Figures

I have loved figure drawing since my first encounter with a ‘life’ model during my foundation course at Hull College of Art back in the 1970’s. Since then, I must have drawn thousands of models, besides habitually sketching people around me. It’s a love affair with the human condition I suppose; a fascination with how humans move and breathe and interact. There is a delicate vulnerability involved with drawing the naked figure, a sense of trust and co-operation between the seer and the seen. The model is exposed to the artist’s scrutiny which goes beyond surface appearances of skin and form, deep into the almost mystical connections that are formed when we communicate beyond words. It becomes a conversation that appears through the hand of the artist in response to the engagement of all the senses. It goes beyond the sexual and even the sensual until it touches something visceral and raw.

"Earth Mother" gouache and pastel SOLD