Name: Vikki North
Location: USA
Title: ‘ MASTER PABLO’
Price of Original: $1595
Size: 16″x20″
Medium: Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas
Artist web site:
http://www.theredchairgallery.com/
http://redchair-vikkisblog.blogspot.com/
http://artgiftsunder99dollars.blogspot.com/
From Vikki: Pablo Ruiz Picasso ( 1881 – 1973)
“I remember you …. You had just arrived in New York. White fuss was blowing on top of your bald head as you got off the plane. You waved and smiled to the paparazzi and cameras like you were greeting old friends.”
To read the rest of this -please visit Vikki’s Red Chair Blog.
Picasso is part of my minimal palette masters series. (4 and counting)
14 responses so far ↓
1 Sonya Meglaurel // May 22, 2010 at 8:28 pm
The man would say; you see it right. Excellent addition to the series Vikki.
2 Rusty // May 22, 2010 at 8:46 pm
wonderful painting. I do enjoy your selection of whos who in your series.
3 Vikki // May 22, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Thank you Sonya and Rusty. What I found interesting about him, in SO many photos he posed like this (most with his shirt off) and this intense look on his face. Yet in reading about him – he was quite the prankster. I guess old Pablo wanted everyone take him seriously.
His face I found in a photo. The rest of him is totally ab lib. That’s my brown t-shirt he’s wearing. lol
4 Sonya Meglaurel // May 22, 2010 at 9:18 pm
your….tshirt….I was guessing that was you hugging the tree for the Embrace theme also. You do get around hahaha! Excellent Gallery Show Vikki; thank you!
5 Ray Shuell // May 23, 2010 at 2:40 am
Your magic continues to enthrall, not only a great physical likeness but the personality also, so well observed and practiced. I think he did want to be taken seriously as a painter, but as a human being I assume he wanted to be loved, liked most of us. Is that a bit of Guernica in the background? Great painting, Vikki.
6 fanny christian // May 23, 2010 at 2:56 am
I love this Vikki. I love the monotone colours but also that you have put extracts from his paintings with just a hint of other colours behind him…very clever idea .
7 Vikki // May 23, 2010 at 10:09 am
Thank you Fanny and Ray. He had a really interesting face to work with.. and do love his bald head. Great fun.
You got it Ray-As far as what paintings I sourced for the characters in the background- Guernica (1937), and 3 Figures (1938). From my college years I collected the book, ‘Picasso and the War Years’ and used it as my reference.
8 Arti // May 23, 2010 at 10:12 am
This is a terrific painting, Vikki.You have captured his expression so well..and the background tells a lot about the man!
9 Vikki // May 23, 2010 at 10:24 am
Thanks Arti-
He’s part of a series that I’ve been doing on icons or Masters of different sorts that have become a part of ALL of our lives throughout the world.
10 Mary Anne Cary // May 23, 2010 at 8:21 pm
This is really beautiful. I enjoyed going thru your gallery of portraits, they are awesome!
11 Vikki // May 24, 2010 at 11:31 am
Thanks Mary Anne. I’ve had a lot of fun doing this series.
12 Gail // May 26, 2010 at 8:59 am
Vikki, This is really gorgeous. I especially like the interplay of the parts of his works against his face.
13 linda apple // May 27, 2010 at 11:19 am
Vikki, Gee…………I thought you had more hair and less wrinkles!!
Great stuff!!
14 Vikki // May 27, 2010 at 11:22 am
Yes Linda- I haven’t aged well especially for a women. lol
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