A Progress, With Lagniappe!
1982. I don't remember this bit of anthro but I do remember my cat, Gulliver Foyle. Gully was black but he would have been the model for this. The early eighties were the best years of my life. I was happy.
This is my take on the Henry Wallis master work, The Death of Thomas Chatterton. This is from my one drawing class at a Dallas Junior College in 1982. My original drawing has more subtlety with the shading and tones, but this is a camera phone pic. This is about 2' by 18".
Tate Gallery version. Completed in 1856. The model was the young George Meredith. This whole story and painting is a hotbed of pre-Raphaelite high jinks.
George Meredith, the youngest picture of him I can find. Famous now for a poem about adultery, Modern Love. However, he really shines as a dead poet!
And, speaking of one shot wonder poets as young men, this is about 2001. This is a theater headshot I had done after I wowed Austin with my portrayal of Sgt. Krupke in the annual summer musical at Zilker Park. But I turned my back on such tinseled frippery, preferring the reflective life of a dirt poor hard drinking eccentric on the banks of the Colorado.
Ha Ha!
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