José Sinclair Art Museum: Wise Man

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Wise Man

Wise Man, pencil
Framed, glass...$500
(Drawing size: 11x15")

This began as a portrait, then became my idea of a prophet or a sage, a wise man. I've used this one for my holiday greeting cards.

2 comments:

nina kuriloff said...: this is a beautiful drawing!; March 27, 2009 at 7:52 AM
José Sinclair said...: I met this guy at Yosemite Nat Park - he looked like the perfect "old salt" mariner type.. After I drew this, he seemed the perfect old prophet type! Some folks just look wise..

I used this for my holiday cards one year.. seemed appropriate, and not religion specific..

thanks for the compliment! Jose; May 26, 2009 at 1:26 AM

When I Say "Box Framed"

Box frame: a 'shadow-box', a half-inch gap of space between the masonite painting and the lattice edging (really there just for protection), so they look like they're floating in a box, not touching the frame. I find real frames on paintings to be distracting and try to hide the framing as much as possible and make it look like a small thin line, just like the borders on these digital images. I paint on tempered masonite board (for its smooth glassy surface), not canvas, which has a distracting and rough texture. Da Vinci painted on wood also, usually heavy oak; the Mona Lisa weighs 80 lbs unframed.

José Sinclair Art Museum

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Wise Man

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