When I draw Lisa, my dexterity improves. I’ll continue as long as she lets me. It takes a while but, since I’m happy to study the subject, it’s easy to persevere. I spent four hours on the latest, too long for her to hold a pose. I had to rely on a photograph. When sheContinue reading “Model Behavior”
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Potential
As the words encroached on the images, I found a passage that described the latter: “My work is good, it has potential”. Given how badly I had doubted myself, it may be the closest that I ever came to praising what I had done. In the rest of the paragraph, I displayed my usual ambivalence:Continue reading “Potential”
A Story Born Again
A couple of months ago, I wrote about a painting of mine from the mid-1990s. In A Pivotal Piece, I described its abstract imagery as a way of abandoning the figure and freeing myself from the heavy baggage of the body. I’ve always had a complex relationship with the nude. There’s a line somewhere betweenContinue reading “A Story Born Again”
Breakthrough
The new year brings with it some better news. Yesterday, in what has become a depressing ritual, I tried drawing. It’s a good way to check how far my Parkinson’s has progressed. Lately, it has ended in frustration a few minutes into the exercise. I just haven’t had the kind of control that used toContinue reading “Breakthrough”
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