Theopeningofmyartshow

Here is the flyer, artist's statement and a view of the display.
I set up 4 of the pictures, in a progression, to show the evolution of one of Picasso's pieces in the film, "Mystery Of Picasso".
They're at the top - the banner reads: EVOLUTION OF A PICASSO

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and some more recreations by the master (from the 1956 film: "Mystery Of Picasso").

HowIdidthis

I don't paint. What you see here are reproductions made with colored magic markers!

WhyIdidthisproject

I used to work as an artist's assistant for a local artist/sculptor named Karl Stirner.
Karl is heavily influenced by Picasso.
He's had his works displayed in museums both domestically and abroad.
We still keep in contact and, just for curiosity, I looked up Picasso on youtube.
I found the promotional trailer for the 1956 movie, "Mystery Of Picasso".
I was intrigued when I saw Picasso making his works with magic marker.
I've always liked drawing. I've been drawing since I was a kid and I thought I'd give his works a try.
I never really felt that I had the talent for painting.
When I realized that some of the drawings included paint, I decided to present myself with a challenge: Recreate with ink, what Picasso did with paint!

myartopening

On July 31st, I had a lecture at my art opening at Infusion Coffee And Tea.
It was the first time I ever lectured about art.
This was my first attempt at this type of art project.
The audience found thelecture entertaining and informative.
After which, we all went two doors up to view the film, "Mystery Of Picasso".
This is the film from which I derived the works.
It was interesting to sit there with people while they watched Picasso creating the works which I worked to recreate.
Just for fun, I had bought cheap copies of the film on DVD.
I resold a few of them to the attendees!

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more Picasso repro's

Here's where I'm getting more and more detailed. I'm really on a roll! I'm enjoying this very much.

Now that I've had my first showing of these, I feel a whole new world is opening up for me.

another color Picasso

This is a 2nd attempt at reproducing another Picasso in color. This time, I used the colored markers wthout using penciled outlines as guidelines. This was all done freehand with a paused image from the film being projected onto a large sheet of paper.

Now, I'm working with color

At first, I tried to made the reproductions and found it easy with simple black line drawings.

Now, that i'm putting color into it, I can see that I have my work cut out for me.

This is my first attempt with color.

As you can see, I outlined the color portions and later filled them in.

Hand made, Picasso reproductions

This is the first drawing we see Picasso do in the film.

I made two versions of the drawing.

The 1st, is where I felt he should have stopped. I felt anything further would have ruined it.

The 2nd, is the way it turned out. Although I don't agree with it, it does give a different perspective - almost like a photographic negative of the first version.

I've recreated some Picasso's!

My art was at the local art gallery, The Banana Factory, in Bethlehem, PA., on Friday, April 4th. I had some recreations I made of works by Pablo Picasso on display.

I made them by finding the 1956 film, "The Mystery Of Picasso" and using that as a guide to recreate the works.

My next scheduled showing will be in July + August at Infusion Coffee And Tea in Philadelphia.

The opening will be on Friday, July 4th!