The Fauvist. 2014. 14.25" x 13.5." Pastel, Charcoal and Graphite. Casey Klahn.
Showing posts with label Portraiture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portraiture. Show all posts
11 February, 2025
07 March, 2019
Blue Artist's Wife
1913. 2019. Pastel, Dry Ground, Oil & Vine Charcoal on La Carte. 15" x 12". Casey Klahn.
31 May, 2018
Model as History
Mallory As Birgit Prestoe. 2018. Pastel. 12" x 6.5". Casey Klahn.
It's no secret how I admire Edvard Munch, of The Scream fame. His body of work is extensive, and he had a knack for the portrait in the Expressionist style.
One of his great models was Birgit Prestoe, and in my latest portrait of model Mallory McIntosh, I am paying homage to that historic collaboration.
I will make a side note that the antique Roche pastels used in the lay-in of this painting date from the time when Edvard Munch was in his prime. Spooky, I know. If only the tools could talk.
Edvard Munch. (1863-1944) Norwegian.
27 May, 2018
Model in the Studio
Model in the Studio, Orange Burst. 2018. Pastel & Vine Charcoal. 8.25" x 9.25". Casey Klahn.
Mallory is posing in front of her own framed likeness, titled Orange Burst.
08 February, 2018
Glamour Portrait
Glamour & Light. After Degas. 2018. Pastel on Paper. 19.75" x 16." Casey Klahn.
A painting of a model in my studio.
12 June, 2017
Colors Have a Beauty of Their Own Which Must Be Preserved
Interior. 2016. Pastel, Graphite, Dry Ground & Oil. 18" x 14." Casey Klahn.
Colors have a beauty of their own, which must be preserved.
Henri Matisse.
08 December, 2016
11 November, 2016
02 September, 2016
23 August, 2016
29 July, 2016
Frankenstein's Monster (as a Self Portrait)
Self Portrait as a Reanimated Man. 2016. Pastel, Oil, Dry Ground & Carbon Pencil. 15.2" x 11." Casey Klahn.
26 July, 2016
13 July, 2016
12 July, 2016
21 June, 2016
The Painter
The Painter. 2016. Pastel, Oil, Dry Ground & Charcoal on Vellum. 10.5" x 8.25." Casey Klahn.
10 June, 2016
My Father Used To Say
Self Portrait in Hell, with Vermilion. 2016. Pastel, Oil, Charcoal & Dry Ground. 12.3" x 10." Casey Klahn.
My father used to say, "well I'll be go to hell!" I hope he was only kidding. For you grammar teachers out there, he did not pause after "well."
This work favors the inimitable Edvard Munch, who did a self portrait in hell. I'm trying to keep the Expressionist fires going.
26 May, 2016
Self Portrait
Untitled. 2016. Pastel, Graphite & Dry Ground. 13.9" x 13.25." Casey Klahn. The artist at age 57. This is the informal photo.
17 May, 2016
25 April, 2016
The Gothic. 2016.
It's been a year or so that I've been painting portraits, and here are some personal comments on them. The main idea is to be different each time. This woman is called "The Gothic," because of my observations of frescos in Italy last year. A fresco is a work on plaster, and my desire is to have the muted tones, and the textures, show. Also, the Gothic Era was a particularly spiritual one, and "perspective" was more akin to what the Modernists later wanted to show. This "sign" says that; there is an expression revealed. I notice the colors are muted, but the blue on red treatment reminds me of a celluloid flash from the end of a film reel.
The Gothic. 2016. Pastel, Oil, Charcoal, Dry Ground & Graphite. 16.5" x 13.2." Casey Klahn.
03 March, 2016
3 Phase Portrait Poster
We're still on Matisse Month, which I think may become Matisse Year before I'm done writing it all. In the meantime, there's no reason not to post new stuff. Please enjoy. This portrait is so much about the element of color intensity, that I decided to deconstruct it in Photoshop just to see what I could see.
3 Phase Portrait. 15" x 7.8." Photoshop. Casey Klahn.
Mostly Yellow Portrait. 2018. Pastel. 13.5" x 8.25." Casey Klahn.
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