Thursday, October 18, 2012

Listening to Music

Drawn this morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on pastel card,  about 9" x 12".
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20 comments:

  1. FranzOctober 18, 2012 at 4:28 PM

    Wow! Bello,molto intenso,mi piace la tonalità che gli hai dato! Complimenti!

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  2. Linda RothOctober 18, 2012 at 5:07 PM

    Yes, intense. I agree. You have a wonderful knack for painting women is intense moments. Very appealing.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 18, 2012 at 9:57 PM

    She's a beauty. When I was studying early 20th century English lit, there was a recurring phrase -- Joyce used it, and Lawrence, and at least four others -- "Distant Music."

    I never took the long road to a PhD, never seriously entertained the idea, but I did choose this title for the thesis I wouldn't write.

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  4. Katherine KeanOctober 19, 2012 at 12:12 PM

    She must be listening to something deep and stirring - or the blues.

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  5. Cafe PasadenaOctober 19, 2012 at 6:41 PM

    To this distant observer, my 1st thot was plugging her ears from the "noise."

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  6. MargaretOctober 19, 2012 at 7:21 PM

    The color really fits the mood. Blue? Sad? Bored? One wonders.

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  7. JaneOctober 20, 2012 at 2:56 AM

    Fabulous and full of personality !

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  8. Linda RothOctober 20, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    I just came back for a second look at your last posts. Your figures are dynamic and hypnotic. You are also having a "Blue Period." I hope not for real.

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  9. minnemieOctober 22, 2012 at 12:43 PM

    I have missed out on a lot lately: Beautiful Blues! This one especially is striking - to color, composition and expression makes a powerful whole.

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  10. Pasadena AdjacentOctober 22, 2012 at 6:37 PM

    Beautiful intensity. The first thing that I thought of was the gemstone Lapis Lazuli. Like the way you used negative space

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  11. Jean SpitzerOctober 31, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    Thanks, Franz and Linda.

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  12. Jean SpitzerOctober 31, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    Thanks, AH.

    That is a beautiful phrase.

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  13. Jean SpitzerOctober 31, 2012 at 9:16 AM

    Katherine, I no longer remember the music, just that I was enjoying listening to it, and that it put me in the mood to draw this.

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  14. Jean SpitzerOctober 31, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    Ouch, Cafe,

    Trust me, the music was her choice.

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  15. Jean SpitzerOctober 31, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    Thanks, Margaret.

    I just see this as romantic, kind of late nineteenth century.

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  16. Jean SpitzerOctober 31, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    Thanks, Linda.

    I love blue and blues and have been thinking about posting some of my favorite blue pieces together.

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  17. Jean SpitzerOctober 31, 2012 at 9:25 AM

    Thanks, minn. I was in a romantic. Mood with this.

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  18. Jean SpitzerOctober 31, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    Thanks, PA.

    The use of space is my favorite thing about this. Could have left it as a diagonal line.

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  19. Pasadena AdjacentNovember 4, 2012 at 1:22 PM

    Bet this one would sell. Are you thinking about having it reproduced?

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  20. Jean SpitzerNovember 4, 2012 at 4:23 PM

    Thanks, PA.

    I can see what you mean, but not really thinking about reproductions, lately. Thinking more about painting and trees and abstracts. Though not acting on it yet.

    Saw this amazing oak today. Tree of the year in 2008. (Austin.) Has branches down to the ground.

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