Description
‘Blackbeard’ by Arthur Gain
Artist: Arthur Gain
Title: ‘Blackbeard’
Medium: Oil on linen mounted on ACM panel (Artefex)
Dimensions: 12″ x 12″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2022
About the Artwork:
“From my ‘Seafarers’ series. I was exploring textural expression of the medium depicting sailor’s face full of wrinkles with actual thickness of the oil paint instead of drawing all small details.” – Arthur Gain
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
The portrait painting process is a joyful meditation. Beyond the anatomical study of the human head, portraiture explores the singularity, unique beauty, and perception of a person’s humanity. In this painting is like music; portraiture is the melody and revelation of the artist’s feelings and experience of the subject. Just as musical notes ‘color’ the symphonic poem, the artist’s brush directs the colorful notes of pigment, composing a work of poetic complexity and harmonic beauty.
My interview with John Dalton: https://www.johndalton.me/podcast/ep-239-arthur-gain-uncut