Oil on Canvas
90cm X 90cm
© Wendy van der Drift 2009
I have been somewhat in awe of Picasso ... dear Pablo the painter for many years, not so much the man. The mental infatuation began when I was still quite young and ill informed, I made the assumption that this mad painter couldn't paint to save himself ... then I discovered his earlier works, and saw for myself that he in fact could paint, and was truly a master. As a young rebelious artist, this intrigued me and I found myself needing to understand the man and his work on every level. So I began to paint one of his paintings ... as a technical excercise, this then moved to my need to understand him as a person, so I added a portrait of Picasso himself, then another one, and 18 years later this is the finished work. I still don't know Pablo Picasso the man, but to a greater degree I now understand Pablo Picasso the artist a little more.
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