Saturday, May 21, 2022

Motor Grader

 

A motor grader from the 1970s, sketched on the job site in gouache.

5 comments:

Gary said...

Two color palette? The limited palette gives it a much older look.

Tyler J said...

I love this piece but when I first saw it posted on Twitter I thought a different artist had done it.

Subject matter-wise it definitely looks like one of yours. Your ability to take the familiar and elevate it is remarkable.

But style-wise it looks different from your more recent pieces/approaches. It looks like it was done in 1980 so I guess 42 years of artistic evolution can account for the differences. I lack the eye and the vocabulary to articulate exactly what looks different to me, but I do wonder, do you see it too? Do you look back on older works with a critical eye, or are you sympathetic or nostalgic for your younger self?

Either way, thanks for sharing it, lovely piece =)

Tyler J said...

I love this piece but when I first saw it posted on Twitter I thought a different artist had done it.

Subject matter-wise it definitely looks like one of yours. Your ability to take the familiar and elevate it is remarkable.

But style-wise it looks different from your more recent pieces/approaches. It looks like it was done in 1980 so I guess 42 years of artistic evolution can account for the differences. I lack the eye and the vocabulary to articulate exactly what looks different to me, but I do wonder, do you see it too? Do you look back on older works with a critical eye, or are you sympathetic or nostalgic for your younger self?

Either way, thanks for sharing it, lovely piece =)

Susan Krzywicki said...

The optimism of the vehicle going uphill. The super-detailed look that becomes so beautifully painterly as soon as I looked at it more closely. The color palette.

Beautiful.

Janet Oliver said...

I love the forthrightness of this!