o/c 24x18I completed this painting during a workshop in 1990 and it's the first painting
that I actually kept. The first one that I felt was truly finished and the resemblance to the model accurate. The instructor's name was Russell Keeter, an acclaimed painter and anatomist who taught in Detroit for 25 years. During classes and workshops he would beautifully render the human form. From the inside out.
Bones first, then muscles, then skin.
With compressed charcoal.
Attached to a long stick.
An avid handball player, he won many national and international senior competitions.
He had a heart attack a year after the workshop - on the court, I'm told - and died at age 56.
It was an incredible loss to the Detroit art community.
that I actually kept. The first one that I felt was truly finished and the resemblance to the model accurate. The instructor's name was Russell Keeter, an acclaimed painter and anatomist who taught in Detroit for 25 years. During classes and workshops he would beautifully render the human form. From the inside out.
Bones first, then muscles, then skin.
With compressed charcoal.
Attached to a long stick.
An avid handball player, he won many national and international senior competitions.
He had a heart attack a year after the workshop - on the court, I'm told - and died at age 56.
It was an incredible loss to the Detroit art community.
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