Self portrait 1985-88

title: Self portrait 1985-88
medium: Pencil Drawing, Acrylic Paint
size: 18"x16"
availability: Available
concept and comments: Drawing is a skill everybody can learn. Just like writing it takes time to learn. Here, at this point in my life I still did not understand what makes a drawing great. No matter how many great masters drawings I saw. I did recognize it when I saw it. I knew I had not had the chance to practice enough. I was divorced,I was a foreigner, hardly spoke English, had no family and I had a two year old. When I say practice I mean hundreds and thousands of sketches every day. Then maybe I would be able to draw freely enough to develope a great line quality. The incredible line quality I recognized in Rembrand. His fluency and freedom in his ink drawings are spiritual. My glance recalls a photo taken when I was about 3-4 years old, (you can see it on the title page). Here I still watch the world with great suspicion.
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