Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 17″ x 15″
Date: 5/9/1976
Available for Sale
Price: $700
Serial #: 0029
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Ben was such an interesting model. He had a great face and an interesting personality. During breaks between poses, most (nude) models would put on a robe and wander around the room looking at paintings. Ben didn’t bother getting dressed again. He seemed pretty comfortable in his skin. Often he’d sort of squat—primate-style—on the corner of the model stand and munch on some snack he’d brought. If the breaks weren’t so short, his impromptu poses would have made great studies.
The way the paint is applied on this portrait, you can really see the pastels approach that was so much a part of Dan Greene’s style of teaching.
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