Hommage to Man Ray 1 (2012)

A tribute to Man Ray, surrealist photographer and lifetime inspirational source.
Portrait of a lady (2012) (sold)

It’s not that often that I like to finedetail a drawing but in the case of portraying Nicole Kidman I liked to see how far I could push my own style of hatched strokes with my Derwent pastel pencils (I hardly use).
Bathing nude (2012) (sold)

A classical / realistic approach to realism with a wink to Edgar Degas. It is sold to a Chinese collector.
Hommage to Man Ray (Lee Miller) (2012)

After a Man Ray picture of Lee Miller. I believe before he went on the solarization of photos.
l’Odalisque (2012)

Many have painted a l’Odalisque but this one is based on a photo by Eugène Durieu (1850’s). I thought even Delacroix used this picture as a reference photo.
Volcano (2012) (sold)

A search for extreme colours and balancing them.
Nude leaning forward (2011) (sold)

This pastel is done after a 1920’s picture I found in an art deco-community online.
Nude sitting on table (2011) (sold)

This pastel drawing ‘Nude Sitting on Table (2011) (sold)’ is a kind of impressionist I guess. People around me also mentioned realism and art deco.
Still life with fruit and candles (2004)

Still life with fruit and candles (2004)
Self portrait (2004)

My one and only attempt to put pastel on canvas board. It doesn’t have enough tooth so I didn’t even finished it.