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Rousseau – 75 x 45 inch pen and ink drawing

June 29, 2010 By Mike Lyon

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Our good friends Ed and DJ  were having dinner with us at a nice Westport restaurant and Rousseau served us (she later recalled that we were a ‘good’ table).  She was so pleasant and with such a mobile expression and well defined features and that wonderful tuxedo-esqu blouse…  I wanted to use her for a portrait right away…  DJ asked me if there was something wrong — she said I kept staring at our waitress — and honestly, I couldn’t tear my eyes away.  I introduced myself and asked if she’d model for me.  She was flattered, said yes right away, and a few days later came down to the studio so I could photograph her.  I’d asked her to wear the same blouse and…  It was a terrific 90 minutes as she told me about her life and childhood and parents and…  Well — a number of my photos of her are super-expressive and well suited t0 my drawing, painting, and printmaking…   But this one called out to be first and I love the image and love this face and wispy hair and…  Well, EVERYTHING, really.  Kinda recalls earlier Netherlandish portraits, doesn’t it?  A little? 

2010_06_29_rousseau_75x45_1600 "Rousseau" 2010, 75 x 45 inches, drawing in pen and ink on heavy watercolor paper
2010_06_29_rousseau_detail_eye Detail light side eye
2010_06_29_rousseau_detail_sig Detail lower right with pencil signature
x 1440_rogier_van_der_weyden_166x116mm Rogier van der Weyden's c. 1440 silverpoint on paper portrait of a young woman 16.6 x 11.6 cm
x 1629_judith-leyster_jolly_toper Judith Leyster's 1629 oil on canvas Jolly Toper 89 x 85 cm (recommended by my great friend 'V' who suggests that 'teeth' in art is quite rare)

Filed Under: Drawing, Featured Tagged With: Dj, Drawing Painting, Face, Ink Drawing, Pen And Ink, Portraits, Printmaking, Rousseau, Tuxedo, Waitress, Westport

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