Thursday, December 15, 2011

Mad About Maya





















Maya Bloch. Her work brings to mind R.B. Kitaj, Kiki Smith, Paula Rego, De Kooning...

7 comments:

Lauren said...

Oooh -- I love the women gathered around the table...fantastic

martha miller said...

Me too!! Don't you love her?

Susan Beauchemin said...

And Francis Bacon----I've never seen her artwork before-----very different and compelling!

Begnaud said...

Good one, new to me as well

martha miller said...

Sue! RIGHT! Bacon, too, for sure!

martha miller said...

Hey, Joe!

Always a treat to find a new fellow figurative artist, eh? I had an embarrassing moment in Artist and Craftsman last weekend. Guy in line struck up a conversation with me - he's also a figurative artist - we were discussing the pros and cons of working from life or photos - he works only from photos - I said one has to be careful - it only works when you have a good understanding of the three dimensional figure and went on my teacher's rant about the importance of life drawing. we finally introduce ourselves. GUESS WHO THE GUY IS...BRETT BIGBEE!!! I wanted to crawl under the counter. I said, Oh, this is rich - I'm telling Brett Bigbee how to draw. He smiled and said it was good to be reminded.....gah.

artslice said...

Wow, she's really caught my eye. Love the first drawing... and all the peeps at the table. Thanks for the intro!