Jan
27
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
“Veiled Vestal” 1859
Artist JoAnna Brooks questioned, in response to my work with portraits and fabrics (see Anodynus) if I ever have explored the portraiture directly on the fabric. The answer was no, but it’s a theme I will begin next. This bust is the perfect 3-dimensional preview of what will come. The wooden tone is rather haunting, almost giving the sense of an embalmed body, partially decomposed.
