Castles and ancient architecture have held a mysterious fascination for practically everyone throughout history .For years my interest has been in contemporary architecture and I spent 2 years creating a futuristic city using found object materials combined with very simple ones such as poster board and string etc. My search was for something vastly different than the concrete geometric slabs that were a part of the construction scene several decades ago .As I have taught and drawn from live models every so often for eons a brilliant somewhat spiritual concept overtook me recently, hence when I reflected on special photos of castles my mind would wander to the types of nudes that may have inhabited there.. Akin to drumming up live nude ghosts I assume....lol. Their attitude and states of mind are a huge element of the work so I am extremely pleased with the result and thought about framing them my own collection. Another important idea here was not diverge from my normal technique and I asked the painter Renoir for a guiding hand with this .My work tends to emphasize flatter shapes with sharper edges but with Renoir he paints more like watercolor with color in color and a great many softer forms .I took off this and really surprised with the joy and absolute pleasure of light and color combination ---I felt like I was the student in the class that Renoir and I had created loving every split second! THE SET IS NUMBERED !-6 and the Karlstein Castle from the Czech Republic was the first that conversed directly to me. Someday I must go visit ! The works are primarily lightfast acrylic and I recommend framing each in UV Glass for an extra layer of protection ,I also sprayed each one with an Archival UV Fixative and the paper that I used is acid free too. So please display as a group and I'd love to have you journey through time just as I have loved so incredibly much ! I will pay shipping and taxes in the US.
