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Gentle Man
ink and pastel on paper 26” x 40”
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“My breakthrough work
began in 2002 with my 40” pastel
paintings, resulting in the large 80” pastel paintings from 2005-2008. Working hori-
zontally, I completely wet the large sheet of paper and worked from the nude model with compressed pastel, which, when wet, is very intense, thick, spontaneous, uncontrollable and sensuous. I could not be clean or accurate, but I could wash out and put in new heads and figures as often as needed until something unexpected happened. By this process a world peopled with unusual characters emerged...I’ve used ink and pastels all this time. The heavy-bodied acrylic-based ink is red-earth colored, like blood, and the hard pastels melted in water are like paint. My technique allows me to change any- thing at any time, forever. Even an ink line can be made narrower with a razor blade.”
Joyce kubaT
