you had some awesome artists and artworks coming out of there.
I wonder how curation was back in the day compared to the online version of it now? I don't think there is any substitution for personal interaction... but we are forging a new digital age.
I think you need to write an autobiography! hahahah After you finish the updated web pages of course.